Sox Latest Run

Well, here we are again--almost back to .500--just a game under, in fact. After the season's lousy start, the Hose have had quite a May!So far, however, every time they've gotten within a game of the magic .500, they've managed to drop a couple of games or so. The last one was the two game Jays series--immediately after which they embarked for Mr. Hankie's multigazillion redo of the House That Ruth Built, The results so far were great--two games, two W's. The formula has been simple--the team as a whole has all been producing, led by a torrid homer and hitting streak by Gonzo, constant good hitting and base running by Jake and, overall, good steady pitching from the Sox rotation.
The first of the two played so far against the Stripes produced a 5-3 win, Bucky going deep into the game and leaving with a 5-1 lead. The lead was propelled by hitting across the lineup, highlighted by another Gonzo home run. Then, the pen, although not total in lockdown mode, made the pitches when it had to. Both Bard and Pap gave up a run to make things a little "squirmy" in the final innings, but they got the outs when it came down to closing the deal.
The second, yesterday's game was an outstanding example of hitting and pitching working together. Not quite as untouchable as in his last outing against the New Yorkers, JB nonetheless kept the Stripers from getting all the way around the bases, resulting in a second consecutive JB-started shutout against them. He got the W this time--no more no-dee's here--and the pen beautifully finished out the final innings, including a stint by a totally new name for the Sox. The hitting was there to back it as well. Gonzo, having been denied in his prior at-bat by CC, again to be the loser against JB, came up in the 7th with one run already in complements of Tek's hit. Two were on base and Gonzo didn't waste a lot of time extending his homer streak to four straight games. He took a 1-2 pitch and drove it about twenty rows deep into the cheaps. Instantly, the Sox lead had tripled--now six zip. It's Gonzo's fifth dinger spread over four consecutive games. Six zip is how it ended and so now the Fenmen are back to one under the magic number. Hopefully, tonight they'll get this particular monkey off their back and into its cage once and for all!