The Schill is Back

Another Rogering: this time given
The Sox beat the Phillies 12-3, and won their first series since they played the Dodgers.
Schilling was far from perfect, giving up 8 hits and 3 runs, but once he was given a lead in the fourth he shut the door, got the win and struck out seven to boot. However, with yesterdays embarrassing loss a close memory things are far from Rosy in Red Sox Nation.

"We can definitely play better," catcher Jason Varitek said. "I believe this team will get on a roll and put a lot of wins together. You can't pitch well and not hit well, and you can't hit well and not pitch well. We have to match up to be successful over the long run. We've got three months ahead of us. A lot can happen."

The story today was Boston's bats AGAIN, yesterday it was the bats ringing silent, today they pounded out 12 runs. Feast or famine is an understatement for this team. The Red Sox have scored more runs then all but 2 teams (Indians and White Sox)this season but you wouldn't know it from watching them recently. A few blow outs by the sox here and there have helped pad their stats, but for the most part the sox offensive is a pail comparison to last years record breaking team. More padding of the stats today as the Sox got blown out 2-9. Things looked pretty bleak for Sox fans this morning, leading the league in errors, five games back, 12 runs later all is forgotten for the moment.

"Today, we picked up Schilling," said Ramirez. "Not every day will you be so sharp, but today we picked him up."

Oddly enough after this feel good win the Sox lost ground today, starting the day 5 games back the Yankees had a double header, won both and pushed the sox to five and a half back. On Tuesday it is off to the Bronx to either be pushed back further, get back in the race for first place, or most likley keep things about where they are now.

"We need to go in there and close the gap," Schilling said.

BOX SCORE