Ball Meets Glove. Sox Go Down.

Sox: 3 Rays: 4

I've had just about enough of the Tampa Bay Rays, thank you very much. Especially their outfielders, who thwarted the Sox bats time and again this afternoon, their gloves gobbling up fly ball after fly ball. Even MVPedey's day at the plate ended in futility, going 0-for-5. Lowrie left his bat in Fort Myers, it seems. Or maybe in Citi Field, where he knocked a grand salami off of Oliver Perez last Saturday. Youk, however, had his second 3-hit game in a row. Aside from an RBI triple by Bay and the second Tek homer of the series, Youk was the team's one-man offense. Tek gets special kudos for working on his swing from the left side and bringing the pop back. Even if his average stays low, if he can knock some homers every now and then...

Dice-K was letting them fly today, giving up 3 dingers in the 5 1/3 innings he pitched. He K'ed more batters than he walked, but those long balls put the hurtin' on him and the team. MDC came on in the sixth in relief of Dice, and got the two outs he needed, but got all walky when he came out again in the seventh. Ramon Ramirez, of the flawless inning in yesterday's game, bailed MDC out big-time when he induced a double play to get out of the inning. He went on to pitch a flawless eighth. So far so good for the guy the Sox got when they shipped Coco to Kansas City.

Tomorrow night's a night-owl special as the Sox go west for their first encounter with the Angels. Right now, the Angels are in my thoughts and prayers after the tragic loss of their young pitcher Nick Adenhart in a car accident last night, hours after he threw six shutout innings against Oakland. He was just 22 years old. So young and full of promise. He had earned a spot in the rotation when several of the Halos starters turned up injured to start the season. Now, all we can do is wonder what could have been:-(

LET'S GO RED SOX!!!

Rest In Peace, Nick Adenhart.