400 - and Hey It's not our record!

With one swift swing of the bat Manny hit his 400th homer of his career. Perhaps more importantly it was a 3 run blast that brought a 5-1 lead to 5-4 in the fifth inning.

The Sox fought long and hard but were unable to get that final run and were in need of Manny's heroics once again in the 9th inning with Damon on second with two outs.
Unfortunatly Iciro Suzuki got a great jump on Manny's liner and put the final out away, denying Manny a RBI double.

Wakefield was not at his best giving up 12 hits and 5 runs in 7 innings.

"The second inning was the one inning I'd like to have back," said Wakefield after the game. "Balls that weren't hit very hard got in for hits and then I couldn't stop the bleeding, made some bad pitches, allowed them to score some runs. After that, I feel like I did fairly well. I'd like to have that one inning back."

The Sox were only able to take one game from the series with Seattle and now head south to take on Oakland in a 3 game series - starting of with Arroyo (4-0, 2.91) facing Saarloos (1-2, 5.09).

Things to look for:

• The Sox swept the A's in a three-game series at Fenway Park last week.
• Arroyo hasn't been handed a loss in his last 17 starts (and 22 apperances) with his last loss dating back to August 15 in a 5-4 loss to the White Sox. (Whitey Ford holds the post-1920 record with 24 starts without a loss.)
• Are the Yankees back? They now have salvaged a .500 record.
• Wells, if healthy, could take his rotation spot back from Gonzalez (1-1 7.71 in 3 games) as soon as Wednesday.
• Olerud played his first extended Spring Training game Saturday where he went 3-for-4. There is no timetable for his return as he is nursing a tweaked hamstring.
• Although the Red Sox won Saturday, Wade Miller was not credited with the victory and is still looking for his first decision and victory after two starts.