Game 25: M's 5 Sox 4

Tough loss. Sox fall behind, come back to take the lead, and then blow it late. Cameron was the offensive star with two Fenway solo shots (one curved around the Pesky Pole, the other was into the Monster seats). Gonzalez also hit the ball hard a couple of times. Lowrie got robbed of a big hit in the bottom of the ninth when he hit a drive to the triangle in deep center. Any other park and that's a 410 foot home run. On the flip side, Pedroia seems to really be struggling lately. I can't remember the last time he got a solid, ringing hit.

Matsuzaka started but was pulled with one out in the 5th inning. NESN said it was elbow tightness but there wasn't anything discernible when they showed the replay of his last pitch. He was pitching okay. Still nibbling around the edges. The difference between him and Lester is that Lester throws those pitches so that they're strikes. Dice-BB throws them for balls.

Albers came in in relief. I don't really like his pitching motion and he seems to have control issues as well. But he escaped giving up only the inherited runner in 2 innings. Jenks gets the loss with 3 hits, 1 walk, and 2 runs in the 7th. He has not been looking good lately and four base runners is inexcusable.

Lackey's facing Fister today. Win! Win! Win!