Royals 4, Red Sox 3
The Royals overcame a 3-0 deficit and beat the Red Sox, 4-3 in 11 innings last night. The Red Sox did not score in any of the contest’s final 8 innings.
Exactly the sort of game I can’t even waste a minute worrying about. David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez both bounced into bases loaded double plays, Jason Varitek struck out with the bases loaded and Terrence Long made the play of the game, also with the bases loaded, on a frozen rope by Kevin Millar, who homered for the first time since June 4th. Kudos to Tito for starting Millar, who does seem to do his best work against hard-throwing righthanders that lack overwhelming breaking stuff. D.J. Carrasco is, well, Millar’s type if you will.
The game did evidence, however, how getting on base and hitting singles is not quite adequate. You need a little pop in order to put runs on the board, and the Sox were only able to muster one extra-base hit.
I know you all were worried sick but you can calm yourselves now. Curt Schilling has chimed in on the Rafael Palmeiro situation. The loquacious, sanctimonious one makes his first start since April 23rd tonight in Kansas City.