BECKETT TAGGED WITH OPENING-DAY LOSS
RELIEVER RAGLAND CAN'T KEEP ANGELS QUIET
ANAHEIM - IN A TRAINING CAMP THAT HELD NO REAL SURPRISES, IT WAS THE ONE NEW MEMBER TO THE 25-MAN ROSTER THAT STRUGGLED.
STARTING PITCHHER JOSH BECKETT WAS OFFICIALLY ACQUIRED BY BOSTON ON OPENING DAY, BUT HE'D ALREADY BEEN NEARBY FOR A FEW DAYS, THEN TOOK THE LOSS IN A 4-3 DEFEAT TO THE AMGELS MONDAY NIGHT.
THE LONG-RUMORED TRADE OF BECKETT FROM CHICAGO FOR BOSTON LEFT-FIELDER RYAN BRAUN WAS MADE AT THE END OF MARCH, BUT BOTH PLAYERS HAD TO UNDERGO THOROUGH MEDICAL TESTING BEFORE THE DEAL WAS PUT FORWARD TO THE COMMISSSIONERS OFFICE,
BRAUN, COMING OFF TWO CONSECUTIVE SESONS OF HITTING .268, WENT TO THE CUBS STRAIGHT UP. HE HAD HIT UNDER .200 IN THE SPRING AND CHICAGO WAS EAGER TO MOVE FOR THE SLUGGER TO MOVE ENOCH KYLE BACK TO LEFT FROM FIRST, MAKING ROOM FOR STANTON WELLS.
BECKETT GAVE UP A PAIR OF OPENING-INNING RUNS, GOING A TOTAL OF 5 INNINGS BEFORE LONG RELIEVER BRYON RAGLAND WAS TAGGED FOR THREE HITS AND TWO DECISIVE RUNS.
WELLS HAD THREE HITS FOR BOSTON.
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