Well, we finally won one on the road! I was beginning to think we'd forgotten how. With Jon Lester pitching another great start, holding the Mariners scoreless through 7 1/3 innings, the Sox were at least holding even through four. However, they weren't getting anyone across once again. Recently, that's been a recipe for disaster even when they've had good pitching (witness the last two against the Halos).
With one swing, Varitek settled that issue. In the fifth, he came to the plate with a man on and worked the count full. Then, he drove the next offering into the seats, two zip Sox. Lester made it stand up in spite of the fact that more and more Sox runners were ending up stranded until the 8th when, with the sacks jammed, Lowrie connected and plated another deuce for the Sox.
Lester came out for the home half of the inning and suddenly appeared to have run out of gas. Loading the bases around an out, he was yanked by Terry. On came Laserman. Two pitches, a classic twin killing and the inning was over--score preserved. After the Sox failed to add anything in their half of the 9th, Pap slammed the door on a series of grounders to the infield.
Tonight the Sox battery looked every bit as good as the EverReady Bunny. They just kept on going.
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