Justin picked up right where he left off in Detroit...
he drove in TWO (Figgy and Miggy) via a two-out single (really nice to get some early runs). The Sox got to within one run in the bottome of the 2nd when Cammy hit a solo shot that even the Red Sox fans were calling "cheap". In the bottom of the 3rd, the Sox got a break when Jason had the lead-off batter struck out on a foul tip on 3-2 count but the 1B ump said the ball hit the dirt (it didn't - Miggy caught it cleanly). On the next pitch, the batter walked but was erased on the next play, a FC and the next batter flied out. That would have been the end of it, if the home plate ump would have over-ruled the 1B ump on the foul tip. Instead a couple more singles yielded a couple more runs to take a 3-2 lead and Cammy's totally NOT cheap shot over the Green Monster in the 4th would make it 4-2.
The M's turned a couple of nice DP's in the next couple of innings...
To end the 4th, Brenden tagged a runner between 2B and 3B then threw to Justin. Then in the 5th, Big Pappy hit a laser shot right into Justin's glove and caught Youk offf the bag.
The M's were able to pull within one run in the 5th (after DiceK left with an injury) by way of a couple of singles and a FC. And then Jason cruised through the 5th, 6th and 7th - retiring all nine batters in order (after giving up 4 runs on 8 hits in the first 4 innings). And Jamey and League did their respective things for the Hold and the Save.
It was the top of the 7th when the M's took the lead again via an Ichiro single, a Figgy double, Miggy ground out (Ichi scored to tie it) a Justin walk and a CUST RBI DOUBLE (which would prove to be the game-winner) made it 5-4 M's!
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Congrats to Jason! First win since August 14, 2010
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