Bouncing Back Again:

Well, after losing the finale of the Rays series yesterday, and again failing to get over .500, the Hose showed some more of their recent resiliency, beating the Tigers today, 7-4. They built up a 7-2 lead as the game proceeded, chipping away at the Bengals' starter and the reliever, with the ammunition coming across the board. Papi had a pair of hits, including his 16th double and drove in his 31st ribbie. Sweeney, in his first game back from the concussion 7 day DL, went 3-4, including his 15th two-bagger and scored a pair of runs. Salty picked up his ninth homer. Hose starter Dubront gave a solid 6 innings, allowing a pair of runs, but K'ing a half dozen and allowing just four hits and a lone freebie, a game WHIP of 0.833. The middle relief also did its job and improved even more on its recent success/stinginess, accounting for two shutout innings. The Hose closer, Aceves, finished up, and though he allowed a 2 run shot to finish the scoring, was, overall, OK. Hope these late inning HR's don't get to be a habit though.