I’ve concluded I’ll keep doing this “watch a few innings then go to sleep thinking of a score”. Last night I caught the first inning, saw that Pedro looked fine (admittedly, no one seemed to be chasing balls outside the strike zone - was that because Tek was so obviously setting up outside?), and went to sleep thinking 2-0, Pedro goes 6. Almost right - who knew Pedro would throw a 7-pitch 7th? Got the right score 2 days in a row, so this superstition stays.
Meanwhile, I really like the Sox’s 2-inning relievers: Williamson today, Foulke & Embree yesterday. And these are the setup men / closers, not our long relievers. Seems like Theo learnt from his past, not just theorises. Bullpen construction has been so strong. Okay, so the Yankees right now have the worst-hitting lineup that money can buy, but still 9 no-hit innings is pretty goshdarn impressive. And it’s great how the last 3 saves against the Yankees have been from 3 different people even though Foulke is the closer - a truly Jamesian view of bullpen use?
Foulke and Rivera going head-to-head (or perhaps more accurately, mano a mano, hand-to-hand) was one of the great sights of the series, and it’s nice to have someone who can match up to the Panamanian one. Incidentally, live closed captioning is quite funny to read, I guess since they can’t really type that fast even with the CC shorthand system - they once had Rivera down as “Marijuana Rivera”.
Speaking of bullpens, any word on how El Guapo is faring?