Jon Lester was cruising along with a 2-1 lead against the White Sox in 7th last night when he got into a little bit of trouble. It looked like he was going to get out of it with runners at the corners with two out and two strikes on Alexei Ramirez. Lester got Ramirez to flail at a curve ball in the dirt, inning over, only it wasn't. The ball got past Jason Varitek who was unable to tag or throw out Ramirez. He was also unable to prevent the run from scoring. It was one of the weirdest runs I've seen in a long time. Another run scored on a line shot to third that Mike Lowell wasn't able to handle. Fortunately though Lowell was able to keep the ball in the infield and prevent a big inning.
Okajima came in after that and in the 8th mishandled a popup and let a simple throw back to the mound get by him allowing a runner to advance. Luckily those two gaffes didn't lead to any more runs. Starting with Jason Bay's homer in the bottom of the inning, the Sox took back the lead and won.
Back in the Bronx, just when you need the Yanks to win, they blow it. The Rangers beat the Bombers yesterday and kept pace with the Red Sox in the Wild Card. Let's face it. The Sox are out of the division. Go Yankees!
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