The Mayor got the offense going tonight while replacing Mike Lowell with 3 RBI’s. The Sox all seemed to get in the offensive groove scoring 12 runs. J.D. Drew went 3-3 and is now batting .440, that is not a typo, he is really batting .440. Everyone had a hit but Ortiz(0-4 GIDP and 2 K’s 2BB’s) the slump continues, he is now batting .083.
Wakefield pitched well only giving up 1 earned run in 5 innings. He did pitch himself into a bases loaded jam with a hit batter and a couple of walks but got out of it. Wake had 5 K’s on the night. Tavarez joined the “I want to blow the game” middle relief club for the Red Sox by giving up 3 earned runs in the 8th to put the game back in reach for the Tigers. Papelbon had to come in and get the last out of the inning. He struck out Cabrera in the 9th before he gave up a double to Guillen. He K’d Renteria, and gave up a single to Pudge before getting Thames to ground out to end the game.
Sox win 12-6 and series 2 games to 1.
Next up: Buchholz against the NY Yankees 7 pm.
Add The Sports Daily to your Google News Feed!
