The Sox win!

Photo from the Globe by the AP.

So, the Red Sox won today, beating the Mets by a score of 4-3.

With this win, they are now an amazing 4-8, and have given up an average of 5.9 runs per game, while scoring only 3.9 runs per game. I know that ST games don't mean anything, and there are all lot of players getting playing time that won' make the team, but still, this is kind of sad. Especially for WS champs. Maybe they are still drunk from all of the celebrating they did? Yeah. That's my excuse. And I'm sticking to it.

They do seem to be heading in the right direction, though. Lester looked really good in yesterday's start. He seemed to have control of all of his pitches, and commanded the strike zone. I know that one games doesn't mean a whole lot in how pitchers will do during the course of the season, but with his performance in Game 4 of the World Series, and now this start, things finally seem to be heading in the right direction. Just wait until he starts swearing in his post game press conferences to know that he has finally arrived.

Now back to today's game. Wakey pitched a Wakeish game, giving up 2 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks, in 4 innings. Papelbon picked a guy off first, after Lowrie committed an error. This just proves my theory that nobody shall get on base against Papelbon, by hit or by error(cause y'know Paps doesn't give up walks.) Manny seems to be heating up, going 2 for 3 with a single and a double, while driving in one run. Mikey Lowell hit a solo homerun, and Sean Casey drove in the other 2 Sox runs.

Lets see if this can carry over into tomrrow's game, if we have any players left to play it. Beckett and Lugo have sore backs, Coco has a double groin pull, Pedroia has to flu, and Kielty has a pulled hamstring. Maybe we should just turn City of Palms Park into a hospital.

Here's hoping for good health and another win!