You can’t win them all. And to paint this is in a favorable light, we were somewhat lucky to walk away with one win. On Monday, the Sox were down 4-1, but they opened the game up with three homers in the seventh inning. Joe Crede had the big blast as his three run homer put the Sox in the lead for good. Paul Konerko and Juan Uribe also homered in the seventh while Frank Thomas got in on the fun in the eighth with a solo homer of his own.
Tuesday and today’s games didn’t go as well. Despite some impressive numbers by Garcia in day games (4-1, 2,71 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP in nine starts), Garcia got hit hard this afternoon as he dropped to 9-4. The Sox really made an attempt to comeback with three runs in the ninth, but they just came up short despite having the winning run at the plate.
Yesterday was all Jeremy Bonderman. The Sox only had three hits against him and the lone run they scored was on a Juan Uribe ground out.
The Twins won so the lead is now a very comfortable eleven games. The Red Sox are on deck though. Anytime you go up against the World Champs, you have a tough series in front of you.
