Historically, Haren has always been a "first half" pitcher, a great one at that, but his numbers always fall off in the second half. Posted via VolNation Mobile
I wonder if his illness affected his performance. He pitched well up until he faced Pedroia and allwed a 2 RBI single. Pedroia fouled about 12 balls off and ran Weaver's pitch count up. It was a great AB on Pedroia's behalf and the score didn't get out of hand until Weaver was pulled.