A Win? What's That?

Narrowly Averting Mass Suicide Throughout Red Sox Nation, The Olde Towners Actually Win One

As I always say, thank god for a hitting Dustin Pedroia, scotch and a shaky Edwin Jackson. The Sox managed to tough out a 6-5 win at home against the Deeetroit Tigers.

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9     R H E
Det (59-52) 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0     5 10 0
Bos (63-48) 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 -     6 12 0

Penny 6.0IP 6H 3ER 2K
Delcarmen .2IP 3H 2ER 1K
R. Ramirez 1.0IP 1H 0ER 1K (W)
Papelbon 1.1IP 0H 0ER 1K


Stuff you need to know:
Pedey, Nick Green and JBay all homered. Ellsbury's stolen base gave him 51 on the season and put him at third-most ever for a Red Sox, 3 from the record. Papelbon got four outs and made it look easy, the way we're used to seeing it. Thousands of Red Sox fans were talked off the ledge.

Boston Globe game report.
Herald game report.


3 Strikes

• Chad Finn hasn't given up on the Sox yet, so why should you?

I'm such a huge fan of his Touching All the Bases Blog it's embarrassing.

• Big Baby is back for another two years

And oh yeah, the C's signed Candace Parker's husband too.

• Great article from SI's Joe Posnanski analyzing trades w/ Red Sox guru Bill James

Tonight:
El Tigres (59-52)
    Porcello 4.30 (10-7)
at
Bos (63-48)
    Tazawa 10.80 (0-1)

Game time 7:05