Sox get a second consecutive strong start from Wakefield, who pitches 7 shutout innings, but cannot score a run off the crafty Pie Rats, who manage to get two runs off Embree, Mantei, and Halama (it could've been much more than two). Sort of weird that Embree and Halama were the ones Tito went to with the score so close -- neither had pitched since June 10, before the 5-game win streak began. That streak included 4 near-blowouts -- any one of those would have been a perfect time to give these guys some innings to improve their mechanics/confidence/whatever.
Three hours until the Series Finale. Clement vs. Kip Wells, who (despite being 5-5 and having been beaten up by the Yankees his last start) has been pretty solid far. Could be another low-scoring affair; hopefully the words "Embree" or "Halama" won't be uttered all day. A Sox win would give them their first back-to-back series wins since - gulp - May 11, when they won four in a row (Texas, Detroit, Seattle, Oakland). After today, the schedule gets tougher...
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