Friday, August 14, 2009

Despite Better Play, Sox Lose Ground

Again a return to Fenway acted as a elixer for the road weary Sox. But even taking 3 of 4 from Detroit did not prevent Boston from losing ground in their pursuit of the Yankees. Nor did it prevent the Rangers from narrowing the gap with the Sox in the wild card race.

The Yankees blistering pace can't last forever, but I'm starting to doubt that the Sox will be within reasonable striking distance when it ends. Of course that all can change if they have a good showing when the Yankees return to Fenway on August 21st.

More importantly, the Sox must put some more distance between them and the Rangers during this weekend's series in Arlington. This year's play against the Rangers has not been encouraging as the season series stands at 5-1 Rangers. Fortunately, Boston has Jon Lester going tonight, who has been a beast of late.

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