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Summary:
The Sox, seemingly, had this one well in-hand early. Daisuke cruised through the first few innings, and the Sox would score the first (and the only one they needed) run in the second inning. Kenny Rogers was off, but also inefficient.
Daisuke, MDC, and Oki would combine to shut out the Tigers over 9 innings, limiting the Tigers to just 9 baserunners and striking out 11. It was an excellent, and yet somewhat understated collective pitching performance, aside from the Lesterized sixth inning from Matsuzaka.
Lowell and Papi were the only two Sox who did not get hits, and both walked twice in the game. Coco, to the surprise of some, was able to knock in the first run on a sacrifice fly. Youks went 3-3 with two walks, while DP, Lugo, and Tek all reached base twice apiece. "Being" had an interesting triple, which ended with him crossing the plate on Placido Polanco's first error since leaving the womb. Miguel Cabrera was not GG-material at 3B today either.
Oh yeah. If you're a fan of the Sox, and judging by your perusal of this website you are, the Sox received their WS rings today.
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That's, of course, Pesky with Wake.
Player of the Game:
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Gotta be Daisuke. He took care of business today, striking out 7 and allowing 8 baserunners over 6 2/3.
Comment of the Game:
Grilli's thrown 40 pitches,
He's Leyland's sacrificial lamb until his FO buys him a bullpen. -britsoxfan
at least Grilli lowered his ERA...
...to 11.57 -pedroiastroika