PortlandSoxFan

The way this pitching staff is currently assembled, scoring 7 or 8 runs is not enough. That is the reality. The Sox are near or at the top of most offensive categories in the AL, but have won only 16 of their last 34. This game was lost when Grady left a gassed Seanez (47 pitches) out there to face the best hitter in the NL in Pujols. Getting out of a bases loaded jam in the sixth evidently was not enough, so Grady chose to leave Seanez out there to hang.

Great comeback from a 7th inning 7-2 hole, but not quite enough. Frustration at the pen should not include Lyon. The first four men Lyon faced in the ninth had averages of .389, .300, .297, and .330 and a combined 49 home runs.

Tonight we get to look forward to a two inning threat induced rehab start by Pedro (“”I made a vow to myself when I left the minor leagues that I would never go back,”) and then 7 innings of clown car shenanigans. Good to see Pedro making some decisions for the Sox management…