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Kevin Youklis drove in the winning run in the eighth, Papelbon recorded his seventh save, and Adam Stern made a tremendous catch to end the game and prevent any runs scoring in the ninth.
Jonathan Papelbon closed his seventh game in seven opportunities and preserved his 0.00 ERA officially bringing him to sick-nasty status. He gave up only his third hit of the year although he did walk two to load the bases with two outs in the ninth. Stern then made a great diving play on a dying quail that would have scored at least two if he hadn’t caught it.
With last night’s 7-4 win the Sox keep plugging along on top of the AL East. Clement pitched 7 strong innings allowing only three runs. In the postgame interview he stated that it was the best he’s thrown in a long time. Timlin entered in the eighth inning and allowed an inherited run to score, something that has seemed to been Timlin’s Achilles heal dating back to last season. I love Timlin to death but coming in with runners on base is a big no-no with him. Also I can’t stand his haircut. With his hat on he looks like one of the most clean-cut players on the team. I have often wondered what razors he uses because it doesn’t even look like he has a five o’clock shadow and by the time he enters the game its usually almost ten. In the offseason I caught clips of Timlin in his regular clothes, often times hunting with fellow Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield. Timlin would be sporting a camouflage shirt with his grunge-like parted blonde hair. I was really hoping for some kind of short military cut or something. Instead he has the haircut of some misguided adolescent who spends his time in his parents basement playing Magic cards and picking pepperoni pizza out of his head-gear.
Timlin picked up the win though as Kevin Youklis doubled in Trot Nixon and Adam Stern for two runs to take the lead in the bottom of the eighth. Pap came in for the ninth and the Sox recorded their tenth win this season. Let’s hope tonight is a blow-out because Terry Francona said Papelbon was gonna get the night off. I usually hope every game is a blow-out but there is something fun about watching your nasty closer come in to preserve a short lead. You definitely get your nine innings worth. For tonight though, a nice fat laugher would be pre-tty nice. I’d love to see Schill start 4-0 as well. GO SOX!
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