Red Sox 4, Angels 2
Red Sox - 000 002 000 02 - 4 8 0
Angels - 000 000 200 00 - 2 4 0
The Red Sox won in extras on Thursday against the Angels. They didn't hit very well but they got the one hit that mattered. Josh Beckkkkket pitched his third great start. In his last three starts, he has a 1.08 ERA in 23 IP. He pitched a season high 125 pitches which was enough for 8IP. He let up two runs on a mistake pitch to Torii Hunter which tied the score, 2-2. The Red Sox couldn't cash in on many opportunities. The only one being Ellsbury's two run single in the 6th. Boston wasted several scoring chances throughout the game:
1st: 1st/2nd, 1 out - Kevin Youkilis 6U-3/DP
2nd: Man on 3rd, 1 out - Carl Crawford 3U, Jason Varitek K
3rd: 1st/2nd, 2 outs - Marco Scutaro F8
4th: 1st/2nd, 2 outs - Ellsbury F7
7th: 1st/2nd, 0 outs - Gonzalez P5, Scutaro K, David Ortiz K
8th: Bases loaded, 1 out - J.D. Drew K, Dustin Pedroia P4
In the 11th, Gonzalez won it for the Sox with a go- ahead double, probably his biggest hit in a Red Sox uniform. Then in the bottom of the 11th, the Birthday Boy closed it out for the save.
Interesting quote by Peter Gammons:
"I think one of the things that's killed [the Red Sox] is that Jacoby Ellsbury has forgotten what his job is in baseball, which is to get on base and run. His four home runs, to me, are one of the worst things that's happened to this team early in the season, because I think it's encouraged him to get wider and wider with his swing. ... They need him to get on base 37 percent of the time or 38 percent of the time. I think he's kind of gotten away from that. ... The guy who's supposed to hit lead-off isn't getting on base."
With the win, the Red Sox improve to 7-11 on the season, and they are 4 games behind the 1st place Yankees and 1.5 games behind the 2nd place Rays.
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