Sox Now Five of Six with W Over KC

Well, for the second game in a row, the current edition of the Sox played as if this were 2013 all over again. Trailing one zip and then a few innings later four one, the Hose relied on all of their lineup to pick up a 5-4 victory over the always pesky Royals.  In their half of the 2d, the Sox used a flurry of hits to knot the score at one. With Bogaerts on third, Drew on first and two gone, Holt lined a single that got the tying run home.  A few innings later, the Hose having fallen back behind, 4-1, they assembled a rally that looked for all the world like it came from last year. With one gone, Danny Nava singled, followed by a Bogaerts blast deep into the center field cheaps to make it 4-3, KC. But the Sox were far from done.  Drew followed with a solid two bagger. After Ross K'd, Johnny Gomes pinch hit for Jackie Bradley and pretty much duplicated Bogaerts' cheap shot into the center field seats and suddenly, the So had the lead, 5-4.  As it turned out, this was the final tally.
The Sox pen took over from there and was sparkling.  Bucky departed, a chance at evening his record for the year, and was followed by Badenhop came on. He only got credit for a third of an inning as the second batter he faced reached on one of two Sox errors. Enter Miller. He made it look simple--two batters up; two batters K'd; end of inning.
In the 8th, Taz came on and initially made things a bit more exciting than necessary. His first batter got a hit and advanced to second on an errant pickoff throw to first. With no-one out and the tying run on second, he buckled down and a few minutes later had set down the next three batters in order, two on harmless groundouts. That brought the game to the 9th and, as expected, the Sox' newest All-Star, Koji.
With two outs, he surrendered a double to Infante and found himself facing one of KC's more dangerous batsmen, Hosmer, already 3-4 on the day. Tying run on second, he got Hosmer to ground out harmlessly to Pedey and the game was over.
Sox starter Bucky wasn't as sparkling as in his prior start just before the break, but he p itched when he had to and was able to limit the damage to the four early runs KC picked up. Although he only collected three K's, he allowed no freebies and allowed the team a chance to fight its way back for the win.
Besides Bogy and Gomes, the big offensive producers tonight were Drew and Nap, each with a pair of hits, including Drew's double.  This performance is a further throwback to the type of play demonstrated last year by the team, and is what is needed to get them back into post-season contention again.  This appears to be something that they have brought themselves back to in recent weeks, and, hopefully, a habit that will continue.