Anyone feel like the Sox have played a lot of extra-inning games ever since starting the season with that long string of regular 9-inning games? Maybe that’s just because the 2005 versions of Alan Embree and Keith Foulke haven’t been around to crap out in the 9th.
Yes, it’s nice to win with a big Manny swing, but I’ll take an extra-innings win on an RBI groundout as well. The key to that was Petagine’s walk to load the bases before. Great to have a proper pinch-hitting (well, in this case, pinch walking) option.
Bill Mueller is still hitting like a quiet machine, incidentally. And Curt Schilling got a few swinging strikes today, which is a good sign that his pitches are back.