Six of Eight--Sox Looking More and More Like 2013!

Well, after losing last night by giving up a pair of runs in the 10th--after coming back to tie at 3, tonight the Sox returned to last year's frequent methodology.  They didn't let the fact that they were down five one early on preclude victory. Starting with a two run shot into the center field cheaps by--who else--Big Papi in the 3d, and then, having fallen behind 6-3, sending nine to the plate in the 5th, accented by another two run shot off Papi's bat, and adding four runs in all to take the lead for good, the Sox pulled away to win 10-7.  Papi also had a hand in the last trey the Sox put on the board. he added a two run two bagger to his totals for the day, finishing with a career tying six ribbies on the day.
Equally important, he wasn't the only show in town--just the biggest.  Danny Nava continued his return from oblivion, going 3-4 with a pair of ribbies and a double to raise his BA to a season high .267--finally respectability!  Pedey and Nap each also had a pair of hits, their BA's respectively rising to .284 and .270.
defensively, the Hose moundsmen did a creditable job after De La Rosa left them behind 6-3 after four. His game WHIP was a horrible 3.25, coming on the combo of nine hits and four freebies he gave up.  But the relief that followed was, overall, awesome! Wilson and Badenhop were each perfect, the former going 2 1/3 and the latter adding in his own 1 2/3 innings, more than covered for the softness today by Layne and Koji. The former faced two men, got neither out and left for Badenhop.  Koji finished up, allowing a homer, but as it wasn't a save situation, it likely isn't an issue. Wilson got the W.
Papi's pair of homers mean that he becomes the third member of the Bosox to have 400 homers in a Sox uniform. The others, naturally are Teddy Ballgame with 521 and Yaz with 452. Both of those totals are also career totals, while Papi has a career total now of 459, the others coming in his prior days with the Twinkies.
Both the Rays and O's lost, so the Sox picked up a game on each of them. The team remains in last in the AL East, but, at the risk of sounding like I'm afflicted with a classic case of Sox Hope, the team still has forty games or so to continue their recent surge.  Who knows?  I mean this is the team that was down three zip to the Evil Empire in 2004 and won it all!