Once Again--It's The Jersey

Well, for the third consecutive game, the Sox dugout had The Jersey hanging prominently in honor of those killed or wounded in Monday's senseless atrocity at the Marathon. Once again, the Hose took matters into their own hands and, playing both for the team and for the citizens of the Hub, they won their sixth in a row, this time 6-3. Lester picked up his third W of the season, marking the third time in his career he has started the season 3-0. This time, he went seven innings, allowing just four hits and a single freebie. He allowed two runs, but was never really in any danger. His WHIP for both game and season continues to be sub-1.0 After he left, Miller started to make it interesting by allowing a run in 2/w3 of an inning, but was unhooked by Uehara, who closed out the inning with a quick K. The new Sox closer, Bailey, then pitched a perfect inning and the game was in the books as a W for the Hose.
Offensively, Napoli started things rolling in the 2d with a triple, crossing the plate with the Sox' first run a moment later on Nava's single. After the Tribe tied it at 1 in their half of the inning, Salty put the Sox ahead again with his third shot of the year in the 4th and the Dustman stretched that lead by one driving in Jake, 3-1 Sox. In their half of the 5th, the Tribe again made it closer, scoring their 2d run. But, with the score, 3-2 Sox, the Hose opened the game up once and for all in the 7th, scoring their final three runs. These came on singles by Napoli and Carp, artfully sandwiched around a sacfly from Nava. Jake and Nap each had a pair of hits, one of them a two-bagger for Jake to complement his 7th steal of the young season. He still leads that category in the league. Nap, on the other hand, now has 17 ribbies and is among the league leaders in that stat.
Sox return to the Fens for tomorrow's game with Bucky going for his 4th W of the year against the Royals. It should be a very emotional game as it will be the first Sox game at the Fens since the horror of last Monday. Also, Papi is set to rejoin the team in time for the game, his sore achilles apparently improved enough to get his bat back in the lineup. Word going around is that his return means a ticket to Pawtucket for Jackie Bradley, Jr. While he was incandescent in the spring, he's mired in a slump in the Bigs and could probably use the drop to regain his eye. It says here, though, it won't be for long. The kid has too much talent to stay down for long.