[Husker] Joba vs Red Sox

[Steve Cornelius]

On 8/28/07, Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote:
>
> In his Yankee/Red Sox in the Bronx debut, Joba pitched a scoreless 8th to
> preserve a 5-3 lead.
>
> 1 IP / 1 H / 0 R / 1 BB / 2K
>
> Had a little control problem to start the inning, probably nervous for his
> first Yankee / Red Sox appearance.
>
> Interesting Note:
>
> Joba's frame-opening walk was a full count and he threw about a 58 foot
> slider for the walk.  He had a full count with runners on first and second
> and 2 outs (only the 2nd time a guy has reached 2nd on him) and Posada
> wanted a fastball to avoid loading the bases.  Joba shook him off twice
> and
> wanted the slider and struck out the final guy of the inning on a pitch
> that
> broke out of the zone.    Just goes to show that he's not afraid at all up
> there and he'll keep going to it.
>
> Great work Joba!
>
> Total MLB Line:
>
> 10 IP / 4 H / 0 R / 3 BB / 17 K
>
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I picked up Joba for my ESPN fantasy team right when he was activated. Now I
see he's owned in almost half the leagues after being in the majors for only
2+ weeks!

-- 
Steve Cornelius