A-Rod Boo'd and Dustin Seals Yanks Fate - Jenn

So two games down with one to go and the Sox are doing just fine for what could be their final outing at Yankee Stadium.

Sure the Sox won Tuesday night, but that wasn't the highlight. The highlight of the game was hearing the Yankees fans booing. But they weren't booing their arch rivals. Nope, they were booing one of their own. The man who tried to steal the Sox thunder last year when he announced he was opting out of his contract during game four of the World Series. The same man who's the highest paid player in baseball. The man who doesn't have a World Series ring because ever since he joined the Spankies, they haven't won. You all know of whom I speak. The man playing 3rd - Alex Rodriguez.

Talk about a bad night. A-Rod went 0-5 including two inning ending double plays. One that dashed any hopes the Yanks had of winning the game. It was the bottom of the 7th and Delcarmen was not the same Manny we saw on Sunday against the Jays. Nope, this time he only faced 4 batters; and of those four, three reached base: Damon walked, Jeter singled and then Abreu walked to load the bases. Francona knew it was time to pull Delcarmen. So Masterson came in to face A-Rod.

Now for any pitcher this situation spells pressure. The bases loaded with just one out? It could mean at least one run, maybe more. Papelbon knows all about it. Back in '06 our closer blew his save when he relinquished a walk-off homer to the 3rd baseman. But evidently Masterson doesn't know the Red Sox history because he stepped on the rubber, threw two pitches, and got A-Rod to tap the ball back to Alex Cora for his second inning ending double play. And then the crowd let him have it. It was a grin inducing moment to say the least. That double play kept the Sox in the lead and allowed both Okie and Papelbon to slam the doors on the Yanks.

Last night was more of the same. Not quite as many boos for the home team, but a lot of runs for the visitors. Unlike night one, though, most of the runs came in the 8th.

The Sox were leading when the 8th inning rolled around, but it was only by two runs. Jason Bay put an end to that when he knocked Youkilis in with a triple that got away from Abreu when it found the gap in right center. And the hits just kept coming, culminating with Pedroia stepping to the plate with the bases loaded and only one out. So on a 2-0 pitch, Pedroia slammed the ball to left center for his first career grand slam to give the Red Sox a 9 run lead.

While the Sox, actually it's Timlin's fault, gave up one more run, there was never any chance the Yankees were going to catch those guys from the Fens, giving the Red Sox their 2nd win at The House that Ruth built.

Today's the final game of the series and here's hoping Lester does a better job than he did against the Jays and the Fenway Faithful can pull out their brooms.