June 9, 200322 yr I went to all 3 of the games, and I must say -- the Sox looked very good. - Our pitching was obviously excellent. We gave up a total of 6 ER (which should have been 5 since the Lo Duca play should NOT have been ruled an in-the-park HR, it was a 2-base error on Magglio all the way). Our bullpen only had to pitch 4 innings, but they did it flawlessly (Friday night Gordon kind of scared me, but that was it). Our pitchers combined for 24 strikeouts in 26 innings, with just 2 walks (Gordon on Friday night). - Frank Thomas is a f***ing stud. He was the MVP of the series IMO, and he was just mashing the ball. He's my favorite player, and this weekend he reminded me why. 6 for 9, 2 BB, 2 HR, 3 RBI, and flawless defense at 1st. His average is up to .288, which leads the team. His 13 HR also leads the team. For those who said he was done, they better think again. - We were able to sacrifice guys over, and when we had RISP with less than 2 outs, we did a markedly better job of getting them to score. 3 sacrifice bunts (Colon, Loaiza, Olivo), and 2 stolen bases (Jimenez, Graffanino) and it really looked nice. We just beat a pretty darned good Dodger team 2 out of 3, and we looked good doing so. Hopefully we can continue this against a good Giant team.
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