Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
September 23, 2008
Red Sox Clinch

Victor Martinez pops out to Alex Cora and the Red Sox win 5-4, sending them to the playoffs with a chance to defend their World Championship. Papelbon records four outs, striking out two to record his 41st save. There will be no drama when the Yankees come to Boston this weekend.

Congratulations to the Red Sox on another great season. They needed to overcome lengty injuries to Curt Schilling, Mike Lowell, J.D. Drew and David Ortiz. Matsuzaka and Beckett were unavailable for shorter periods of time. Of course, the whole Manny Ramirez situation served as a major distraction. Still, the team kept winning, thanks to the deep squad assembled by the Boston front office. At the moment, it looks like they'll be playing the Angels in the first round, which should be a great series.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:58 PM | Division Races | TrackBack (0)
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You forgot Lugo! They need Lowell back - the inning last nite where CLE scored 4 should have been 0 - 4 balls that coulda/shoulda been outs all end up counting for runs for CLE - that's where bad defense kills you.

Posted by: Bandit at September 24, 2008 09:10 AM
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