On a night that saw two golden oldies go head to head, Tim Wakefield got the better of the big unit Randy Johnson. With the sox and D-backs tied at 1-1 in the three game series, Boston needed a big outing from Wake on Wednesday, and that's exactly what they got. The Floridian born knuckle baller proved decisive, going 7 innings, giving up no earned runs, 2 hits, 1 walk and striking out 6. The sox bats were consistent through out the game, Brandon Moss had 2 RBIs, and the biggest surprise of the night was catcher Kevin Cash, only in the game to catch wakes knuckle balls, going 1-3 with a run and a 3 run homer that crashed into the green monster. The last homer Cash hit was also off Randy Johnson at Yankee Stadium some 128 at-bats ago. Cash's main job is to catch Wakefield, and that arrangement has been working rather well of late. In Wakefield's last six starts, he is 2-2 with a 2.09 ERA. With a combined age of 86 years and 252 days, Wakefield and Johnson took part in the oldest match up in any Red Sox game since Sept. 25, 1965, when Bill Monbouquette faced off against Satchel Paige. And according to Elias Sports Bureau, it was the oldest combined age of starting pitchers in the history of Fenway Park.
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