...A walkoff blast from Big Papi, that is! It's been almost two years, the last one coming in September of '07. Tonight, in a game that marked Wake's return to the rotation, and a very strong return at that, Papi broke a 2-all tie in the bottom of the ninth by taking a Tony Pena pitch high and deep into the right field seats. In the commercial break before that half-inning began, I was just thinking to myself how cool it would be if, for old time's sake, Papi did the walkoff thing he did time after time several years ago. Not that I'm taking credit for any ESP (Extra Sports Perception *wink*), but it sure was nice to watch my pseudo-prediction come true and see the team gather at the mound to greet the once and future Red Sox Nation hero. The patented Papi walkoff magic was actually his second long ball of the night. The first one came in the second inning, tying the game at one.
Wake and V-Mart, the other big story of the game: Wake went 7 innings, allowing 1 run, walking 1, and fanning 3. V-Mart, who had never caught a knuckler in a game situation before, did a fabulous job, with the only ball eluding his glove coming in the first inning with no-one on base. He embraced the challenge of catching the most unpredictable pitch known to man and came out on top. It's great to see Wake have such a strong outing after over a month on the DL; it's as if he never left. If he can keep it up, with V-Mart behind the plate, that's great news for the Red Sox.
Tomorrow they go for the sweep of those other Sox with Junichi Tazawa on the hill. Last time we saw Tazawa, he was blanking the Yanks over six innings. Dare we hope for a similar outing against the White Sox?
LET'S GO RED SOX!!!!!
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