Well after getting screwed out of a win that would have put them up by 1.5 over the Rays, by an erroneous call by the second base ump (he later admitted his error), the Sox made a potentially season clinching move just before the trade deadline by claiming Jake Peavey from the White Sox. Like all the rest of us, he changes his Sox each day (at least for Monday and Tuesday). Cost us Iggy, who'll do well wherever he plays, but this was a one time opportunity. Then, following up on last night's 8-2 win over the M's, a great team effort, the Hose tonight went long. By long I'm not talking about a shot to the cheaps (except for the Dustman's two run shot in the 7th). Rather, I'm talking about the length of the game before the Sox took the W. Although they had a number of opportunities as the innings mounted, it took until the 15th until a walk-off by Drew with the sacks jammed and two gone for the team to push the winner across the dish. Vic, Salty and Dusty all had a pair of hits. Overall, the Sox has 11 hits, but as each inning went on tied at four, it was getting more and more frustrating. Long flies died just shy of the Wall. Runners were stranded. One was thrown out trying to score on a medium deep fly. Finally, the 15th and Drew's walkoff arrived to send us all home happy--and back in first, as the Rays lost. So did the O's.
Pitching was overall very good too. Lackey went seven, giving up three runs on seven hits, while getting a half dozen K's. The pen was its usual excellent self, the only exception being Tazawa's HR by Seager in the 8th that forced us all to sit through an extra half game and then some. Uehara was perfect, striking out the side and Britton got the W, going a pair of shutout innings. He really pitched as he allowed three hits in this space, but also picked up K's, a pair, when he needed to.
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