David Oritz says he still has problems with his injured hand:

"Yup, been a while," Ortiz said, of hitting a home run. "I've just had zero luck. Swinging like [expletive]. My hand is not OK. It's still bothering me once in a while, but we're winning so I don't pay attention to it. I keep on trying."

And that's about all that can be done at this point. With Ortiz and the team deciding to let the wrist heal on its own, instead of opting for surgery, Ortiz will have to play through the clicking the rest of this season.

"There is not a doctor that can fix that for now," Ortiz said. "It's just the same thing. On and off. You're feeling good, then you're clicking back. You try not to think about it. Just play. Since I got that thing my whole swing has changed. I mentally try to keep the same approach of going to the plate and not thinking about it. But it's hard, man. It's tough."

The Red Sox are playing quite impressive baseball. They're deep enough that some section of the team always seems to be working. The own the highest run differential in the AL, +155, second only to the Cubs. The difference in one run victories is the reason they are 1 1/2 games behind instead of 6 1/2 games ahead of the Rays. They've done this with Ortiz hurt, Manny gone, Drew hurt and Beckett not pitching up to last year's level. Not a bad performance at all.