How Is Ortiz So Incredible??!

The first inning started out rough. Before you knew it, it was 2-0 with no outs. Schilling managed to get out of it with only 2 runs, but it's never good to be losing before the first team at-bat.

Loretta and Ortiz got on in the second, and Manny RBIed Loretta. I use RBI as a verb a lot, and though it doesn't make sense if you think about it, it's easier and I prefer easy over difficult any day.

2nd inning some Phillie got caught stealing! I love to see people get CS if they aren't in Boston jerseys.

Mike Lowell hit a solo HR to tie the game, after the FOX guys had been complimenting the hell out of his game. Then Kevin Youkilis stole second! 4-for-4 now for him in steals, and Loretta sent him home about 8 seconds later.

Manny made a great catch on the wall in the 6th. He jumped right into the wall to record the 2nd out of the inning. Red Sox defense is ON.

Schilling got into some more trouble in the 7th, when suddenly bases were loaded with no outs. Wakefield got into the same situation the last time he pitched, and got out of it with only one run. How did Schilling do? We'll never know, as Francona took him out and put Delcarmen in. He did have a season high 10 strikeouts, though. First batter = line drive right to the Gonz. 2nd batter = RBI single (tie game). Lopez came in to pitch and got himself a double play. And it was Awesome.

Hansen came in to pitch the 8th and gave up a double and got 2 outs, but as soon as he walked a man he was taken out for Papelbon, the Scrabble-loving closer. And he got his out, rather easily. He did not have as easy a time in the 9th, when he gave up a single and a double. He let the bases get loaded with 2 outs, then struck out the next guy. And he walked away as though it was the most normal thing in the world to do.

So we went on to extra innings, and Papelbon stayed in as the pitcher. He kept the game at a 3-3 tie, and Tom Gordon came in to pitch the bottom of the 10th. Alex Cora singled, and David Ortiz hit a walkoff homerun. No one was surprised, and everyone was elated. How does Ortiz ALWAYS come through in the clutch? He is the best baseball player ever in the entire world, no doubt about it.

"I'm not a great chess player, but I can play the heck out of some Scrabble... Don't make me bring the Scrabble board to the locker room. I'll bring it!" - Papelbon, threatening some mean Scrabble action