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Ellsbury, CFThe Red Sox's three-game lead in the East is their largest since July 13. Their biggest lead of the season was 5.5 games, after the games of July 5.
Victorino, RF
Pedroia, 2B
Ortiz, DH
Nava, LF
Napoli, 1B
Drew, SS
Lavarnwway, C
Middlebrooks, 3B
Despite a superb 3.21 ERA (11th in the AL), Lackey has a 7-9 record. The Red Sox are scoring a paltry 3.3 runs per 27 outs for him.
Stephen Drew has a ten-game hitting streak (17-for-41, .415, with an 1.120 OPS).
In New York, where the Yankees are 11 GB, Alex Rodriguez had yesterday off.
In Yankee news, Mariano Rivera blew another save opportunity today - his third in a row!
ReplyDeleteI think I read that was the first time ever. The shitty thing was they won 2 of those games.
ReplyDeleteCheck out this early video of A-Roid, Griffey Jr and Big Papi - while the 2 were rookie Mariners, and Ortiz was in the low minors!
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