The Beat Goes ON Against the O's

Well, the Sox headed straight for the Bird's Nest near the Nation's capital after last night's 16 inning affair. They were tired but happy. But today was a new day. So, to start things off, they immediately drop behind two zip in the 1st. Playing what, in effect, is your third game in two days can do that to you. However, Wake toughened up and after 4 1/2 the Sox were up 6-2. Looked all right, right? N o t s o f a s t! In their half of the 5th, the O's tacked on a fin and suddenly, our heroes were trailing 7-6. This dragged on until the Hose tied things with a single run in the 7th, and I'm already beginning to think, "not another extra inning extravaganza", even though it was only the 7th. We had two whole innings to get through before that fantasy could threaten to become a reality--fortunately. The very next inning, the Sox offense made Bikini Atoll look like a 4th of July fizzle, by comparison.
Sending a dozen men to the plate, the Sox put on a clinic (where was this last night?) in keeping a rally going. When the smoke cleared and the mushroom cloud had evaporated, the Hose had tacked on eight runs and had a comfortable 15-7 lead. Barring a total collapse, this one was, for all practicable purposes, in the books. The O's did manage to tack on a trey in their last at bat, but it was a case of too little, too late and the Sox had now won their 3d in a row, and 13th of 15. Not too shabby. Yooouuukkk, The Dustman and McDonald each put three ribbies on the board and Crawford, in his return from the DL, added an RBI with a 2-5 evening.