April 14, 2005
Schilling Schelled, Sheffield Shelved
BOSTON (AP) -- Red Sox ace Curt Schilling was lit up by the Bronx Bombers in a 7-2 loss at Fenway Park.
Schilling was charged with seven runs, six earned, on nine hits over 7 2/3 innings. He struck out seven.
Derek Jeter and Gary Sheffield hit homeruns off Schilling in the first inning and New York never looked back. Sheffield later hit a second homerun off Schilling in the sixth inning.
The Yankees rightfielder suffered a stroke of bad luck later in the game when he dislocated his shoulder making a catch. The 36-year-old is expected to miss the rest of the month. In nine game so far, he's hitting .333 with 6 homeruns and 13 RBI.
The Yankees called up outfielder Barry Wesson to replace Sheffield, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list. Wesson, 28, was signed to a minor league deal earlier this week and is 4 for 9 in AAA to date. In 25 career big league games, Wesson has hit .194 with one homer and four RBI.
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The San Francisco Giants claimed OF Jayson Werth off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The 25-year-old outfielder is hitless in 7 at bats in AAA so far but is coming off his first year of significant playing time in the majors. In 89 games for the Dodgers last year, he hit .262 with 16 HR, 47 RBI. The .255 career hitter will be assigned to AAA and won't get much opportunity as San Francisco has six outfielders on their big league roster already, not counting Pedro Feliz who has played in the corner outfield positions.