Well, Jenn, as you probably know by now, since you were on Tivo in the 7th inning when we spoke a little bit ago, the Hose won their third straight, sixth of seven tonight. This is the best string for them all season, so maybe, just maybe they're coming around to expectations. Best of all, the victory was contributed to by the team as a whole. Yooouuukk got another HR, his 10th of the season and added to his league leading runs scored total. Big Papi, definitely looking as if he's all the way back, went 2-4, one of them being his ninth roundtripper of the season. This time last year he had a bagel--nada in the HR category. His average is at its highest this year as well, .256--still a way to go there, but definitely headed in the right direction. Dusty and Beltre each picked up three hits, with the latter raising his average to .335 and the former ending an 0-17 slide.
On the other side of the roster, Bucky was looking just primo! He went six, K'd eight and allowed just six hits and a single BB. The only run he allowed was Haverhill's finest driving one into the bleachers. He is on the longest road win streak if any Sox pitcher since the Rocket in 1993--eight consecutive road W's; Clemens had nine.
So, overall, we pick up a half game on the Stripes and one full game on the Rays. Love to see a sweep to really tighten things up in the division; we'll see.
Unfortunately, my Hub Headline of the evening was a bit short of expectations. The Celts lost, so: Sox win; C's lose (in OT, no less). Say hi to my favorite little fan. See you all this weekend.
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