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Manny did it again. Just by standing in the on-deck circle, he struck such fear into the heart of Indians’ pitcher Justin Germano that he served up a fat one to Paul Konerko, who deposited it in the seats for his 33rd home run of the season. The three-run shot by Paulie wasn’t the only blast of the day for the Good Guys – Alex Rios (20th) and Alexei Ramirez (16th) also ripped four-baggers, reaping the benefit of Manny just being in the same lineup.
The Sox were trailing 4-1 at one point and posted their second straight win (6-4)when trailing after seven innings. As noted in the prior post, their record in that situation (no, not The Situation from Jersey Shore and soon to be Dancing With The Stars) was a feeble 1-48 before yesterday’s game. The Pale Hose are now 35-7 when getting multiple home runs in the game.
But back to Manny, whom we are contractually bound to mention in every other paragraph. Aside from influencing the pitches that others were receiving, he grounded out to short, struck out looking, fisted a duck snort single to right center, and was hit by a pitch. That means he’s batting .333, has a .500 on-base percentage, and a .500 slugging percentage – clear Hall of Fame numbers. But wait, there’s that drug thing, isn’t there?
Freddy Garcia left the game early with stiffness in his back. Not good, but let’s hope it doesn’t affect his next start, which should come against his personal patsies, the Detroit Tigers. By the way, Chris Sale picked up the first save of his career (in his first save opportunity) by pitching a scoreless ninth. Sale didn’t exactly sail through it, walking two and striking out two, including the last out of the game. I guess the Tribe really was down to its last strike.
Today’s win means that the Sox have a winning record in September (1-0), which they didn’t have in April (9-14), May (13-14), or August (13-15), but did in June (18-9) and July (18-8).
The win also completes the much-needed sweep and shrinks the Magic Number to 34 and Minnesota’s lead to 3.5 games. If the Tigers can beat the Twins tonight, those numbers will drop to 33 and 3.0. A three-game deficit can be made up in a three-game series, which is all we have remaining with the Twinkies. Hey, let’s just keep winning for a while longer and go into that series with a lead, not a deficit. Go Sox!
Manny did it again. Just by standing in the on-deck circle, he struck such fear into the heart of Indians’ pitcher Justin Germano that he served up a fat one to Paul Konerko, who deposited it in the seats for his 33rd home run of the season. The three-run shot by Paulie wasn’t the only blast of the day for the Good Guys – Alex Rios (20th) and Alexei Ramirez (16th) also ripped four-baggers, reaping the benefit of Manny just being in the same lineup.
The Sox were trailing 4-1 at one point and posted their second straight win (6-4)when trailing after seven innings. As noted in the prior post, their record in that situation (no, not The Situation from Jersey Shore and soon to be Dancing With The Stars) was a feeble 1-48 before yesterday’s game. The Pale Hose are now 35-7 when getting multiple home runs in the game.
But back to Manny, whom we are contractually bound to mention in every other paragraph. Aside from influencing the pitches that others were receiving, he grounded out to short, struck out looking, fisted a duck snort single to right center, and was hit by a pitch. That means he’s batting .333, has a .500 on-base percentage, and a .500 slugging percentage – clear Hall of Fame numbers. But wait, there’s that drug thing, isn’t there?
Freddy Garcia left the game early with stiffness in his back. Not good, but let’s hope it doesn’t affect his next start, which should come against his personal patsies, the Detroit Tigers. By the way, Chris Sale picked up the first save of his career (in his first save opportunity) by pitching a scoreless ninth. Sale didn’t exactly sail through it, walking two and striking out two, including the last out of the game. I guess the Tribe really was down to its last strike.
Today’s win means that the Sox have a winning record in September (1-0), which they didn’t have in April (9-14), May (13-14), or August (13-15), but did in June (18-9) and July (18-8).
The win also completes the much-needed sweep and shrinks the Magic Number to 34 and Minnesota’s lead to 3.5 games. If the Tigers can beat the Twins tonight, those numbers will drop to 33 and 3.0. A three-game deficit can be made up in a three-game series, which is all we have remaining with the Twinkies. Hey, let’s just keep winning for a while longer and go into that series with a lead, not a deficit. Go Sox!
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