| Matt Albers: ‘It’s definitely frustrating’ | 05.22.11 at 12:17 am ET |
Anything that could’ve gone wrong for Matt Albers did. The 28-year-old righty, who had been stellar all season for the Red Sox, was called upon in the eighth inning of Saturday’s game against the Cubs to bridge the gap to Jonathan Papelbon with usual setup man Daniel Bard scheduled for a day off.
But the only thing Albers set up was a Cubs win. He surrendered singles to Darwin Barney and Starlin Castro to start the inning and followed that with walks to Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Pena and a double to Reed Johnson that turned a 3-1 lead into a 4-3 deficit. To top it all off, Pena trotted home when Jed Lowrie dropped Alfonso Soriano’s pop-up.
Albers would ultimately be charged with six runs, five of them earned. He threw 31 pitches without recording an out, setting a dubious Red Sox record in the process. That was also the most pitches thrown by an American League pitcher without getting an out in recorded history.
“It’s definitely frustrating,” Albers said. “We get the lead, and coming into the game, I want to shut the door and get that win. … I had a few guys two strikes and just wasn’t able to put them away. They had a couple tough at-bats and then a couple back-to-back walks hurt me.”
Catcher Jason Varitek said Albers’ biggest problem in the inning was his location.
“Matty was just missing,” Varitek said. “Matty’s done such a good job for us, but it was one of those things where guys took some good swings on some good pitches and got those first two hits. Then on the walks, he wasn’t overly wild, but he was just missing.”
If there’s a silver lining — in addition to the fact that Saturday is an outlier in comparison to his 1.56 ERA in his first 12 outings this season — it’s that Albers said after the game that he felt fine.
“I just wasn’t executing,” Albers said. “I felt great out there, had a plan, but I was just a few pitches away from having a good inning.”
Terry Francona didn’t see any reason to be overly concerned, either.
“I don’t think he pitched as bad as his line is going to show,” Francona said. “His command wasn’t as good as good as it has been with his two-seamer. They had a couple of good at-bats. That Ramirez at-bat was a really good one. A couple of the breaking balls were left over the middle.”
Albers said he’s already looking forward to his next outing and not dwelling on Saturday night’s disaster.
“I have to put that one behind me and be ready to go tomorrow,” Alber said. “I want the ball tomorrow and be able to come out here and turn it around.”
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