The title of this blog summarizes Josh Beckett's outing tonight. Dr. Jekyll, a.k.a. Commander Kick-Ass was pitching the first three innings. Mr. Hyde peeked out in the fourth, with a hit, a walk, and then a 3-run jack. Jekyll came back out for the fifth, but he gave way to Hyde once again in the sixth and this time, Hyde was there to stay. He was atrociously wild with his pitches and plunked at least two batters and his own catcher. Beckett-as-Hyde effectively flushed the game down the toilet for the Red Sox, who could only manage two runs off of Hughes. It was a hot mess of an inning that killed any momentum the Sox had coming into the game from sweeping the Angels this week. This time, the Sox were looking an awful lot like the team they just swept as they went down quietly to their archrivals in a 10-3 blowout.
The silver lining in this debacle was the second consecutive strong showing at the plate for Big Papi. He knocked in 2 of the 3 runs the Sox scored (with Beltre tacking one on later in the game) via a sac fly and an RBI single. This is a very good sign for Papi, stringing together two good games. He'll likely sit tomorrow against Sabathia, and play in Sunday night's finale. Seeing that Saturday and Sunday's games are on FOX and ESPN, the mute button will be put to good use. The national broadcasters' fawning over the Yankees is too much to stomach.
It's up to Buchholz and Lester to pitch this weekend like they have been pitching lately (or in the case of Buch, all season) and the bats to give them whatever run support they need. It would be awesome if the Sox could win both weekend games, but with the way they've been stacking up against the Yanks, I'll take just one. As long as they don't get swept!
LET'S GO RED SOX!!!!! SHAKE OFF TONIGHT AND WIN TOMORROW!!!!
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