That's More Like It

The rain that fell at Fenway early this evening seemed to wash all of the Red Sox problems away. The latest Manny episode is over and Sox fans can now enjoy his production for the remainder of the season. If tonight was any indication (3-5 2RBI, 2R) it should be a good run. The Sox offense rebounded nicely with everyone getting a hit but Drew.(he did walk twice) David Ortiz hit his first home run since coming back to the team and the team scored 9 runs on 15 hits. Jon Lester pitched very well going 7 innings while allowing 2 runs. He ran into some trouble in the 5th with bases loaded but he was able to get out of the jam and come back for 2 more good innings. The Sox pen was great; Declarmen pitched the 8th and Timlin retired them in order in the 9th. Besides moving past the Manny stuff, perhaps the most important news of the night was how well Ellsbury did at the plate. He went 3-4 including a double, if he can get hot and return to the lead-off spot the Sox can go on a big win streak.

Sox Win 9-2 BOX SCORE