Boy, what a nail biter! It was another cold, rainy night in Boston (and a gorgeous day here in Seattle) and the game got delayed for ~20 minutes in the 8th inning. Both starting pitchers had pretty much stifled the batters. Coke through 7 innings of 3 hit, 1 BB shutout ball and never seemed in trouble. Buchholz matched that with 7 innings of 4 hit, 1 BB shutout ball but was a little more shaky. In the 6th, the Tigers got a runner to third with one out but stranded him. In the 7th, Buchholz loaded the bases with two outs on 2 HBP and a single but Buchholz worked his way out of the jam with a strikeout.
The only run of the game scored in the bottom of the 8th on a Crawford walk and a Saltalamacchia double off the Monster. We've been waiting all year to hear those two names contributing to a win so it's great to get some production out of the bottom of the order.
Sox have their work cut out for them today facing Verlander. But they'll counter with Beckett. So now that I've said that, expect a shoot out in the New England fog.
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