The Red Sox seem to be the comeback kids this year. They were down 5-0 in this game after Lester struggled with his control, and really didn't look like himself until the 5th. Francona is a great job in this game sticking with Lester as long as he did. The bullpen has been overused, and they really do not have a true long reliever, so Lester had to give them at least 6 innings, and that's exactly what he did.
Boston's comeback didn't start until the 6th inning when Mike "RBI" Lowell did what he does best, which is apparently just knock in runs. Tek followed suit and knocked in another run that inning to get the lead down to 5-2. Then in the 8th the hero of game Van Every brought a run home with the bases loaded. Drew and Ellsbury kept the inning alive, and tied the game 5-5. So the game eventually makes it to extra innings, and once again it is Van Every who plays the role of hero with a solo shot. The Sox bring out Papelbon, and he answers all the injury concerns with a 2 K bottom of the 10th to get his 6th save of the season.
Boston is now tied for first place in the AL East with the Jays, which also ties them for the best record in all of the AL. All of this really surprises me, because I still feel like the Sox aren't even close to playing "their best ball". We will see what happens if guys like Ortiz, Beckett, Dice-K, and Lester start coming through...
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