Hey, 2 out of 3 aint bad (someone said that right?) But seriously it isn't bad at all. The Sox won the first game in a really close game and the bullpen came through in the clutch. Game 2 was one we could have won, but one bad pitch by Thornton hurt big time. And Game 3 was a great overall hitting performance against a good pitcher (Kazmir).
So as we look towards tomorrow morning (12:38 start, why 38?, different post different day), the Sox have a real chance to win this series. Which to me was almost unfathomable when the Sox arrived in Tampa. And the way I see it, the Sox easily could be on the brink of the 4 game away sweep, something they surely haven't done in long time. But that's not the case so we look towards tomorrow as a chance to walk out of Tampa on a 2 game winning streak and 4-2 on the first 6 of the 9 (scheduled for 10) game road trip.
Tomorrow is Floyd vs. Garza. Winnable game for sure, I wouldn's say the Sox are favored to win this game, but if Gavin is on the Sox should win this game. Garza is a good pitcher but he's not unhittable by any means. And if (and this is a hypothetical - Office Space joke) the Sox win the game, this trip would be on path for one of the more successful trips in a long time. If the Sox were to win tomorrow and then grab 2 of 3 from the Orioles, which I think is really possible, They would finish the trip off at 6-3. You play .667 baseball on the road and you should win 100 games easily.
I was a little concerned with how this first road trip was going to go, but so far so good, so here's to a win tomorrow, and more good baseball as we move on to Balitmore.
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