"Sleepless in Seattle" is appropriate. There are many Red Sox fans going to work blurry-eyed today. It was a long night, but the Red Sox came away with a win 8-6.
Couple of points:
- John Lackey finally showed the goods last night. He was strike one to most batters. Even though the radar gun showed 92 to 93, his fastball had a lot of life & looked much quicker. Lackey took a no-hitter into the 8th & was very, very sharp.
- The offense finally scored more than 5 runs. 3 long balls by Scutaro, Drew & Hall gave the Sox an early lead. Ortiz had a homer taken away by Ichiro.
- Delcarmen & Pap couldn't hold the lead in the 9th. Who would have thought that Oki & Ramirez would hold Seattle down to get the win?
- Finally, and most important of all, an ugly win (which this was) is better than a pretty loss.
We'll take it!
1 comment:
Manny Del"meatball" is back!! His rehab was obviously successful, because he is back to midseason form. With regard to sukitis, in medical terms, Manny is known as a carrier. It was nice to see Lackey perform well.
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