A kind of letdown game, and it’s a bit worrying to see Pedro in such form. Hard to tell though whether it truly was a dip in form or he wasn’t pushing too hard - when the bases were loaded he did seem to rear back and pull out some high heat. Maybe, hopefully, the man needs a bigger stage than the regular season. (Pollyanna alert!)
What with Minnesota losing both games in the doubleheader and Anaheim winning, it could very well be that being the wild card helps the Sox, since we might get to face the AL West winners instead of Johan Santana and Brad Radke in a 5-game series. Of course, the Angels and As will be beating up on each other in the final weekend - talk about a race.