Sox Beat Twins--Papi Incandescent!

Well, in the two games the Hose have played in the Twin Cities, they lost one on a walk-off 2 run shot last night, but then engulfed the Twinkies tonight 9-4. Dubront tonight was very good,only allowing a single run in 6 1/3, on seven hits and a freebie. The big story of both nights, however, is, as noted in the headline, Big Papi. The man is on fire over his last few games. Starting in Texas, he had (after a scoring correction against Darvish) the only hits that night, followed next day by a shot to the freebies, and followed again by back to back two homer games against the Twinkies. In this short span, his B. A. has shot up from .257 to over .300, and he's now tied for second in the league in HR's with eleven, and has raised his ribbie total to be in the top ten in the AL.  Almost reminds one of his World Series performance of last year.
What is even more interesting is where he now sits on the larger scale--or, in this case, scales, since there are at least two of them. In the entire history of the team, Papi is now the sole possessor of career Red Sox home runs with 384 as a Sox member. He's over 400 total for his career. Yaz is second and Teddy Ballgame is, of course, in first. While Papi will never approach TW's numbers, he could with a couple of 30+ years after this year, get close to a solid challenge to Yaz.
The second scale I alluded to is the number of four ribbie games he's piled up. Over the past ten years, he has more games with at least four ribbies per game than anyone in MLB. People trailing him include Pujols to kind of give you an idea of the rare neighborhood he's now inhabiting. This is classic Papi. Historically with the Sox, every so many games, he suddenly goes on a tair of unbelievable proportions when the HR's seem to come as naturally as breathing. So it is for now. May it continue for a good while.