"That" meaning last night's disaster in Yankee Stadium. The Sox lost the game 9-5 and got a helluva scare to boot! Lester, who uncharacteristically labored through 2 1/3 innings and couldn't seem to do any right against the Yanks, took a Melky Cabrera line drive off the right leg near the knee in the 3rd inning and collapsed on the mound in pain as the fifth Yankee run scored. Could the timing be worse??? He limped off the field and came out of the game as Red Sox Nation reeled from the punch in the gut and held its collective breath for the results of the X-rays. Thankfully, they were negative; no bones were broken, but Lester has a nasty bruise on his leg. According to Terry Francona, he's expected to recover in time to make his next start. How he will fare in that start and how the leg injury will affect his delivery remains to be seen, but it could have been much, much worse.
Meanwhile, as Murphy's Law of the Red Sox dictated, Joba found his pitching mojo last night and kept the Sox to 3 runs. They scored 2 more off the bullpen, but it wasn't enough to offset the damage done by the Yanks against the Sox pitching. Manny Delcarmen proved once again that he's good for only one out. Michael Bowden impressed in one inning, striking out the side, but faltered in the next. As a result, the Yanks look all the mightier and their confidence has to be through the roof right now. Being able to snatch 7 bases off of Tek just added to the fun the Pinstripes had at the Sox' expense.
Today, Dice-K takes the mound and V-Mart catches him for the first time. It's a good thing to try this out before the playoffs, but too bad it has to be against the Yankees, who will exploit every miscue to the fullest. It's gonna be interesting, to say the least. If that's not enough, the Sox bats have to face C.C. Come on, Rays, beat those Rangers!!!!
LET'S GO RED SOX!!!!
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