Game 60: Sox 6 Yanks 4

This was a fun game. Sox beat up on Garcia early and maintained a relatively comfortable lead over the Yankees all game. Ellsbury lead the charge with a leadoff home run (his 7th thus far). Pedroia followed with a walk and was sent home by Gonzalez with a triple. Youk scored Gonzalez on a sac fly to get the Sox to an early 3 run lead. Sox would add a run in the 2nd and a 2-run bomb in the 5th from Big Papi (his 14th). Papi added a little twirl for showmanship but it seemed a bit uncalled for especially with Lester's lack of command early in the game.

Lester was struggling to control his cut fastball hitting Teixeira and Martin in the 1st inning. He was lucky to get out of the inning giving up only one run on 33 pitches. He ended up getting the QS, giving up 3 runs on 6 IP, 8 hits, 5 Ks, and 1 BB but he's really struggled to put together a dominant start in awhile.

Jenks only pitched to one batter in the 7th before needing to leave with back spasms. Hopefully not anything to serious. Albers pitched the 7th, Bard the 8th, and Papelbon the 9th for the save. Papelbon gave up a run but looked pretty dominant actually.

Sox are now tied with the Yanks for the AL East lead and are actually only 0.5 a game behind the Indians for the top record in the American League. Let the good times roll!