Somewhere in the 6th inning, I peeked out of my spot in the cybercafe to realise everyone had left, and the old woman who was running the place was sweetly waiting for me to finish (it was 10pm on a Sunday night) to close up, so I had to catch up this morning.
What a performance by Clement. A CG saves the bullpen, 7 Ks are great, and his control seems intact. 5-0 is a great record, and puts the rest all those worries about Clement “not knowing how to win”, that old sham argument.
This whole series has had some great plays by Nixon in right field - I thought the catch the other day where he went over the railing was better, but yesterday’s catch was pretty sweet too. Looks like his injury isn’t really hampering his athletic ability - shades of the defensive quality that once led Rob Neyer to call Nixon the Sox’s best all-time right fielder in terms of defense.