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continues to struggle at the plate, I wouldn’t mind seeing Casilla get a couple weeks of starts under his belt. With Everett on the bench for defensive purposes if necessary, I think Casilla could benefit from seeing some consistent time. He won’t be here long, so it might be a nice opportunity for him.

tense 9th inning here

I was screaming at the TV to walk Manny to face Alex Cora…. but Nathan got him.

Cora was 3-4 and clearly seeing the ball well. Manny was sitting on the bench all night being Manny. Nathan is one of the best closers in the game, in my opinion you dont pitch scared. Joe is getting payed to get these outs and he did.

I didn’t see anything wrong with the way Nathan was throwing. 85-96 fastballs. 88-90 sliders. Curves in the low 80s. With the exception of the mistake pitch to Youkilis, everything was on the corners. But they made him throw 35 pitches and he barely escaped while only giving up two runs—only the second time this year he’s given up runs. They just took great at bats against him.

...in that situation every time. The Sox really have no weaknesses on the hitting side, and once again, did get the BIG out, the one he had to have.

It was a great game for Monroe, and once again, despite the BA, Lamb drove in two big runs.

This was a good win. Blacky pitched reasonably well; I’m glad he escaped the inning where Tolbert threw the ball away…I had visions of a 10-run inning.