It was a bad series for the Red Sox, but at least it ended on a good note. After losing 2 close games to the Mariners over the weekend the Sox were finally able to pull one out. Pedroia and Ortiz started it off in the very first inning, as both of them took Morrow deep. The Mariners would not go down easy coming back in the 4th and 5th innings to take a 4-1 lead. Lester pitched well for the Sox. he let up 4 runs over 6 2/3 innings, but 3 of those runs were unearned.
Boston continued its HR parade in the 6th when Ellsbury took Morrow deep to tie the game at 4. It looked like it was going to be a nail biter, until the 7th inning when Seattle's bullpen cost them the game. Batista relieved Morrow, who had is longest outing of the season going 6 innings. Batista quickly lost control of this game. Ortiz had an RBI double, which was followed by Lowe walking in a run. Then Kotsay broke the game open with a single scoring 2 runs. This was all capped off with a run scored on a pass ball.
Masterson and Okajima finished up the game for Lester pitching 2 1/3 innings of scoreless baseball. Boston has to be happy that Ortiz is turning his season around in a big way, but Bay really needs to get himself going, as Boston has moved him to 5th in the batting order with his recent struggles.
With the win the Sox are still only 1 game up on the Yankees for 1st place in the AL East.
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