Royals Come Back on Boston

The Sox were finally gonna gain some momentum. In the fourth, Youk singled, Papi doubled and newcomer Adrian Beltre grounded out for one RBI. Then J.D. Drew homered and bam! The Sox were up 3-0. Clearly this was the beginning of a rout against perennial doormats, the Royals. But no. The Sox bullpen blew it again. This time the goats were Hideki Okajima and Daniel Bard as they gave up one run a piece, and the Royals took the lead 4-3.

Going into this series I figured the Sox would win two of three. The lone loss would possibly be today against Zack Greinke. Now Josh Beckett definitely has to man-up and best Greinke tonight. I know it's early, but if the Sox fall to 1-4 there has to be at least some cause for concern. Boston needs something to feel good about during the first week of the season. I'll tell you one thing; Boston cannot afford to be as dismal on the road as they were last year. I don't see how you can be that bad year-in and year-out on the road and still end up in the post season.

Sox Sloppy But Victorious

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!