Well, we got another sparkling effort from the entire team at large! Name the particular phase of the game and someone on the Sox provided it today. You want hitting, and who doesn't (other than a pitcher)--you got it from a melange of guys. With eleven hits, seven for extra bases, we had contributions from Youk (a pair of doubles and a round tripper); a double each from Tek, Lugo and Manny, and two hits each from Coco and Tek. Manny's two bagger was high off the wall and drove in a run, while Crisp got two hits and appears to be producing at something close to what the Hose had expected a couple of years ago when they got him.
Running your thing? Then you'd love some of the Sox action on the paths today. Aside from the five swipes, two by Jacoby, they added some really fine base running into the mix to garb extra bases and runs while the issue could still have been in doubt. Great example was Coco in the fourth. He basically manufactured a run the old fashioned way--he earned it--with his feet and his head. Starting off with a single, he then made off with second as if he were a cat burglar taking possession of the Crown Jewels, advanced to third on an error and added a run to the Sox' total on Pedroia's ground out.
You like to talk about pitching? Jon Lester's apparently been tinkering a bit and the results were readily apparent, aside from Haverhill's pride, Pena taking Lester deep. Over six, he surrendered only that single run, scattering four hits and three free passes while whiffing five. He was followed by the 'Other Manny'--Delcarmen, who , although getting a Hold, gave up a pair in the seventh in just a third of an inning when he allowed a single, followed by Iwamura's triple, later to be charged for that run when Iwamura plated on a single from the first hitter to face Okajima. What is it with Iwamura, anyway? He can't hit to save his life against the rest of the league and suddenly, he's the greatest thing alive with a bat in his hands when he's facing a hurler wearing Red Sox colors.
But I digress. Aside from Delcarmen's problems, the Sox bullpen did what it was supposed to. After the 'welcome to the game' hit against Oki, he shut down the Rays batters for an inning and a third, followed by--who else--The Saver--Papelbon.
While he K'ed no-one at all, he was just as deadly with his 15 pitches over the final four outs as he ever was. Thirteen of those pitches were for strikes and when the sizzle ceased and the contest was done, he left with a perfect stint--and the save.
Other comments: Papi missed today as his knee was a bit tight. I'm hoping now that he seems to be out of his slump that this doesn't become a season-long thing with the knee. Lowell still seems to be struggling a bit, but we'll see over the next few weeks, I'm sure, as he gets more playing time now that he's back from the DL.
The Sox now have a 3 game streak, and 5 of 6, and have increased their lead in the AL East by another game as Baltimore also lost. 'Stripes won, so that margin remains the same.
Oh, yes--CELTS WON--Absolutely dismantled--that's the only way to describe it--the Hawks to finish off what they should have done three games ago. Batter up--Cleveland.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Saturday, May 3, 2008
More Payback and EVERYBODY Hits!-Peter
Now this is more like it! In addition to having a new win streak, two in a row and four of five, the Sox are producing like they are capable of doing. They accumulated fifteen hits, seven of which were for extra bases. When something like that occurs, the results are usually a win, and usually with a pretty good run total. In this case, both happened. The Sox got the win in a game that, for all practical purposes , was over after the 6th. I know, Yogi, it ain't over 'til it's over, but, practically speaking, after six innings the fat lady was already hoarse.
Every Sox starter got at least one hit, and four of them had multi-hit games. Included in the latter group we find the continuing-out-of-his-slump Papi, who had three hits, including a pair of RBI doubles, and Dusty, who also got three knocks and scored a deuce. Add in Manny's two ribbies, two-baggers by Lowell (starting to show signs of ending his slump), Ellsbury, Drew, Lugo and Tek and it looks like we're pretty much hitting on all cylinders offensively.
As for the pitching, Beckett had his rough spots, but was able to make pitches when it counted. He got the win, striking out five while allowing just seven hits and a walk. The game easily could have been even more lopsided had one or two of those hits Josh surrendered stayed inside the park.
The two homers JB gave up were to hitting non-entities named Iwamura and Gross, batting respectively .214 and .143. Iwamura, lest we forget, is the rusty gate-like flailer who beat Buchholz, 1-0, last week on a bottom of the eighth solo shot, and Gross just is. However, for the game JB posted a 1.0 WHIP, and any game that a pitcher WHIP's at or below 1.0 is going to be pretty good. With the exception of the aforementioned pair of shots, so too was this one. Beckett threw just 100 pitches, with a better than 2-1 ratio being strikes.
Tomorrow we go for a return the favor sweep, game time scheduled just after the Celtics will, hopefully, have finally finished doing to the Hawks what they should have done three games earlier.
Now: for my usual non-game-related comments, over the last few seasons there has developed a new tradition at the Fens. During the time between top and bottom of the eighth inning, everyone breaks out in unison with a rendition of Neil Diamond's 'Sweet Caroline'. Great song and I like it (although some of his others are more favored in this corner), but can anyone out there in cyberspace, or at your favorite bar, tell me exactly how this tradition got started? I can tell you for sure it didn't exist when I was a kid spending my days at the Fens in the 40's and 50's, nor as an adult in the 60's, 70's and 80's. I don't even recollect it in the 90's, so I'm forever grateful to anyone who can let me in on the history of this one. No real urgent need, you understand, just something in the 'nice to know' category. Post your comments here on the blog.
By the way, Jenn, I know after your post on yesterday's game this will disappoint, but Moss is now in the hospital--getting his appendix removed. Well, assuming all goes as expected, he should be back in two or three weeks. Boy, is THAT ever a pain in the gut!
At you again tomorrow.
Every Sox starter got at least one hit, and four of them had multi-hit games. Included in the latter group we find the continuing-out-of-his-slump Papi, who had three hits, including a pair of RBI doubles, and Dusty, who also got three knocks and scored a deuce. Add in Manny's two ribbies, two-baggers by Lowell (starting to show signs of ending his slump), Ellsbury, Drew, Lugo and Tek and it looks like we're pretty much hitting on all cylinders offensively.
As for the pitching, Beckett had his rough spots, but was able to make pitches when it counted. He got the win, striking out five while allowing just seven hits and a walk. The game easily could have been even more lopsided had one or two of those hits Josh surrendered stayed inside the park.
The two homers JB gave up were to hitting non-entities named Iwamura and Gross, batting respectively .214 and .143. Iwamura, lest we forget, is the rusty gate-like flailer who beat Buchholz, 1-0, last week on a bottom of the eighth solo shot, and Gross just is. However, for the game JB posted a 1.0 WHIP, and any game that a pitcher WHIP's at or below 1.0 is going to be pretty good. With the exception of the aforementioned pair of shots, so too was this one. Beckett threw just 100 pitches, with a better than 2-1 ratio being strikes.
Tomorrow we go for a return the favor sweep, game time scheduled just after the Celtics will, hopefully, have finally finished doing to the Hawks what they should have done three games earlier.
Now: for my usual non-game-related comments, over the last few seasons there has developed a new tradition at the Fens. During the time between top and bottom of the eighth inning, everyone breaks out in unison with a rendition of Neil Diamond's 'Sweet Caroline'. Great song and I like it (although some of his others are more favored in this corner), but can anyone out there in cyberspace, or at your favorite bar, tell me exactly how this tradition got started? I can tell you for sure it didn't exist when I was a kid spending my days at the Fens in the 40's and 50's, nor as an adult in the 60's, 70's and 80's. I don't even recollect it in the 90's, so I'm forever grateful to anyone who can let me in on the history of this one. No real urgent need, you understand, just something in the 'nice to know' category. Post your comments here on the blog.
By the way, Jenn, I know after your post on yesterday's game this will disappoint, but Moss is now in the hospital--getting his appendix removed. Well, assuming all goes as expected, he should be back in two or three weeks. Boy, is THAT ever a pain in the gut!
At you again tomorrow.
2.5 Hour Rain Delay Doesn't Hurt Brandon Moss (or the Sox) - Jenn
There's a new kid in right and his name is Brandon Moss. He showed up last season to fill in for JD Drew when he was out injured, and he's doing it again this year - with the same results. We saw Moss in Japan when JD had a bad back and watched as he got his first home run of the season. Last night he got his second.
But before we get to Moss' hitting, let's talk about about that laser he threw to Varitek to keep the Rays from getting on the board. It's the second inning and Buchholz walked the first two batters he faced - Evan Longoria and Eric Hinske. Then Navarro struck out and Gross flied out to deep right. So with two men on and two out, it looked like Buchholz could get out of the inning unscathed. Unfortunately Jason Bartlett stepped to the plate and lined the ball into right for a base hit. But that didn't fase Moss. He grabbed that ball and lasered it to Varitek so he could tag Longoria for the final out of the inning and prevent the Rays from scoring first. I want to thank Michael Vaccaro for passing on that Moss actually started his baseball career as a pitcher in high school who consistently threw around 93 mph. So catching that ball and striking out Longoria was a walk in the park for the 25 year-old. But that assist wasn't the end of the amazing night Moss had, not by a long shot.
In the fourth inning with two men out, Moss took his place in the batters box. Jackson threw the ball and Moss crushed it to straight away center field for the only home run of the night. That homer got the ball rolling on what would be a five run inning for the Sox and give Buchholz the win. That home run also made Moss the first Sox rookie to get a home run and an outfield assist in the same game since Trot Nixon did it against the Detroit Tigers on June 1, 1999.
Then in the 8th, Moss got his second hit of the night when he sent a line drive to right that landed him on 1st with nobody out. Varitek was next, and his double off the green monster was high enough to get Moss home all the way from first for the seventh and final run of the game.
So with two hits and an RBI for the evening, Moss bumped his batting average from .235 to .286. That's higher than JD's current average of .269. And after those hits as well as that awesome assist, I for one am glad Moss is hanging out in right. Just another young kid helping the Sox stay in first place.
But before we get to Moss' hitting, let's talk about about that laser he threw to Varitek to keep the Rays from getting on the board. It's the second inning and Buchholz walked the first two batters he faced - Evan Longoria and Eric Hinske. Then Navarro struck out and Gross flied out to deep right. So with two men on and two out, it looked like Buchholz could get out of the inning unscathed. Unfortunately Jason Bartlett stepped to the plate and lined the ball into right for a base hit. But that didn't fase Moss. He grabbed that ball and lasered it to Varitek so he could tag Longoria for the final out of the inning and prevent the Rays from scoring first. I want to thank Michael Vaccaro for passing on that Moss actually started his baseball career as a pitcher in high school who consistently threw around 93 mph. So catching that ball and striking out Longoria was a walk in the park for the 25 year-old. But that assist wasn't the end of the amazing night Moss had, not by a long shot.
In the fourth inning with two men out, Moss took his place in the batters box. Jackson threw the ball and Moss crushed it to straight away center field for the only home run of the night. That homer got the ball rolling on what would be a five run inning for the Sox and give Buchholz the win. That home run also made Moss the first Sox rookie to get a home run and an outfield assist in the same game since Trot Nixon did it against the Detroit Tigers on June 1, 1999.
Then in the 8th, Moss got his second hit of the night when he sent a line drive to right that landed him on 1st with nobody out. Varitek was next, and his double off the green monster was high enough to get Moss home all the way from first for the seventh and final run of the game.
So with two hits and an RBI for the evening, Moss bumped his batting average from .235 to .286. That's higher than JD's current average of .269. And after those hits as well as that awesome assist, I for one am glad Moss is hanging out in right. Just another young kid helping the Sox stay in first place.
Friday, May 2, 2008
A Little Payback--And Some HITS!!-Peter
Well, all is not lost after all. The Sox still can hit and get those runners around! In their first return match against the surprise team from northwest Florida who they were swept by last week, the Hubhose grabbed the Rays by the neck early and wouldn't let go until the matter was well settled.
To steal a lyric or two from our singing leader, Mrs. Diamond's favorite son, they 'start in soft and slow, like a small earthquake' (single run in the third on Pedroia's two bagger); 'then when they let go, half the valley shakes' (five more runs in the fourth, beginning with Moss' homer and including another ribbie from Papi). No, it wasn't Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show, but the effects on the near capacity crowd were just as vivid. When the smoke cleared, the Sox were up six zip, and well on their way to their third win in the last four contests.
Buchholz pitched well considering he had to wait out a nearly two and a half hour rain delay at the game's start. He only gave up five scattered hits in five and a third, K-ing six. His control suffered a tad from the long delay, resulting in four free passes and a wild pitch. But without the wild pitch the Rays don't even score against him. Be that as it may, his ERA dropped into the respectable area (below 4.00) as it used to be, not today's 'anything under 4.50 is OK'. No, today Buchholz produced what truly IS a 'Quality Start'--and not just by today's watered down feel good standards.
Speaking of which--who in the hell came up with that as a legitimate stat? And exactly how did they determine that giving up no more than three runs in six innings was 'quality'? I mean, three runs in six innings is an ERA of 4.50--not very quality in my book--or the books of many other long time fans. I mean, think of Pedro who had seasons under 3.00, some a full run below that, or Bob Gibson, who had a season long ERA of 1.12. That's NOT a misprint. What do you think a quality start would have been for them or others like them? Even Beckett or Schill wouldn't argue the point--they wouldn't have to. They regularly were in the threes or lower. Quality start, my butt.
Terry finally felt he'd gone as far as could be expected, given the weather and delay and brought in Lopez, who, although only surrendering a single hit, was charged with two runs, none earned, aided in part by his partner in crime, the Other Manny-Delcarmen.
Anyway, they got us through the 7th, to be followed by our classic finishing team of Oki and The Saver. Covering the final two innings they combined for only 16 pitches over the entire two innings, fourteen of which were strikes. In fact, with his usual lasers beaming, Papelbon didn't allow a ball out of the infield. Zip, ZIp, ZIP--sit down! Game over!
If I had to find any fault at all, I guess it would be that Manny is continuing his recent slide from his early season heroics, but I'm not worried as with his quality hitting, he'll be back scaring hell out of opposing hurlers real soon.
Well, tomorrow's another day at the Fens, and, a good thing that there's a 7:05 EST start as tonight's game ended just shy of 1 a.m. local time due to the rain delay. The guys can use the extra rest. Let's pick up another!
To steal a lyric or two from our singing leader, Mrs. Diamond's favorite son, they 'start in soft and slow, like a small earthquake' (single run in the third on Pedroia's two bagger); 'then when they let go, half the valley shakes' (five more runs in the fourth, beginning with Moss' homer and including another ribbie from Papi). No, it wasn't Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show, but the effects on the near capacity crowd were just as vivid. When the smoke cleared, the Sox were up six zip, and well on their way to their third win in the last four contests.
Buchholz pitched well considering he had to wait out a nearly two and a half hour rain delay at the game's start. He only gave up five scattered hits in five and a third, K-ing six. His control suffered a tad from the long delay, resulting in four free passes and a wild pitch. But without the wild pitch the Rays don't even score against him. Be that as it may, his ERA dropped into the respectable area (below 4.00) as it used to be, not today's 'anything under 4.50 is OK'. No, today Buchholz produced what truly IS a 'Quality Start'--and not just by today's watered down feel good standards.
Speaking of which--who in the hell came up with that as a legitimate stat? And exactly how did they determine that giving up no more than three runs in six innings was 'quality'? I mean, three runs in six innings is an ERA of 4.50--not very quality in my book--or the books of many other long time fans. I mean, think of Pedro who had seasons under 3.00, some a full run below that, or Bob Gibson, who had a season long ERA of 1.12. That's NOT a misprint. What do you think a quality start would have been for them or others like them? Even Beckett or Schill wouldn't argue the point--they wouldn't have to. They regularly were in the threes or lower. Quality start, my butt.
Terry finally felt he'd gone as far as could be expected, given the weather and delay and brought in Lopez, who, although only surrendering a single hit, was charged with two runs, none earned, aided in part by his partner in crime, the Other Manny-Delcarmen.
Anyway, they got us through the 7th, to be followed by our classic finishing team of Oki and The Saver. Covering the final two innings they combined for only 16 pitches over the entire two innings, fourteen of which were strikes. In fact, with his usual lasers beaming, Papelbon didn't allow a ball out of the infield. Zip, ZIp, ZIP--sit down! Game over!
If I had to find any fault at all, I guess it would be that Manny is continuing his recent slide from his early season heroics, but I'm not worried as with his quality hitting, he'll be back scaring hell out of opposing hurlers real soon.
Well, tomorrow's another day at the Fens, and, a good thing that there's a 7:05 EST start as tonight's game ended just shy of 1 a.m. local time due to the rain delay. The guys can use the extra rest. Let's pick up another!
Hitting Scarce--Again-Peter
This is getting to be a concern. Once again, and for the at least half dozenth (is that really a word?) consecutive time, our guys got very few hits. This time, it was just three and that produced not a single run. When the other team is scoring, three runs in this case, that is definitely not a good thing.
Positive stuff? Well, Wake did pitch a pretty good game, even though being charged with all three runs and the loss. Even more important, Papi got two hits in a game again; so the signs of his breaking out of his slump seem to be continuing. He's now the team leader, by one over Manny, in RBI's and has 5 roundtrippers for the season.
But the rest of the team has to resume hitting.
We again face the surprise team from west Florida for three, this time at the Fens, so let's hope for a turnaround.
Positive stuff? Well, Wake did pitch a pretty good game, even though being charged with all three runs and the loss. Even more important, Papi got two hits in a game again; so the signs of his breaking out of his slump seem to be continuing. He's now the team leader, by one over Manny, in RBI's and has 5 roundtrippers for the season.
But the rest of the team has to resume hitting.
We again face the surprise team from west Florida for three, this time at the Fens, so let's hope for a turnaround.
Pitching vs. Batting - Jenn
Another night of decent pitching went to waste as the Boston bats were nowhere to be found.
Wakefield was in much better form Thursday night as he went seven innings and gave up only six hits. Unfortunately three of them turned into runs and included a solo shot from Alex Rios over the green monster. Incidentally, that would be Rios' second trip across the plate, as the first came in the third inning to get the Rays on the board.
So, while the Rays were walking and hitting and scoring our bats remained quiet. The Sox did manage to get wood on the ball four times thanks to Lowell, Crisp, and Big Papi. Unfortunately only one of those hits was for extra bases and all four were in separate innings. Needless to say not one turned into a run. And just like Dad, I'm starting to get concerned.
Why is it that when our bats are working, our pitching stinks and when our pitchers are getting 9 or 13 K's our bats are on vacation? Does anyone have an explanation for this? Can anyone provide insight? Dad, do you have any idea? Maybe the hitting and the pitching coach need to have a meeting and get on the same page. Something needs to happen. Soon. Because with everything that's happened over the month of April from injuries to the flu to playing 20 games in a row, it's a miracle we're tied for first.
But then again it has only been a month. There are five more (six if you count the post season) before baseball ends. Maybe with the injuries lightening up (eventually?) and some days off scheduled in the near future our bats and our pitching will find some common ground and start working together rather than separately. One can only hope. And after 30 years of Fenway fandom, hope has become second nature.
Wakefield was in much better form Thursday night as he went seven innings and gave up only six hits. Unfortunately three of them turned into runs and included a solo shot from Alex Rios over the green monster. Incidentally, that would be Rios' second trip across the plate, as the first came in the third inning to get the Rays on the board.
So, while the Rays were walking and hitting and scoring our bats remained quiet. The Sox did manage to get wood on the ball four times thanks to Lowell, Crisp, and Big Papi. Unfortunately only one of those hits was for extra bases and all four were in separate innings. Needless to say not one turned into a run. And just like Dad, I'm starting to get concerned.
Why is it that when our bats are working, our pitching stinks and when our pitchers are getting 9 or 13 K's our bats are on vacation? Does anyone have an explanation for this? Can anyone provide insight? Dad, do you have any idea? Maybe the hitting and the pitching coach need to have a meeting and get on the same page. Something needs to happen. Soon. Because with everything that's happened over the month of April from injuries to the flu to playing 20 games in a row, it's a miracle we're tied for first.
But then again it has only been a month. There are five more (six if you count the post season) before baseball ends. Maybe with the injuries lightening up (eventually?) and some days off scheduled in the near future our bats and our pitching will find some common ground and start working together rather than separately. One can only hope. And after 30 years of Fenway fandom, hope has become second nature.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Another Walk-off - Jenn
For the 8th time this season, the Sox won on the final at bat of the game. That's the most in the major league. And while it was a nail biter to get there, it was worth it.
Papi went 2 for 4, with both hits counting toward the final score. The first came in the 7th with one out. Then Papi, who hasn't had a hit since April 24th stepped to the plate and belted one to the 2nd row in right field. It was just out of the reach of Alex Rios and the score's 1-0 Sox. But this is the Red Sox and God forbid they make things easy.
Manny Delcarmen came in for one batter - Adam Lind. It was just one because Lind reached on a liner back up the middle. So Delcarmen's pulled and Okajima takes over. But Okie can't take care of things either. At least not at first. The first guy Okie faces is Gregg Zaun who knocks the ball down the 3rd base line to the corner for a double. So now Lind is 90 feet away and there's nobody out. But Okie gets it together enough to have Rios fly out to center. Unfortunately the fly is deep enough to get Lind home and tie the score. Okie was lucky Brandon Moss made such a spectacular diving catch for the sacrifice, otherwise both Lind and Zaun would've scored. But what could've been doesn't matter. All that matters is what is. After Rios' sac fly, the next two batters Okie faced struck out to end the inning and any further damage.
Papelbon came on in the 9th and while it wasn't a 1,2,3 inning, he got the job done and no more Jays scored. Unfortunately Timlin was warming up in the bullpen which meant we had to score. We had to end this game if for no other reason than to make sure Timlin wouldn't be on the mound for the 10th.
Bottom of the 9th and the score is tied at 1. But the heart of the order is coming to bat. We could end this game. Papi's first and gets his second hit of the evening when he drives the ball down the first base line and somehow misses the shift. Then Manny walks. Two men on nobody out. The faster Jed Lowrie comes in to pinch run for Ortiz. Then Lowell steps in. And strikes out. Brandon Moss comes to the plate and drives the ball up the middle to Vernon Wells. This should be the end of the game. But unlike last night, Wells handles the ball and throws a laser home to Barajas who blocks the plate and tags Lowrie for the second out. Damn! But there's still one more chance. The Captain's coming to the plate. But with a .111 batting average against Scott Downs, things look grim. However that average doesn't get to Varitek as on a 2-1 count he follows Moss' lead and lines the ball back up the middle. Manny dashes around 3rd and heads for home. This time Wells' laser is slightly off-line and Manny slides to safety for the 2nd Sox run and the win.
Two nights in a row the Sox have ended in a walk-off. Two nights it's been on the final at bat. And two nights Papelbon is the winning pitcher. There's one more game of the series - who wants to make it three?
Papi went 2 for 4, with both hits counting toward the final score. The first came in the 7th with one out. Then Papi, who hasn't had a hit since April 24th stepped to the plate and belted one to the 2nd row in right field. It was just out of the reach of Alex Rios and the score's 1-0 Sox. But this is the Red Sox and God forbid they make things easy.
Manny Delcarmen came in for one batter - Adam Lind. It was just one because Lind reached on a liner back up the middle. So Delcarmen's pulled and Okajima takes over. But Okie can't take care of things either. At least not at first. The first guy Okie faces is Gregg Zaun who knocks the ball down the 3rd base line to the corner for a double. So now Lind is 90 feet away and there's nobody out. But Okie gets it together enough to have Rios fly out to center. Unfortunately the fly is deep enough to get Lind home and tie the score. Okie was lucky Brandon Moss made such a spectacular diving catch for the sacrifice, otherwise both Lind and Zaun would've scored. But what could've been doesn't matter. All that matters is what is. After Rios' sac fly, the next two batters Okie faced struck out to end the inning and any further damage.
Papelbon came on in the 9th and while it wasn't a 1,2,3 inning, he got the job done and no more Jays scored. Unfortunately Timlin was warming up in the bullpen which meant we had to score. We had to end this game if for no other reason than to make sure Timlin wouldn't be on the mound for the 10th.
Bottom of the 9th and the score is tied at 1. But the heart of the order is coming to bat. We could end this game. Papi's first and gets his second hit of the evening when he drives the ball down the first base line and somehow misses the shift. Then Manny walks. Two men on nobody out. The faster Jed Lowrie comes in to pinch run for Ortiz. Then Lowell steps in. And strikes out. Brandon Moss comes to the plate and drives the ball up the middle to Vernon Wells. This should be the end of the game. But unlike last night, Wells handles the ball and throws a laser home to Barajas who blocks the plate and tags Lowrie for the second out. Damn! But there's still one more chance. The Captain's coming to the plate. But with a .111 batting average against Scott Downs, things look grim. However that average doesn't get to Varitek as on a 2-1 count he follows Moss' lead and lines the ball back up the middle. Manny dashes around 3rd and heads for home. This time Wells' laser is slightly off-line and Manny slides to safety for the 2nd Sox run and the win.
Two nights in a row the Sox have ended in a walk-off. Two nights it's been on the final at bat. And two nights Papelbon is the winning pitcher. There's one more game of the series - who wants to make it three?
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