A.J. Burnett, John Lackey. They both pitched yesterday and not very well, though their teams won anyhow.
Here’s Burnett:
“Well, I didn’t get through the fifth because I wasn’t allowed to get through the fifth. It wasn’t that I couldn’t get through the fifth,” Burnett said of Girardi lifting him with a runner on second and none out in that inning. “Whatever people want to yell or whatever people want to think, I always have confidence in myself and that’s all that matters.”
(N.Y. Daily News)
And Lackey:
“Physically, arm-strength wise, I felt about as good as I had all year,’’ said Lackey whose ERA rose to 6.49 after he allowed 11 hits and eight runs in 4 1/3 innings. It marked the 13th time in the last 19 games a Sox starter has gone five innings or fewer.
“I’m glad we won, but I’m pretty frustrated,’’ Lackey said.
(Boston Globe)
Burnett or Lackey. Pick one.