Yesterday the Red Sox came out gunning for this win. K. Youkilis hit a round tripper in the top of the 1st inning to get the Sox going. After Toronto was able to sacrifice a run in, in the bottom of the first to tie the game 1-1, J. Lester went into a zone and just shut them down.
Meanwhile every Red Sox player had either a hit or a run and Youk hit a second homer,on fire!!!! Then Lester got more back up with Pedroia and Bay who also hit bombs giving the Sox a nice lead. Lester went six and only allowed 3 hits and that 1 earned run leading to his 4th win of the year, but I think this was his best performance yet. Masterson then came in and he gave up a homerun to A. Rios but no big deal when we're leading 8-1, and ending with the Sox winning 8-2 and moving a half game to first behind the NY Yankees!!! So this was a big win today to avoid the sweep and to have Lester on top of his game. The one question still linguring is, what about Papi? What do we do? He was 1-5 in this game though it was a deep hit to center being a double, but for the last 14 games he is averaging .125, 3 RBIs, 2 runs in 48 at bats. This is NOT the Papi we know and love. Something has to be done, benched, traded, sat down and talked to, anything, what do you think Sox Nation, just log in and let me know what the Sox should do about our Papi!! Sox have today off so see you Tuesday when Dice K and the Sox go to Detriot and face Rick Porcello. Go Sox!
Keywords: Big Papi, The Boston Red Sox
