Yet another comeback win for the
Red Sox last night. For the second
straight night, the Sox overcame a deficit of at least 3 runs. Last night’s hero was Stephen Drew, who’s
been incredibly hot as of late. Drew hit
a 3-run ninth-inning homer to stun the Astros 7-5 on Wednesday and give Boston
it’s 27th comeback win of the season and 70th win of the
year.
It was another improbable victory
and another series win. The Sox are 12-6
in rubber games this season and with the Rays losing 9-8 to the D-backs, they
now hold a 2 ½ game lead in the AL East.
The Sox offense banged out 7 runs
on 12 hits, but were atrocious with runners in scoring position again going 1
for 11. They left 11 men on base. In the end it didn’t matter but it will
matter come playoff time or against good teams.
This has been an issue all season and they really need to figure it out
and quickly because it’s getting closer and closer to playoff time.
Stephen Drew was 2 for 4 with a
walk and 3 RBI. He hit his 9th
homer of the season and has upped his average to .249. He’s batting .464 with 2 homers, 8 walks and
7 RBI in his current 8 game hitting streak.
Not to mention 1 walk-off win and yesterday’s game winning homer.
David Ortiz is equally as hot,
going 4 for 5. It was the first time in
his illustrious career that he has had back-to-back 4 hit games.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia went 2 for
4 with a walk and his 28th double of the year. Jonny Gomes had a big night as well going 1
for 2 with 3 walks and his 10th homer of the season. He drove in 2 runs and scored 3 on the night.
Mike Carp, Shane Victorino and
Mike Carp all had a hit apiece. Brock
Holt had 2 walks in the game and drove in one run. Ellsbury took a 0 for 5 with 2 K’s a night
after rocking Astros pitching.
Ryan Dempster was serviceable last
night but let up 5 runs on 7 hits in just 6 innings. He didn’t walk anyone and struck out 7 but it
seems this is the pitcher we have in Dempster.
He’s going to give up some hits and runs but strike out a ton and eat
some innings. I’d like to see him lower
his pitch count and keep the runs down but it just doesn’t seem like that is
going to happen.
Junichi Tazawa pitched great out
of the bullpen going 2 innings and not allowing any base-runners. He struck out 2 and got his 5th
win of the season. Koji Uehara gave up 1
hit in the ninth but struck out the side to achieve his 11th save of
the season. He’s really been a steal and
a big reason why the Sox are where they are this season.
The Sox will start a 4 game set
in Kansas City tonight against a tough Royals team. The Royals are 58-53 and in the hunt in the
AL Central. They are currently in 3rd
place only 5 games out of first. They’ll
send arguably their best pitcher to the mound today in Bruce Chen (4-0,
2.03). The Sox have had trouble with
Chen in the past so hopefully they can get to him early and knock him out of
the game.
Jon Lester (10-6, 4.52) will take
the hill for the Sox. He’s coming off a
rough outing against the D-backs in which he only last 4 and 1/3 innings and
gave up 6 runs on 11 hits. His 3 starts
before that were really good though so hopefully he’ll be back to form tonight.
SHAVING CREAM PIE TO THE FACE –
GAME MVP
Stephen Drew. Drew has been amazing as of late. Last night he won the game with a big e-run
ninth inning homer.
ELBOW TO THE FACE – GAME LVP
Jacoby Ellsbury. That’s the way the game goes sometimes. One day you’re the MVP, the next day you’re
the LVP. Ellsbury took a 0 for 5 day and
stuck out twice.
PLAY OF THE GAME
Stephen Drew’s 3-run homer in the
top of the ninth.
NEXT
Thursday, August 8th in Kansas
City vs. the Royals.
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