WP: Beckett (2-1)
LP: Mussina (1-3)
SV: None
HRs: BOS-Manny, 2 (5); NYY-Cabrera (3)
Maybe Manny screamed BUNKO! every time he hit a round tripper
SUMMARY:
Josh Beckett had his best outing of the season in a game the Sox desperately needed after last night's humiliating defeat, and Manny Ramirez continued his demolition of New York pitching with a two-homer, 3-RBI night as Boston split the two game series in the Bronx.
Superstar: Manny 3-5, 3R, 3BI, 2HR
The Bronx-bred boy ravaged his hometown team once again, slamming the 54th and 55th homers of his career against the team he grew up admiring. He also had 3 hits for the second game in a row and is now batting .343, has 18 RBI, and is just 5 homers away from 500.
The Biggest Loser: Mike Mussina 3IP, 7H, 5ER, 0BB, 2K, 2HR, 2HBP
Not only did Manny hit his 2nd & 3rd homers off him this week, but the regressing veteran has given up 9 earned runs in 8 2/3 innings against Boston over the past 6 days.
RECAP:
Can't really recap this one, because I didn't get to see it.
And of course it had to be the exciting Sox victory I miss, not the travesty of baseball that was last night's abortion of a game.
The story behind it is (are you ready for a good laugh?)...I had to vacate the house tonight because the wife was having the girls over for Bunko.
Not sure what that is, single fellas out there? It's when a bunch of women gather round, drink too many cocktails, tell too many dirty stories and lament about their families all in the guise of playing a meaningless, no-strategy card game.
Okay, you can stop laughing.
Anyway, it wasn't a big deal because they would be done by 9:00-9:30ish, and I had set the DVR to record the game. After taking my son (as a responsible dad I can't expose him to the nonsense) to the batting cages and out to dinner, I would retreat to my den and rewind the game to catch up with what I missed, since it would probably only be in the 4th or 5th inning by then.
Except when I got home the wife had breaking news for me, you know, the kind of news that makes you want to break something.
"Honey, you're not gonna believe this. Right after you left the power went out and the TV and stuff is dead."
After recovering from that sucker punch, I just figured I go reset the breaker and settle for watching the last half of the game.
Nope. "I tried to reset the breaker, but it wouldn't stick" she informs me.
Luckily my son was standing there as well as a couple of Bunko stragglers, so I summoned up all my willpower and didn't toss anything.
Although after checking the score on the computer, I wanted to toss my cookies.
I quickly learned that Beckett was in the midst of handcuffing the cocky sons of bitches from the boogie down, and that Manny had mashed not 1 but 2 dingers off that dickhead Mike Mussina, and that's when the hurt really started to sink in.
All the three TVs with cable boxes were dead, and with the game on Extra Innings, the two with no boxes were about as useful as Eric Gagne in a close game.
From what I "saw" on Game Cast, Boston built a 7-0 lead on Manny's homers, RBI singles by Pedroia and Tek and an RBI double by J.D. Drew, but the Stanks touched Beckett (8IP, 6H, 3ER, 1BB, 5K) for 3 runs in the 5th to slice the lead to 7-3. After giving way to Paps in the 9th, New York tacked on two more against the Boston closer to make a blowout look much closer than it was.
The bad part about following a bunch of dots and stats online is I didn't get to see Kyle Farnsworth nearly decapitate Manny in the 7th, nor did I see Manny's classic irked/amused expression after it happened.
I didn't get to see it, but I probably had a similar look on my face at the time.
After all, how else do you handle missing a great Sox/Stanks contest because of a power surge and a bunch of ladies screaming "BUNKO!"?
RECORD: 10-7
STREAK: W1
AL EAST: Up 1/2 gm
UP NEXT: Fri vs TEX 7PM @ Fenway Mendoza vs. Matsuzaka
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