Sox/Angels: Inside the Series

Sox take the series, 3 games to none

Winning pitchers: Beckett, Schilling, Wakefield
Home runs: Papi (2) , Youk
Saves: no need

"Hell no, Angels don't go!"

"Four more games! Four more games!"

"Let's play two dozen"

Those are a few twists on famous phrases that the Sox and their Nation could be singing after the departure of the Angles from the Hub following yesterday's Patriots Day creaming.

Boston put a stamp on its ownership of the team from Los Angeles via Anaheim with that 7-2 victory. The win gave the Sox a series sweep, 3-0, and it is a shame that Sunday's contest was rained out, denying Boston a solid chance at the rare 4-game blanking.

Let's atke a look at the numbers:

STAT: LAofA-----BOS
Runs: 3----25
Hits: 18----30
2Bs: 4----7
3Bs: 0----1
HRs: 2----3
Avg.: .186---.297
BBs: 4----18

The series featured quite a few interesting occurrences including: two 6-run innings for Boston; three brilliant pitching performances by Sox starters; an injury to Angels star slugger Vlad Guerrero on a Beckett pitch; terrific defense by Lugo, Lowell and others; 30 Boston hits including 7 doubles, a triple and 3 home runs; and a costly gaffe by $55 million dollar HGH user and supposed defensive whiz Gary Matth'roids Jr. on a routine flyball.

In between we had rainouts and rain delays, a monster series by Big Papi, snow flurries in the area, a pizza thrown at a patron's face and a marathon going on behind the ballpark.

No, it wasn't just another ordinary series for Boston, which has now won 18 of its last 21 against the Halos at the Fens. Like I said, too bad we couldn't play these guys all the time.

Unfortunately it's off to Toronto for a 3-gamer with the banged-up Jays, where the Sox often have trouble in that house of horrors formerly known as SkyDome.

Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.