Well, the last time I touched base, I mentioned I'd been pre-occupied with preps for my 40th anniversary. Since then, it happened and I was in Paris with my better half catching up on the Sox when possible in the pages of the International Herald Tribune. As it turned out, most of the news was bad for the first half of the week (the recent four game loss streak to Detroit and the Chisox), but got better for the rest of the week with the three game sweep of the A's. Moving on and at home now, I got to enjoy (presumably with all of you) the extension of that winning streak yesterday by the Hose over Mr. Hankie's Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Sox won 6-4, and while the pitching wasn't great, it was good enough. Lester became the first AL starter with 8 W's for the year, going just over six, but giving up three runs along the way. His game WHIP was adequate, being under 2, but he only picked up five K's. Not bad against his BB's as he only allowed one of those. Fortunately, we started well, leaving the first inning with a three zip lead on Jake's HR, Gonzo's trip and Yooouuukk's sacfly. After the Stripes picked up a single run off Lester, the Hose extended it to 4-1, and later to 6-3 on a shot by Papi.
Terry pulled Lester shortly after that and the pen looked good initially (if you ignore Jenks brief appearance), with Aceves holding the Stripes scoreless after completing Jenks' quick walk and Bard throwing a perfect 8th. Then, The Laser came on and allowed a run on a leadoff freebie to Jeter, followed by a hit by Posada. Once the run came in, the Evil Empire got a guy on second with A-roid coming up. Pap buckled down (A-roid has a decent history vs Pap)and closed him and the game out. Sox are now just percentage points behind the Stripes for the division lead.
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