Baseball Guru
09-19-2001, 02:35 PM
In what everyone already had pretty much known, Pedro is offically done for the year...Here is the AP artcile...
By JIMMY GOLEN
AP Sports Writer
September 18, 2001, 5:54 PM EDT
BOSTON -- Boston Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez said Tuesday he will miss the rest of the season with inflammation in his right shoulder, confirming what had been expected since the team fell out of contention.
Although there was some question about his injury -- he said there was a small tear in the rotator cuff, which the team disputed _ there was no doubt that he was not the same pitcher who won three Cy Young Awards and had a 7-1 record and 1.44 ERA on Memorial Day.
After first going on the disabled list on June 27, Martinez returned on Aug. 26, but in three starts since he allowed five runs and 12 hits in 13 innings. After his last start, on Sept. 7, the team said he would not pitch again unless the Red Sox returned to the pennant race.
Boston has lost 13 of its last 14 games to fall 13 games behind the New York Yankees in the AL East and 13{ games behind Oakland in the AL wildcard race.
Martinez spoke to reporters Tuesday while wearing street clothes and standing in the Fenway Park stands before the Red Sox game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. It was Boston's first game since the terrorist attacks at the Pentagon and World Trade Center.
Copyright © 2001, The Associated Press
By JIMMY GOLEN
AP Sports Writer
September 18, 2001, 5:54 PM EDT
BOSTON -- Boston Red Sox ace Pedro Martinez said Tuesday he will miss the rest of the season with inflammation in his right shoulder, confirming what had been expected since the team fell out of contention.
Although there was some question about his injury -- he said there was a small tear in the rotator cuff, which the team disputed _ there was no doubt that he was not the same pitcher who won three Cy Young Awards and had a 7-1 record and 1.44 ERA on Memorial Day.
After first going on the disabled list on June 27, Martinez returned on Aug. 26, but in three starts since he allowed five runs and 12 hits in 13 innings. After his last start, on Sept. 7, the team said he would not pitch again unless the Red Sox returned to the pennant race.
Boston has lost 13 of its last 14 games to fall 13 games behind the New York Yankees in the AL East and 13{ games behind Oakland in the AL wildcard race.
Martinez spoke to reporters Tuesday while wearing street clothes and standing in the Fenway Park stands before the Red Sox game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. It was Boston's first game since the terrorist attacks at the Pentagon and World Trade Center.
Copyright © 2001, The Associated Press