Well, it had to happen sooner or later. After 37 consecutive outs, Sox closer Koji Uehara finally was reached. I'd hoped that he would have made it into record territory, but it wasn't to be. Every closer in history, whether it was Rivera , Gagne or Eck eventually gets taken down, if only for the moment. The Sox proved that with Rivera, who, although the greatest closer in MLB history, somehow was more susceptible to Sox bats than any other team. Tonight it was Koji's turn. The Birds' Valencia led off the 9th with a triple, removing any doubt as to how much longer the streak would last. Then, the very next batter sacflied his pinch runner home with what would be the winning run. With that, Koji started a new streak by not only getting the fly out, but also retiring the next two batters on a grounder and a K. Three and counting. As the Hose only were able to muster a total of three hits the entire evening, one of them a leadoff 1st inning shot into the cheaps by The Dustman, the outcome was not too difficult to predict. Even so, the Sox had the tying run, Salty, on base in their half of the 9th, but couldn't get him home.
On the bright side of things, the Sox swiped three bases, two by Drew, and cut their magic number by one as the Rays also lost to remain nine back with only ten to play for the Sox. The Rays have a dozen left, I believe.
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