Once Every Eight Months Without Fail
In keeping with my goal to publish a blog post at least once every eight months, without fail, here goes, on the sixth of August, exactly eight months since the last entry.
Sox Pound Yanks, Tie for First
After falling out of first place for the first time in a month last night, the Red Sox beat the Yankees, 10-4, at Fenway Park this afternoon, to move back into a tie for the top spot in the AL East. Red Sox center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury drove in a career-high six runs, including a three-run bomb to right, his nineteenth of the season, to cap a five-run outburst in the bottom of the fourth and give the hometown nine a 7-2 lead, after the Yanks had tied it at two in the top of the inning.
In a shining example of a reverse lock, Red Sox starter John Lackey, he of the $17 million yearly salary and the second worst ERA in the game in 2011, easily out-dueled CC Sabathia, who came into the game with a league-leading 16 wins, but fell to 0-4 against the Sox on the season, giving up seven runs on nine hits in six innings.
Lackey has pitched fairly effectively during the last four weeks, following a horrid first half, while also enjoying tremendous run support from Boston's offense, which leads the league in runs scored. The big, goofy-looking righthander improved to 10-8 with the win, lowering his ERA to 6.14.
Tomorrow night, Josh Beckett will try to earn his tenth win and help the Sox win the rubber game of the series.
Sox Pound Yanks, Tie for First
After falling out of first place for the first time in a month last night, the Red Sox beat the Yankees, 10-4, at Fenway Park this afternoon, to move back into a tie for the top spot in the AL East. Red Sox center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury drove in a career-high six runs, including a three-run bomb to right, his nineteenth of the season, to cap a five-run outburst in the bottom of the fourth and give the hometown nine a 7-2 lead, after the Yanks had tied it at two in the top of the inning.
In a shining example of a reverse lock, Red Sox starter John Lackey, he of the $17 million yearly salary and the second worst ERA in the game in 2011, easily out-dueled CC Sabathia, who came into the game with a league-leading 16 wins, but fell to 0-4 against the Sox on the season, giving up seven runs on nine hits in six innings.
Lackey has pitched fairly effectively during the last four weeks, following a horrid first half, while also enjoying tremendous run support from Boston's offense, which leads the league in runs scored. The big, goofy-looking righthander improved to 10-8 with the win, lowering his ERA to 6.14.
Tomorrow night, Josh Beckett will try to earn his tenth win and help the Sox win the rubber game of the series.
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