Monday, July 22, 2013

An Ugly Series Win in 11 Innings 8-7

I turned the game off after 9 innings & the Sox blowing a 7-3 lead. To me Jose Iglesias is turning into Robinson Cano - a little to cavalier on balls coming his way. That attitude bit Iglesias in the butt last night when he made a costly error. I can't stand Cano who seems to be bothered anytime a ball is hit his way, like it's an imposition to catch it & throw the runner out. 3 errors committed by the Red Sox last night after 3 dumb base running plays the night before. When you get 7 runs off of Sabathia you should win the game in regulation. And it's great that Napoli had 2 blasts - including the game winner in the 11th, but he too just needed a fly ball in regulation with the bases loaded, but instead he grounded into a 6-4-3 double play. Lucky, lucky, lucky - but we'll take it. The Sox keep a 1 1/2 game lead over the Tampa Rays who are in for 4 at Fenway starting tonight. Again, the Sox have not had trouble beating the Rays this year & I don't see this series being any different. The Rays have surged by beating a bunch of teams under .500. Let's see how they fare when facing a good team, a 1st place team.

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