Game 61: Sox 11 Yanks 6

Slugfest! Well, not the slugfest everyone was expecting. After hitting two batters yesterday, Ortiz doing a twirl, and just pummeling the Yankees in general, many expected this game to come to blows. Instead we played a clean game with a ton of runs.

Wakefield did enough to get the win giving up 5 runs in 5 1/3 innings. The knuckleball was really dancing except for a period in the 5th inning when the Yankees gathered 3 runs. Aceves pitched the remainder of the game earning the rare 11 out save. It certainly seems like having the two of them team up on games is better for the Sox than having Matsuzaka go every fifth day.

Ortiz hit another dinger in this one, a two-run shot in the first. Ellsbury's absolutely been on fire lately and gathered another three hits today. He and Scutaro both got stolen bases as well as we may have finally found a catcher worse at throwing out runners than the Sox in Cervelli. Crawford and Drew also had home runs today in the ninth inning to keep the game out of Papelbon's hands.

Sox going for the sweep tomorrow. Beckett again finds himself squared off against an ace, this time it's Sabathia. I'd be perfectly happy going to the Bronx and getting 2 out of 3 from the Yankees but continuing our dominance this year would be awfully nice too. Sox are 7-1 against them so far this year. Let's make it 8-1.