Timlin needs to look in the mirror

Going into the Yankees series, Mike Timlin called out the Red Sox offense for not rising to the challenge like the pitchers:

“I’m not calling anybody out, but we haven’t scored a whole lot,” Timlin said. “We’re pitching well, we’re holding teams down, and they’re doing the same to us. It’s not that they’re outpitching us or we’re outpitching them, it’s just right now we’re not hitting as well as we’re pitching.”
But maybe Timlin ought to look in the mirror when assigning blame.
Here are Timlin's numbers since July 1:
19 2/3 innings pitched, 7.32 ERA, 0.83 K/BB , and 1.54WHIP.

No one with those numbers ought to be criticizing anyone. Unlike Timlin, the offense didn't exactly go south against the Yankees either:

Hitters AB H BB Avg Obp
Ramirez 11 8 7 .727 .833
Loretta 15 7 3 .467 .556
Lowell 13 6 2 .462 .533
Cora 11 4 1 .364 .417
Hinske 9 3 1 .333 .400
Ortiz 16 5 2 .313 .389
Youkilis 17 4 3 .235 .350
Lopez 8 2 0 .250 .250
Crisp 9 1 1 .111 .200
Mirabelli 10 2 0 .200 .200
Pena 14 1 0 .071 .071
Kapler 4 0 0 .000 .000
Gonzalez 3 0 0 .000 .000
Totals 140 43 20 .307 .394


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