This is going to be a lot shorter than my usual winning posts--it's late; I've been going since 5:30 this morning and I'm tired--VERY tired, Jenn. So please excuse the brevity. Tonight's win did a few positive things for the Sox. It evened this series, extended our latest winning streak heading into the mausoleum in the Bronx (who pays this kind of money for a baseball field?),put us two games closer to clinching the Card (Texas lost tonight); and showed just how far along Bucky and Papi have continued to come. Bucky's pretty well laid legitimate claim to the third spot in the rotation, continuing his comeback from the early season doldrums. He pitched into the 7th, allowing only five hits, but no runs, no BB's and K'd eight. That leaves his record for the last eight starts at 6-0. Papi had one of his best games of the season, getting another homer (26th), three RBI's (91 for the year), and an RBI double in a 3-5 night. Dusty swiped a pair, extending his league leading total to 66, also picking up four hits, and Dusty got his fortysixth two bagger while extending his hitting streak to sixteen games. Guy's got a good shot at fifty deuces with ten games left. Speaking of streaks, Martinez extended his consecutive game streak to a career best 23 in a row.
I'm not happy the Hose had to play a game in KC before traveling to the Bronx while Mr. Hankie's Yankees got the night off for R&R, but at least we won and won big. Let's hope it carries on through the three in NY. Still a shot at the division--a long shot, admittedly, but a shot nevertheless.
And I'm done!
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