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7/18/07 Boxed Up

Thursday, July 19, 2007







What can I say? The Yankers are now only 7 games back. They beat the Jays again!

Manny had a chance to tie or win the game in the 9th when he flew out with a man on base. He did have a nice catch at the wall earlier in the game that would have been more trouble. For a change, he was playing in left as opposed to deep short-stop like he usually does at home. Tavarez had a weak outing, earning all 6 Royals runs in his 4 2/3 innings. The pen held, but they just got no help. The Sox left 8 men on base.

Similar story for the Phils. Kendrick earned all the L.A. runs in 5 1/3. Phils left 7 men on base. Ryan Howard hit his 25th jack.

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7/17/07 Boxed Up

Wednesday, July 18, 2007







As you can see, my Sox got clobbered last night by the lowly Royals. Wake lasted 6 1/3 innings, giving up 9 hits and 6 runs. We had no homers (the night before, all of our runs were the direct result of three long balls from Pedroia, Manny, and Ortiz.)

In Philly, reversal of fortune. After getting that 10,000th loss to the Cards and then a drubbing by the Dodgers, the Phills came on like a juggernaut last night. Howard had 2 home runs, both two run shots. Burrell and Rowand both had solo blasts. Victorino went 5 for 7 with 2 RBI's. Durbin had a solid outing - 6 innings, one run on 6 hits. This game was on the tube, so I got to watch a little of it, but I got tired and missed most of the good stuff.

The Yankers won an extra-innings thriller on a walk-off hit by Cano to beat the visiting Blue Jays.

Considering this is my first posted set of boxes on PhilSox, isn't it interesting that the first place Sox got drubbed by a crappy team and the struggling Phils wallopped L.A.?

Hey, Alanis! This is ironic.

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