Game 51: Sox 6 Tiggers 3

Sox jump out to another early lead but this time they get absolutely stymied by the Tigers' long relief. Porcello was chased after 6 runs in 3 innings but Furbush went 5 innings of 2 hit ball in relief. Part of that may have been the strike zone expanding as the umps were ready to go home. On the Sox side, Wakefied pitched another solid game. Seven innings, 2 runs, 5 hits, 2 BBs, and 2 Ks. Getting closer to that career mark! Bard pitched a clean 8th and Papelbon gave up a run in the non-save situation.

At the dish the Sox were lead by home runs from Jacoby and Crawford in the third inning. Youkilis also hit a two-run double in the third when the Sox put up 5 runs. On the not so good side, Pedroia's and Lowrie's lines didn't look so bad in the box score (1-4 and 1-3 respectively) but they didn't look so good watching the game. Both of them seem to be out of rhythm and aren't hitting line drives. Everything's a fly ball or a weakly hit ground ball. Pedroia's particularly concerning as his contact ratio (82.9%) is way down from his career numbers (91.3%). Hopefully they can both turn it around soon.