Swept again on the Road

After the all star break, we were on the road in Anaheim and got swept again. We just can't find a way to win on the road.

Game 1 we lost 11-3 as none of our pitchers could find a way to stop the Angels from hitting. Clay went 4.2 innings and gave up 8 runs. Our relievers came in and gave up more runs and we could never come back to even make it close. With this loss, we fell back out of first place behind Tampa.

Game 2 we lost 4-2 as Beckett pitched a complete game loss. He gave up all four runs in the 8th inning. I think Francona is now a little gun shy to bring in any of our relievers in a close game. Beckett went the full game striking out 6 but fell to 9-6 on the season with the loss.

Game 3 we lost 5-3 allowing 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th once again. Leading 3-2 in the bottom of the 8th, I was shocked to still see Wake coming out to pitch. By the time Delcarmen came in, I just knew he was going to allow the inherited runners to score which he did and Wake took the loss. We have got to find a way to start winning on the road. Maybe what we need is a series against Seattle on the road to get us back on track which is exactly what we have coming up. The Yankees are now winning every game and are catching us and Tampa, it is just not looking good. Coming up this weekend, we have a three game set against the Yanks too. We need to sweep Seattle and then do some damage this weekend against the Yanks.

Also, it was nice to see JD Drew be the All Star game MVP. Wasn't it nice to see a Red Sox manager and 7 Red Sox players in the All Star game being played at Yankee Stadium? If we can make it to the world series this year, we will have home field advantage again. I would like to see us win one in Fenway which would mean we would have to win the series in 6 or 7 games. I don't think I could handle a 7th game of a world series so hopefully we could be up 3-2 and win it in 6. We need to celebrate one in Fenway.