Time "absolutely stood still" for John Smoltz as game time approached. He sped through his warmup faster than planned. His phone was overflowing with 71 text messages. Try as he might to downplay his Boston Red Sox debut - a 9-3 loss to Washington on Thursday night - there was no way he could avoid the magnitude of the moment. "This was bigger than one start," he said. downlevel descriptionThis video requires the Adobe Flash Player. Download a free version of the player.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Tue 6/23	Was	BOS 11 at WAS 3	W: Delcarmen L: Tavarez
Wed 6/24	Was	BOS 6 at WAS 4	W: Lester L: Stammen
Thu 6/25	Was	BOS 3 at WAS 9	W: Zimmermann L: Smoltz

Box Scores

Red Sox (44 - 28) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Nationals (21 - 49) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. D Pedroia, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2. J Drew, RF 4 1 2 0 0 3. J Bay, LF 3 0 1 0 0 3. M Kotsay, PH-LF 1 0 1 0 0 4. D Ortiz, 1B 3 0 0 1 0 5. M Lowell, 3B 3 0 0 0 0 5. J Lugo, SS 1 1 1 0 0 6. J Varitek, C 2 0 1 0 1 6. G Kottaras, C 1 0 0 0 0 7. J Ellsbury, CF 3 0 1 0 0 7. R Baldelli, CF 1 1 1 2 0 8. N Green, SS-3B 4 0 0 0 0 9. J Smoltz, P 2 0 0 0 0 9. D Bard, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. K Youkilis, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. T Saito, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. R Ramirez, P 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 3 8 3 1		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. C Guzman, SS 4 0 1 2 0 1. A Gonzalez, SS 1 0 0 0 0 2. N Johnson, 1B 0 1 0 0 0 2. E Dukes, RF 4 0 0 0 0 3. R Zimmerman, 3B 5 1 1 0 0 4. A Dunn, LF-1B 4 1 0 0 1 5. J Willingham, RF-LF 4 2 2 1 0 6. J Bard, C 4 1 3 2 0 7. W Harris, CF 4 2 3 2 0 8. A Hernandez, 2B 3 1 1 2 1 9. J Zimmermann, P 2 0 0 0 0 9. R Belliard, PH 1 0 0 0 0 9. T Clippard, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 9 11 9 2
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* J Smoltz (L, 0-1) 5.0 7 5 5 1 5 9.00 D Bard 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 3.63 T Saito 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 3.08 R Ramirez 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1.89		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* J Zimmermann (W, 3-3) 7.0 5 1 1 1 6 4.65 T Clippard 2.0 3 2 2 0 2 9.00
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: M Kotsay (1) HR: R Baldelli (4) BASERUNNING SB: J Ellsbury (31)		BATTING 2B: R Zimmerman (20), J Willingham (8), J Bard (9) HR: W Harris (3)

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Player News

Red Sox J.D. Drew (BOS) News: The Boston Herald is reporting that J.D. Drew's shoulder surgery will have no impact on his contract over the next two years. The Red Sox hold a clause in his contract that allows the team to opt out of his deal if he spends 35 days on the DL or if he ends the 2010 season on the DL and ca't play the outfield in 2011.   (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Fernando Cabrera (BOS) News: Cabrera was waived by the Red Sox and subsequently filed for free agency.  (RotoWire - Nov 22, 2009) Clay Buchholz (BOS) News: The Boston Globe reports that if the Red Sox continue their pursuit of free agent starter John Lackey, Clay Buchholz could be dealt for offensive support.  (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009)

Nationals Stephen Strasburg (WAS) News: Strasburg's knee injury is officially a patellar subluxation of the left knee, the Washington Post reports.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Stephen Strasburg (WAS) News: Strasburg has a dislocation in his left knee joint and should be fine for spring training.  (STATS - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Stephen Strasburg (WAS) News: Updating a previous report, number-one overall pick Stephen Strasburg will not need surgery on his injured left knee, according to MLBlogs.com. Strasburg injured his knee shagging fly balls on Thursday.  (Fanball - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)