Jonathan Papelbon Blows Save

Well it had to happen sometime but it was still very surpising. Schilling looked great through 7 innings and Okajima dominated the A's line-up in the 8th. But it was Jonathan Papelbon who showed some weekness when he let up a 2 run home-run in the 9th to give up his first runs of the season and his first blown save. Pap had problems locating some of his pitches, especially the home-run which was suppose to be a high fast ball but stayed down in the zone. It was a disappionting loss as both Schilling and Okajima pitched a great game but I believe it's fair to say Papeldon deserves to have a bad day with all the great pitching he has given us.