The Red Sox lost to the Mets last night. The good news is that it looks like Dice-K is back! Last night was only the third time this season that Dice-K pitched; the last time he pitched was in early April when he gave up five runs in one inning and then was on the DL. He showed good movement in his pitches, he had 5 strong innings, 80 pitches thrown, only 5 hits allowed and 4 strikeouts, and if it wasn't for Lugo not completing a double play (which he should have, he just did not put enough into the throw), he would have only allowed 2 earned runs. Instead, the Mets plated 4 and who knows what would have happened if Lugo makes the double play.
The bad news is the Sox couldn't get much off of Santana and the Mets, and after his great performance, K-Rod came in and finished us off and they took game one of this three game series, 5-3!! Santana is one of the strongest pitchers, not only in the National League but in all of baseball and he showed that last night. He went 7 innings, throwing a season high 118 pitches, allowing only 6 hits, getting 8 strike outs and only 2 earned runs and the win.
I think that these two teams could very likely end up together in the World Series. MIT and Dato believe that too, but only if Ortiz is healthy and starts performing and if our pitching keeps doing what they're doing. If the begining of our lineup with Ellsbury, Pedroia, Youk, Drew, Lowell and Bay keep hitting like they are and the rest of the guys in our lineup like Varitek, Lugo and Papi can just contribute here and there like Tech (who is on fire hitting 3 homers in 2 days), we are a threat and nobody will want to play the Sox. So we play the Mets again tohight at Fenway Park 7:10 and we need to show them where they are. So Lets Go, Sox.
Keywords: The Boston Red Sox; New York Mets
