JAYS VS RED SOX

Let me tell you why last night was a great night. I got to see the Red Sox play for the first time against the Jays at the Rogers Center. Even though I hate those damn Red Sox, it was still an honor to watch a team like that play. They have some real studs on there team, and it's exciting to watch. I was rooting for the Jays the whole night, but unfortunately they lost 10-9. They played a great game, I mean they were down 7-3 to Josh Beckett, possible AL Cy Young winner. Right when I saw that score, I thought, "Well, the Jays are done tonight." Well, I was totally wrong. The Jays scored 4 more runs on Beckett taking him out by the 7th inning. It was definitely a batters night. Beckett hasn't even given up 7 runs in his last 3 starts. I was shocked to see how well the Jays hit him. There were 5 home runs hit last night. One was by Big Papi, who is off the drugs now hopefully. It's a shame that BIG Papi cheated. He was a fan favorite, and now everyone just either boos him or yells out "CHEATER!!!" That's something that he will have to deal with for the rest of his career. That's what he gets for cheating though. Anyway, the game was tied 7-7 in the top 8th, and it seemed like the Jays had all the momentum, until a bunt back to the pitcher Cody Janseen. It was an easy ball to field, but was thrown over the first baseman's head, scoring a run. So, then advancing the runners to 1st and 2nd, 1 out, and Jacoby Elsbury knocks in two more unearned runs making the game 10-7 Sox. It was a horrible inning for the Jays, and then that's when I thought it was over for sure. However, in the bottom of the 8th, the Jays scored 2 runs and though Papelbon gave up the hits, the runs were not earned. Still, when does Papelbon give up any hits? It was just one of those nights. Top 9th, Sox go down 1-2-3 and we head to the bottom of the 9th, Jays down 10-9. Papelbon is still in the game to complete his save. First guy up was Lyle "Hasn't gotten a hit in a while" Overbay. He singled to start off the inning. Papelbon has thrown 20 pitches by now and that's a lot for him. Lyle's on first with Vernon Wells up to bat. Wells hits the first pitch he sees, a shot that I honestly thought was "Game over, time to go home," but it was to good to be true. Ellsbury caught it right at the warning track. From there, Papelbon was still rusty, but got out of the jam and picked up the save. This was one of the greatest games I have ever watched. It was very exciting and I was up in my seat the whole game.

-Blatz