No matter what happens tomorrow night or however long this series may last, there is one certain Red Sox right fielder who is building his own reputation as a post-season superstar--the guy who wears Trot Nixon's old number--and his name is JD Drew. He's had his struggles and he's dealt with nagging injuries and a medical drama with his young son. People have bemoaned his large and lucrative contract, especially during his first season in Boston when he struggled to adjust to the American League. All that said, he is the author of four ginormous clutch hits in October. The first was his grand slam in Game 6 of last year's ALCS, off Fausto Carmona, in a must-win game for the Sox. Huge Hit #2 came in this year's ALDS, a two-run dinger off K-Rod to break a 5-all tie. Numbers 3 and 4 both came in last night's miracle comeback, in two consecutive at-bats, no less: #3 being his two-run homer in the eighth off Dan Wheeler to bring the Sox within one run and #4 the walk-off double in the ninth off of JP Howell that kept the Sox' season alive, forcing a Game 6 in Tampa Bay. Whether this against-all-odds win will carry momentum over into tomorrow night's game remains to be seen, but by winning that game and coming back on the Rays the way they did, the Sox showed that they will not go down without a fight.
LET'S GO RED SOX!!!!!
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