Fundamentals missing in Strasburg's start

There's no denying that Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg pitched a great game in a 2-1 loss to the White Sox on Friday night. However, Strasburg was not happy that he had problems executing basic fundamentals on the field.

Jenks has returned to form for White Sox

The most welcomed aspect for the White Sox coming from Saturday's 4-1 victory over the Marlins wasn't the stellar start produced by Gavin Floyd or two more hits from Carlos Quentin or another great game from Alex Rios. It was the dominant ninth inning thrown by closer Bobby Jenks.

Red Sox enjoy trip to Citi Field

The Red Sox helped the Mets break in Citi Field and enjoyed the new park greatly.  They dropped the first game 4-3 and won the second 9-3.

Carter had a great game on Friday, going 2-4 with an rbi, run and a walk.  He’s had a great spring and has great standing in the organization.  With Youk at first, however, there isn’t much room for him anytime soon.  Boston was down 4-1 going into the 7th but were able to scrap out a run in the 7th and then in the 8th off of Putz.

Jed Lowrie hit the first grand slam in Citi Field history in Saturday’s game, continuing his stellar spring which has him hitting .343 and playing great defense.  There is excitement as the Red Sox think they may have finally found their long term short stop.

Manager Terry Francona commented that the park was beautiful and spoke with Omay Minaya and Fred Wilpon about the stadium.  JD Drew who has spent time playing at Shea from his NL days said that the new park blows it out of the water.

The fans aren’t the only ones getting improvements; Mike Lowell was excited about the personal cage and weight room.

Hopefully Boston will have plenty of luck in the other new NY park.