Sox: 13 Rays: 5
Question: What do Big Papi, Mikey Lowell, Jason Bay, Youk, Tek, and Jake have in common? Answer: They all homered in last night's thrashing of the Rays at their home sweet dome (you can all groan now...). Kazmir was PWB (read: Pitching While Blindfolded) and the Sox got on him from the get-go. Coco and Pedey both drew four-pitch walks and the second strike Kaz threw, to Big Papi, was taken deep for a three-run round-tripper. It was, in Eckersley-speak, a piece of cheese, thrown right down the middle of the plate and Papi, clicking wrist and all, gobbled it up. Two batters later, Lowell followed suit with a dong of his own. Dice-K's 17th win was sealed up in the fourth, when the Sox scored seven runs and chased Kazmir from the game. Dice-K had a solid outing, giving up one run and fanning seven, even though he only went five innings due to a high pitch count and the score of the game had Tito and Farrell wanting to give the pen some work.
The win, of course, puts the Sox back up top in the divsion, albeit in a tie with the Rays. Tonight, they have a chance to take sole possession of that lead with another show of force at The Trop. Just as the Rays did last week winning two at Fenway, the Sox have shown that they can win in Tampa after losing the first six games of the season there. Beckett takes the hill against Sonnanstine and we hope this game doesn't go 14 innings. Let's hope the Sox bats stay hot and they can steal the series, and the division lead, from the Rays once and for all.
LET'S GO RED SOX!!!!!
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