Another Series Win--Another Win Streak Begins

Well, this was a bit tenser than recent Sox wins, and briefly was beginning to look late in the game as if the Hose might sustain their second loss in a row. However, after Uehara gave up a game tying HR to Bautista, the slugger's third against the Hose in two days, the Sox combined a single, a freebie and a fielding error to gain the win in their half of the 9th. Uehara got the W. The game began with the Hose building a three zip lead in the 2d by following a pair of singles with successive doubles by Lavernway and new Sox callup Snyder. After the Jays closed things to 3-2, Sox, the Sox immediately opened it to 4-2 in the 5th on Gomes' two bagger to plate Jake, a lead the team held into the 7th. At that point, the Jays again climbed back to within a run, setting up the 9th inning heroics for both teams.
Statistically, this was only the second game in the last nine that the Bosox have failed to get at least ten hits. In this skein, they've accounted for well over 100 hits, and, although the usual suspects, to quote Inspector Renault for you Casablanca fans out there, have certainly had a hand, there have also been regular contributions from a variety of other team members. Today, the guys fell just a hit shy of the dime. Having said that, the Hose' nine hits included the three aforementioned two baggers, all at very timely points in the game. As for pitching, Dempster had a creditable five and a third allowing a pair of runs, while the contribution from Wilson and Miller covered a pair of shutout innings to pass things along for the finish to Uehara, albeit a bit differently than planned.
With the O's sweep of the Stripes, the Sox lead the Division by 2.5 over said Birds and 5.5 (not a typo) over Mr. Hankie's Yankees.