Tagged: Coco Crisp

First Place

Of course the Red Sox have nearly caught the Rays. They only have to win tonight and then they will be in first place in the AL east for the first time since July 17th. Last night Jon Lester held the Rays in check going 7 2/3 innings without surrendering a run. That sent them to a 3-0 win. I think the player to watch in Major League Baseball is Coco Crisp. He was batting .249 one minute and after a first inning fly out in the game tonight (the game is still running live as I’m typing) He is batting .290.

     Speaking of players doing well we have a little 5′ 9″ guy batting around .330 with 194 hits! Dustin Pedroia is the hottest hitter in the AL and possibly in the MLB. The Rays have been having such a hard time recently, getting swept by the third place Jays, barely avoid a sweep with only 1 win against fourth place Yankees and now they are up against the Red Sox. I think you can see where this series is going.

Rangers No Match For The BoSox

Last night the Boston Red Sox beat the Rangers 8-1 and are within 2 1/2 games of catching the Rays and moving into first place in the AL East. Last night leading the Boston line-up were Mikey Lowell and Coco Crisp. both of them went 3-5 with multiple RBI’s. Mikey’s first at bat back from the DL last night resulted in the first run of the game, a solo shot. Coco drove in two on an bat where the ball was caught and in turn dropped twice by the Rangers defense. Jacoby Ellsbury and Coco also hit back to back RBI triples.

           On the other hand the Rangers were shut down by Josh Beckett, who was also making his first start of the DL. Beckett retired the first 9 batters he faced. Beckett went 5 extremely strong innings, while striking out 7! For a guy who just game of the DL thats what I call coming back with a bang. Look for another offensive explosion tonight at 8:05 as the Sox take on the Rangers for the 2nd game of the series.

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