Breaking the Losing Streak

If you like Interleague action, you are going to be one happy camper for the next five series. The Sox will be playing Atlanta, Washington, Philadelphia, New York, and Florida in the upcoming weeks. And last night the Atlanta series began. And you know what that means...

Edgar Renteria!

Last year, Renteria won me over within about two minutes of his arrival in Boston. His poor defense didn't really bother me, because he just tried so hard. I do like to see him performing better this year, but maybe not so much over the next couple days or so.

The second inning went a lot better than the first. 3 up, 3 down in the first, and 3 singles = a run in the 2nd. Then we had 2 men on and 2 men out, and Lester was up. Yeah, interleague, yeah.

So the 3rd inning. Tim Hudson walked three men, and by the time Varitek was up, bases were loaded with 2 outs. What would he do? He did swing at the first pitch (like Thursday), but he swung through the ball. But then he hit a double and CLEARED THE BASES! That's the way to make up for the other night! 4-0.

Jon Lester pitched last night, and what he lacked in offense, he made up for in defense. He got into a bit of trouble in the 5th, but still only let one run score. He pitched 6 innings, then Seanez pitched a scoreless inning, Timlin pitched a seriously easy 8th, and of course Papelbon's inning was scoreless.

You hear that? A perfect game by the bullpen! And a nearly perfect game by Jon Lester. These young pitchers are really coming through for us lately. Pauley and Lester have stepped up and I for one am pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty happy about that.

Also: Matt Clement was placed on the DL yesterday. Another hole in the rotation? Impossible.