Tito's mistake

Generally speaking, I think Tito does a good job. But he has made two of the oddest and, to be blunt, dumbest decisions of late. First, he has been hitting Pedroia 2nd and Youkilis 5th. While Pedroia is a fine hitter, he does not deserve that spot. The two hole is made for Youks. Here is a breakdown of the two:

Youkilis
#2 - 171 ABs .351/.450/.561
#5 - 91 ABs .264/.355/.341

Pedroia
#2 - 101 ABs .307/.391/.436
#9 - 119 ABs .328/.412/.471

I am not advocating putting DP back in the nine hole, but rather Youks should be bat second. There is a clear difference between not only Youks to DPs production, but also Youks production from 5th and 2nd. Come on Tito, even without looking at the stats, you have to see this.

The other problem i have is with Okajima's usage. He has been our best pitcher out of the pen, why are we using him in the 9th inning of a blow out? He has already pitched over 45 innings. Why could Snyder, Timlin, Lopez, or Piniero come in to end the game? It just doesn't make sense. Don't waste your good arms. There are only so many innings in these arms. We will need Paps and Okajima come September and October.