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So tonight’s 9-2 drubbing of the Orioles alleviates some of the pain from the past roadtrip. The 5 game losing streak is over at least. The bats came alive tonight knocking in 9 runs without one home run. Wells pitched solidly(surprisingly?) and even left to a standing ovation from the Fenway Faithful in the seventh.
What I don’t understand is that with a 9-1 lead, Francona had Hansen warming in the bullpen but eventually put in Kyle Snyder for the last inning plus. How does this make sense? Is this not a perfect time to put in designated mop up clowns Seanez and Tavarez? Maybe save everyone else for a close game. Instead Tito puts in our long relief guy(who we have desperately needed to be rested on many occasions) to do mop up work for an inning when Jason “Good for a Few Innings, Maybe” Johnson starts tomorrow. I don’t get it. Of course Synder gave up a dinger to his first hitter. Wonderful.
It can’t be too bad though. A 9-2 win is good in my book any day of the week and twice on Sunday. Lets hope the rest of the stand goes this way.
Really Incredibly Important and Crucial Homestand: 1-0
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