Game 128: Sox 11, Walker 5

And we're back.

I've caught back up on my viewing after what's been a surprisingly busy month work-wise, socially, and extracurricular-wise. I never got too far behind on the viewings, a week at most, but obviously the blog has suffered as it's been a month since I last posted.

And what a month. The Sox have gone from coasting with thoughts about what it will take to win 100 games to clinging desperately to a wild card berth, hoping to just win 90 games. The culprit has been the pitching. A combination of injuries, bullpen implosions, and just plain bad luck has left the Sox looking lost and incapable of winning "the big game."

In hopes of jump starting the team this last week of the regular season and hopefully into the playoffs, I'm going to go through the awkward process of trying to write a recap for all of the games I've watched but haven't posted about. They may be short and may just boil down to what stands out from reading the box score or watching a highlight reel, but at least they'll be there for posterity's sake. So here we go...

The good times were still rolling when this game happened. Sox came back after a first game loss to the Rangers to pound them for 11 runs for their first win of the year against Texas. Gonzalez hit two home runs and Ellsbury came back from his first game off the DL with a leadoff hit. Lackey got the win giving up 4 runs in 6 2/3 innings.