Game 6: Sox 0 Indians 1

Pitcher's duel today and wouldn't you know it, the Sox lose it. Unbelievable. Lester looked fantastic throwing 7 scoreless innings, striking out 9. The hitters just couldn't put anything together against Carmona. Seems like every ball they hit was weakly struck except for a long drive by Crawford. Four hits and 4 walks spread over 9 innings just doesn't equal a win today.

Bard gets the loss again pitching in the 8th. No out walk, stolen base, sacrifice bunt, and the suicide squeeze that somehow surprised the Sox infielders. Then, to make things stranger, the Sox are rallying with two outs in the ninth. Ortiz walks and McDonald pinch runs for him. Drew gets an infield single ricocheting off the pitcher but McDonald overruns 2nd base to get tagged out to end the game. Game, set, another swept series.

What an unbelievable start to the season. Sox have lost in every way possible. The hitting looks atrocious at this point. I can't figure out why nobody seems to be able to put together a solid game or to get that big hit with runners in scoring position. Hopefully some home cooking will help tomorrow but playing the Yankees is only going to make things tougher.