Well, the Sox got back to .500 tonight. Up to now, it seemed that every time they got within a game of breakeven, they'd then lose a couple of close ones and have to start the climb all over again--kinds' like Sisyphus. Not tonight. Hosting the Reds again at the Fens, the Hose allowed their guests to get on the board first and then proceeded to play catchup for the remainder of the evening, finally putting the winning score across the plat in the bottom of the 8th. While Middlebrooks drove home the clincher, the 10 hit offense was pretty much spread across the entire lineup. Papi had a pair of hits and added a ribbie; Vic and Pierzynski were each 2-4 with the former scoring a run and the latter plating one. Nap had a two bagger for a ribbie, and for once, the timely hit showed up often enough (like last night) to make a difference.
As for pitching, Peavy took the ball to start and, although he gave up four each of hits and BB's, he also matched the freebies with 4 K's and kept the damage under control through six, until the Sox bats could take over. Then the pen took control--four pitchers, no hits, a single freebie and, frosting on the cake: Koji K'd all three batters he faced on a total of just thirteen pitches, ten of which were strikes. So, in this case, the Sox have won a series before the final game is played, a trend that has taken some time showing up so farm, unlike last year when the Hose Heroes started right out of the gate doing that for the most part.
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