Lack of Run Support Equals Loss

Dad --

Did you see last night's game? Disappointing is an understatement.

Lester was awesome through the first four innings. Even when he got into trouble he pulled a Dice-K and somehow managed to escape without any damage. That is until the fifth.

Aybar was the first to bat and he ended up on 2nd base. Then Figgins hit a grounder that moved Aybar to 3rd. Abreu walked and then Hunter hit a home run to straight away center field. So the Halos are up 3 zip. But three runs is no big deal, especially since there's still four innings left to play.

But 4 innings doesn't mean squat if you can't get men on base. And the only men to get on base last night were Pedroia, Bay, Drew and Gonzalez. And they each only got one hit. It wasn't pretty.

But even uglier was Ramon Ramirez's stint on the mound. He took over for Lester and only faced three batters in the bottom of the 7th - and all three reached. So it's no surprise that the Angels scored two more times to give them their winning score of 5-0.

It was sad, especially since this is the same team the Sox seem to whip every year in the ALDS. But there's still hope.

Last night was only game one. The Angels still need to win two more in order to knock the Sox out of the post season and there are four games left to play; two of which are back at the Fens. Tonight Beckett takes the mound and we'll be there to watch. Hope our trip to Edison Field helps the Sox bats wake up. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Jenn