Four In A Row!

Well, here we are in the Windy City after sweeping the Twinkies in their home park. Dubront (the victim of V's yanking vs the Yankees) against the newest perfect gamer. Sox settled that issue fast tonight. One batter, no second perfecto. Two batters, no second consec no-no (Johnny Vander Meer relaxes wherever he's buried). By the end of the inning, the Hose were up two zip and well on their way to an eventual laugher of 10-3, with Dubront getting his first W.  He tossed a respectable six innings and was succeeded by the Hose' latest Japanese hurler, Tazawa. After no pitching last year from injuries, he has looked excellent out of the pen in his first pair of outings. He still has a 0.00 ERA, and has an excellent repertoire, including a devastating cutter--just drops through the floor. He got the save tonight, although I'm not certain how a reliever who comes in with a 9-3 lead is eligible for a save. Anyway, based on his efforts so far this season, he may be the stopper the Hose have been looking for since Pap took his talents south to the world's pretzel capital (where he's five saves out of 5 tries, so far, with a sub-2 ERA).
The heroics tonight were spread throughout the lineup with every starter except Anderson getting at least one hit and Yoouuukkkk getting three. The biggest was his third inning Slam, basically putting the game away early. His average is now up to .241, and he added four ribbies. Other stats: maintaining their place among the league leaders in ribbies were Papi with his 16th and Gonzo with his 14th, while Salty put a pair in the cheaps to reach his fourth of the season. While doing so, tonight and his recent hitting binge has gotten his BA into respectability at .261. Papi continues to lead the league in hitting, well over .400, which while always a very nice number, will not start to excite me until I see it after his name well after June. The farther after June I see it, the more excited I'll get.
On a negative note, the Globe reported that Crawford will be out until at least late June with his injury. Remdog mentioned tonight during the telecast that there are unconfirmed rumors that Jake may be out as long. Neither prospect is encouraging.
Bard goes tomorrow and hopefully, the Sox can get closer to breakeven, perhaps even reach it by the start of the week. Wouldn't that be sweet!