Who's willing to bet the next time V-Mart strides to the plate he gets the four-finger salute? It won't be tonight, as V-Mart will need to catch tomorrow's day game against Wake, so Tek will step in. Victor Martinez could not be retired in last night's game, going 5 for 5 with 4 doubles and a single, making Red Sox history. I was surprised--but glad--he wasn't intentionally walked, as he drove in the go-ahead run after the tying run scored on Pedey's double-play ball. Speaking of Pedey, he broke out of his 0-for-the-homestand with a ground-rule double in the eighth inning. Beltre also came up big, knocking a 3-run dinger in the fifth to bring the Sox within one run of the A's, who put Lackey and his teammates in a 4-run hole.
Lackey, who is still struggling to regain his pitching mojo, was doing his best Dice-K impersonation on the mound. Isn't one Dice-K enough, John? Just sayin'. He Houdini'd his way out of some jams, but couldn't escape them all. Daric Barton hit a 2-run jack off him in the third and Jack Cust and Mark Ellis combined for 2 more RBI in the fifth. His offense bailed him out big-time, with V-Mart leading the way. After Beltre's homer in the fifth, the Sox tied and went ahead by one in the sixth, added an insurance run in the seventh, and piled on 3 more in the eighth. They took advantage of an A's bullpen that had only a passing acquaintance with home plate. Bill Hall had to play some dodgeball before earning a walk in the sixth off Tyson Ross, who was all over the place. He ended up walking 3 times on the night. Did he spend Memorial Day hanging out with Youk?
Tonight, the great mystery known as Dice-K is on the hill. Which Dice-K will it be? It's pointless to even try to predict. The Sox face Ben Sheets for the first time. Let's hope the bats stay hot and they can clinch a series win tonight.
LET'S GO RED SOX!!!!! CONGRATS V-MART ON AN AMAZING NIGHT AT THE DISH!!!
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