Not at All What I Wanted

The Tampa Bay announcer thinks hitting a home run off of Tim Wakefield is enough to get you Rookie of the Year. "If that isn't enough to get you Rookie of the Year honors..." YEAH. ANYONE can do that, even I could do that.

So good old Tim got us in the hole in the second inning. To be expected, at this point. Then another run in the 4th.

Bases loaded with no outs for us in the 6th inning. Ortiz was up, he hit one that looked like a double play, and no one was covering first so he made it there and a run scored. I will take it! Lowell struck out, which was unexpected. Next up, Mr. Drew. He walked! 4-2 now. Then Coco took one up the middle for a single to make it 4-3 with the bases reloaded. What a great inning this was turning out to be! EXCEPT FOR THE INNING ENDING DOUBLE PLAY from Hinske.

Then Tavarez came in to replace Wakefield, who had thrown 95 pitches (57 strikes). "Reliable" Julian got one out and let a run score before he was relieved of his duties. Bryan Corey had to come in and get us out of it with a double play.

7th inning sucked.

8th inning was a little better, Cora hit a HR but he was the leadoff man so we were still down by one. And the next three up were easy outs. Timlin came in to pitch and gave up a single, nearly gave up a HR (just foul), then hit a guy. Ellsbury made a great catch to get the first out, the next ball went to Drew, and the third out was handled by Lugo. To the 9th, down by a run...

Crisp was an easy out, Hinske swung at the first pitch (HOW MANY FREAKING TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY THE SAME THING) and thus was an easy out, then Varitek came in for Mirabelli and he was also an easy out.

CRAP.

In football news, the Patriots beat the Bills easily, with a final of 38-7. Too bad the Red Sox didn't have as easy a time.

Oh and NY won.