Dice K Gets First Win and Francona Gets 500th

Dice-K gets 1st Win of the season and Francona records his 500th win with the Sox!!!

Dice pitched very good last night, allowing 6 hits but only 1 earned run and leaving Detroit looking hopeless. After the third inning the Sox had a 3-1 lead which they would only build on as the game went on-- leading to Dice K's first win in 2009(if he wins 17more in a row he will have the same record as last year 18-3, not likely, but headed in right direction) which is exactly what the Sox needed, A healthy Dice!!!

 Last night Francona switched the lineup again, he had Pedroia(1-4 with RBI) in leadoff, followed by Drew (2-5 a RBI and a run), Youkilis(0-3 RBI), Bay"Watch"(1-5 with another homer), Lowell(0-5), Big Papi in the 6 spot (1-5), striking out 3 times and hitting into a double play. What do we do with our Big man?? It's just sad to see. The bottom third of the lineup went to V-Teck(2-3), Ellsbury(2-3) and last was Green who went hitless. So not a bad lineup, but I'm still confused about Papi hitting sixth, besides that the Sox came up with 9 hits and 5 runs-- Sweet and then our bullpen going 3 innings of domination, until Papelbon came out to close it in the 9th.

Next thing you know the bases are loaded, the tying run is at the plate, with nobody out and Papel has already thrown 24 pitches? Not to worry --because than his eyes lit up and he looked like he said to himself- "I am not blowing this for Dice"- then Mr. Papelbon struck out three in a row ending the game and giving the Sox a 5-1 win. So not the most entertaining game until Papelbon made it a little scary, but a win is a win(30-22), still 1 game out of 1st behind the Yankees-- and its the Yankees who we play next week!!!  Anyway the Sox rematch the Tigers tonight at 7:05 with Beckett going against Gallaraga. This should be a good one, see you there Sox-Nation!!