The game took 2 hours and 7 minutes--the quickest time in 8 years. In effect, it was a tidy pitcher's duel between two starters with ERAs over 5. Both performed better than their numbers, but Wake edged Brad Bergeson out for the 3-2 win, pitching 8 innings and throwing lots of strikes. JD Drew was back in the lineup in a big way, going yard twice, in consecutive at-bats to boot. Daniel Nava played the hero, pinch-hitting for Eric Patterson in the 8th and blooping a hit right inside the right field foul line, scoring Scoots, who doubled in the at-bat before him.
Kevin "Remember me?" Cash put the brakes on the O's running game early on when he threw out Adam Jones trying to steal in the 2nd inning. His reunion with Wake went about as smoothly as it could go and he will be needed to keep the pitchers on track in the absence of both Tek and V-Mart. Having been a Red Sox in '07 and '08, he'll have worked with most of the rotation before. Lackey is the only one for whom working with Cash will be a new experience.
With the Yankees' loss, the Red Sox are a half game out of first place. Keeping things close in the division will be essential in the weeks to come, so that they can really make a run once the DL crowd comes back. The Rays also lost last night, so the Sox have a game and a half lead on them. Tonight, the Sox look to Lester to keep them in the win column. If his stuff is anything like last weekend in San Francisco, that shouldn't be a problem.
LET'S GO RED SOX!!!!
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