Series Recap:Sox @ Texas

Sox sweep series, 3-0

Game Results
GM1: BOS 10-6 W: Dice K
GM2: BOS 7-4 W: Wake
GM3: BOS 6-5 W:Pineiro SV Oki (3)

STATS: BOS/TEX
HITS: 29/ 23
RUNS: 23/ 15
AVG: .279/.228
HRS: 2/ 3
ERA: 5.00/7.33

Composite Batter's Box:

• Lugo: 1-13, R, 2RBI, 2SBs, 2BBs-he's now lowest hitting regular (.225)
• Youk: 6-14, 4R, 2RBI, 2B, BB-running out of superlatives for this guy
• Ortiz: 2-8, 2R, RBI, 2B, 2BBs-sat GM3 to rest nagging aches
• Manny: 6-11, 2R, 2RBI, 2-2Bs, 3B, 3BBs-great series despite GM3 0-fer
• Drew: 2-10, 4R, 4BBs, 2RBI-broke out of 0-17 slump with big GM3
• Lowell: 3-11, 4R, RBI, E, 3BBs-not his best series, but still steady
• Tek: 2-7, 2R, 5RBI, 3B, HR-talk about making your 2 hits count!
• Coco: 4-13, 3R, 2RBI, 2B, BB-avg. isn't great (.245), but his play has been
• Pedroia: 3-6, R, 3RBI, HR-raised his avg. to a season-high .279
• Cora: 0-3, RBI, sac fly in GM2
• Belli: 0-3, 3Ks in GM2
• Hinske: 0-4, K in GM3
• WMP: DNP

Composite Pitcher's Box:

• Matsuzaka: 5IP, 7H, 5ER, 3BB, 6K, 2HRs, W-hard to judge due to illness
• Wakefield: 7IP, 5H, 4ER, BB, 4Ks, W-pitched well enough to get the "W"
• Tavarez: 5.2IP, 6H, 4ER, BB, 6Ks, HR-for 5 innings he was Cy Young
• Donnelly: 2IP, 1K-back-to-back gms w/o allowing a run-nice
• Snyder: 2/3IP, H, K-lowered his ERA to awesome 1.65
• Pineiro: 1.2IP, 0H, 0R, W-GM3 by far his best outing as a Sox
• Lopez: 1/3IP, ER, 2BB-all'd run in GM 1 w/o a hit
• Romero: 2/3IP, H, BB-lowered his ERA to 2.35
• Okajima: 2IP, 2H, ER, SV-2nd time in 3 games gave up a run
• Papelbon: 2IP, H, 2K- doesn't seem as sharp as earlier this year

Season Series: Sox lead, 4-2

All I can say is that was some series. It had a little bit of everything, from another incredible CocoCatch to a triple by lumbering Captain Jason Varitek.

Throw in a comedic triple by Manny, a Jekyll & Hyde performance from Julian Tavarez, a catastrophic three games by the Texas bullpen, and mushrooms growing in the outfield grass due to all the precipitation and it all added up to a strange and psychedelic Southwest swing for the Sox.

The good news for Boston continues to pour in from all angles. With the Sox' sweep and the Stanks getting swept at home by the Angels, Boston now enjoys a mammoth 12.5 game lead on the Feeble Empire, rendering next weekend's series in Fenway another meaningless meeting of two baseball teams.

Throw in the fact that old friend Trot Nixon & the Cleveland Indians come to Fenway for a 3-gamer before the New York series, and it's obvious Boston will be playing at the top off their game throughout the week.

To top it all off Josh Beckett is set to come off the DL and pitch tomorrow night at Fenway, and it's good times all around for RSN.

As for the Rangers, they're now proud owners of the worst record in the AL and second worst in baseball, with only a half game separating them and the Reds from the title of Baseball's Worst Team.

The Sox will see the Rangers once more this season, at the end of June in Fenway.

Until then it looks like they will continue to play like two teams headed in opposite directions.