Sox Play Mongoose Again: Peter

OK, Jenn, I know that Mongooses (or is it Mongeese?) usually take out cobras, but since there aren't any of the hood spreaders around, we'll just have to make do with Diamondbacks. Tonight started looking like both pitchers were waging a war of attrition--whoever stands at the end will be declared the winner. With Haren going for the D-B's that's not a historically wise course to take in June. He has an excellent June career record; for some reason, in the first month of summer, he gets very hard to do anything with. However, tonight saw him trailing 3-2 after three and tied 4-4 after five, before falling behind for good in the 6th.
But speaking of attrition, Lackey early on didn't look much better. He was behind one zip in the 1st,2-1 in the 3d, and 4-3 in the 5th before the Sox got some consistency at the dish and grabbed the lead for good in the 6th. The Sox pen took over after six, and after Richardson allowed his only batter to get a hit, the rest of the pen held the D-B's pretty much at bay. Manny and Oki permitted only a hit and a BB between them (both by Manny) and the Pap came in to finish. Though he did get a pair of K's, he also was very un-Papelbonian in closing, as he gave up a pair of hits and the D-B's final run.
Positive notes for the game: Papi got his 14th HR, going 2-3 (he's now 11-23 with a pair of HR's and eight ribbies in his last six games) and continuing his recovery from his early June slump. Scutaro picked up three ribbies, our new hero, Daniel Nava, went 3-4 with a pair of twobaggers, and Beltre added to his team high RBI total, now at 46. Right behind him are Yoouk at 44 and Papi at 43. At this rate, Sox could have three 100 RBI men this year. Also, with tonight's 'W' for Lackey, they are the first team in MLB this year with three hurlers having at least eight wins apiece. As I said, I believe it was last night, Jenn, might we end up with a tri-fecta of 20 game winners? I know it's early, but at the present pace, Bucky would get 21 wins and both Lester and Lackey would have 19.1 (so is 20 that much of a stretch?). It's a long season, so we'll have to watch and hope.
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Finally, I wish I could also report a Celtics victory against the Lakers. However, in what has to be one of the most defense oriented NBA Finals games ever (from both sides), the Green went down to defeat 83-79. Great effort, just a tiny bit short. Let's go back again next year with the additional weight of D-Wade from the free agency.