Jonathan Papelbum provided a glimmer of hope, walking Jack Cust to lead off the 9th. Yoda Pedroia and Yankee reject, Nick Green, turned in a couple of nice plays to bail out Papelbum, as the Sawx were 1 out away from gaining a game on the Yanks. Tommy Everidge ripped a double a foot from the top of the Green Monster, his first major league hit, knocking in Cust to bring the A's within 2 runs. Papelbum was one strike away from ending it when Mark Ellis hit a dribbler to short. Nick Green, in his infinite wisdom, decided he was the only man in all the world who could throw out Ellis. Terrible call. Not only was Ellis safe, Green's throw ended up in the stands and Everidge scored. Sawx still led by 1.
Ellis stole 3rd uncontested with Rajai Davis, the Rajai Davis cut by the offensively challenged San Francisco Giants, up at the plate. Davis hit a grounder in the SS hole and Green again had no chance as Ellis scored the tying run. Green threw the ball away again, allowing Davis to reach 3rd, but he was stranded there.
The A's 2-out lightening struck again in the 11th. With 2-out, Ellis doubled to left. Rajai Davis singled in Ellis again. Intuitively, the A's went for the kill - Davis stole second and scored on Adam Kennedy's 5th hit of the game, giving Oakland a 9-7 lead. Boston wouldn't go down without a fight, scoring 1 run and leaving the tying run on 3rd when Yoda Pedroia flied out to end the game, bringing joy to Yankee fans everywhere.
The silence in Fenway was deafening as the Sawx fans watched in horror as their fraudulent, overrated bullpen got roughed up for 7 runs. For the game, Boston surrendered 21 hits to the worse hitting team in the American League and 3rd worse in MLB.
I'd hate to be a Red Sox fan after tonight's demoralizing loss.
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