25th September 2011, 8:13 PM
Yes! The Red Sox lost game 1 of the doubleheader 6-2, with more awful play again costing them the game, and Tampa won, so the stakes were high for game two, a loss meant going into the final series of the year tied with Tampa (the Angels lost), and John Lackey was pitching game two. Hopes were not high...
But Lackey actually had a decent start -- 6+ innings, 4 runs given up, the Sox shut down the Yankees after giving up that fourth run, and though it took fourteen innings, at last they finally managed to win the game with a 3-run homer from Jacoby Ellsbury. Pretty awesome stuff, he improved his case for league MVP yet again. :) We might manage to struggle into the postseason after all... it'll all depend on this last series, with the Sox v. Baltimore and the Yankees v. Tampa.
But Lackey actually had a decent start -- 6+ innings, 4 runs given up, the Sox shut down the Yankees after giving up that fourth run, and though it took fourteen innings, at last they finally managed to win the game with a 3-run homer from Jacoby Ellsbury. Pretty awesome stuff, he improved his case for league MVP yet again. :) We might manage to struggle into the postseason after all... it'll all depend on this last series, with the Sox v. Baltimore and the Yankees v. Tampa.
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