Yes, He Did it AGAIN

Youkilis dances. That picture pretty much says it all.

The score of yesterday's game remained 0-0 until Mike Lowell RBI singled in the 6th to score Ortiz. The scoring finally stopped 5 runs later. 6 runs in the 6th. Nice.

Of course, with the good comes the bad, as Wakefield loaded the bases the next inning without getting a single out. Seanez came in and did what he does best: gave up runs. First hitter RBI singled, the next batter ALMOST had an inside-the-park grand slam and cleared the bases on his way to 3rd. Can they PLEASE lose Seanez?? And seriously, everybody knows he's the worst pitcher on the team, so why put him in in a bases loaded/no outs situation? I think Francona must have been drunk.

To continue the horrible mess that was the top of the 7th, Lopez came in and walked the first batter. Two men on, no outs, 4 runs in. Lopez did get one out, but Rollins still scored. 6-5. 15 minutes before that we were up 6-0 (and as soon as I typed that, the WEEI guys said the EXACT same thing). Then he got a strikeout, and things were starting to look okay again, and Timlin came in. And he got the last out on a strikeout, to keep the Sox up by one. Tense half-inning.

Timlin got 2 outs in the 8th, then Papelbon came in after Coste doubled. Papelbon got his out.

9th inning, up 6-5, Papelbon pitched. And he...he...well...he gave up a homerun. It was a solo HR that tied the game, and...I..can't believe it. He got the three outs in a row after that, but seeing a BS next to Papelbon's name is unnatural.

Nothing happened for 2 innings.

Then, the 12th inning. Delcarmen got an out, then Craig Hansen came in and got the 2nd out, but he gave up an RBI double and our 8-game winning streak was looking like it was about to end.

Coco Crisp started off the bottom of the 12th with a ground-rule double. Two outs came after that, and it was looking mighty sour until Youkilis singled in Crisp and tied it at 7. Loretta walked, and then Ortiz got his second chance to win the game.

And win the game he did, with an RBI single.

How can anyone not think he's the best? Best clutch hitter ever, no one can even try to argue otherwise. That's two games in a row that he has had a walkoff hit to win the game. Pretty soon, we're going to get so used to Ortiz the Superhero that if he doesn't win the game, it'll be a stunning blow.