Game 29: Halos 3 Sox 7

Watch out world! The Sox bats are coming alive! This game felt like it was going to be a 1-0 duel but the Sox batters were finally able to put some pressure on Dan Haren in the 6th inning, taking a 2-1 lead. Haren came apart after that giving up another run in the 7th and then a solo shot to A-Gon into the bullpens before getting yanked. The flood gates opened after that with Ortiz hitting a homer around the Pesky Pole and Scutaro sneaking a homer over the Monster in the 8th too.

Lester looked good; he's only blemish was a solo home run in the 2nd inning. He ended up going 7 innings giving up 6 hits, 1 BB, and 11 Ks. Both he and Haren benefited from an exceptionally wide strike zone from the home plate umpire. Again the bullpen didn't take advantage of the big lead; this time it was Papelbon giving up two runs on 3 hits (including a ground rule double) in the 9th.

Crawford's really starting to catch fire. He went 2 for 3 with a walk. It was also nice to see Gonzalez go deep for only the 2nd time this year. Sox have now won all 6 games they've played against the Angels this year with 2 more to go. Hopefully the bats are around for good from now on. Beckett faces off with Santana tomorrow.