Sox Take Laugher

Well, after collapsing in the 8th of last night's game and losing after having held a one zip lead most of the game, the Sox tonight took out their frustrations on the Rays in an 11-3 laugher. Playing, as they have for much of the past couple of weeks a team that is a mix of veterans and guys just up from the farm for a 2015 look-see, the Hose quickly fell behind two zip in the 1st. However, they wasted little time in getting even, picking up their own deuce in the 2d.  It remained knotted until the-Sox sent ten to the plate in the 4th, picking up  fiver to take a lead they never lost. The 7-2 lead became 11-2 in the 6th, when the Hose tacked on an additional four runs, using only a single hit coupled with four freebies and a couple of Rays miscues to ratchet up the count.  The score remained there until the Rays' half of the 9th when a Zobrist double sent home the Rays' final run.
Among the Sox offensive heroes for the game were Cecchini, who got his first shot  into the cheaps, the blow coming in the Sox 2d; Bogaerts, whose pair of hits drove home three and Nava, who plated a pair with a ringing double. Other multi hit Sox players were Cespedes, his 36th to bagger among his pair of hits and Brentz, who also had a pair, including a double.
The Sox mound staff acquitted itself reasonably successfully as well. Starter Renaudo ended a three game losing streak to go to 4-3, allowing just six hits and a lone free pass in seven frames, a quality game WHIP of 1.0. His outing also included a pair of K's. The pen duty was split by Britton and Escobar, giving up a total of three hits between them. The former allowed two of those, but held the Rays scoreless for his inning, while Escobar was looking very good except for one pitch that regular Rays thorn in the Sox side Zobrist used to double home the Rays leadoff man who'd gotten on by an HBP.
In winning tonight, the Sox got within one game of the season total under the disastrous Valentine season of 2012. With another game against the Rays, followed by a season ending series against the Stripes, the Hose at least have the opportunity to finish ahead of that 2012 disaster.