Tiggers 7 Sox 6

On Sunday night, a deluge of rain erupted from the cloudy skies above Fenway Park, washing away a 5-2 Sox deficit and preserving their 6 game winning streak. In the 9th inning of Monday night's game in Detroit, it was the opposition's hits that poured down on Sox closer Curt Schilling as the Tiggers rallied for 3 runs to defeat the Sox 7-6.

As much as I would like to go into more detail about the Sox travails in Detroit Monday night, I just can’t. I forced myself to stay in the office watching the end of the game on the 2 x 2 screen on my computer, falsely convincing myself that this would be the game that Schill turned it around, stopped giving up 9th inning dingers and finally get an easy save. I thought that Sunday’s rainout was a sign that this team was unstoppable, that should they fall behind or look imperiled, a bolt of lightning would shoot from the sky and force a delay in action until the Sox could overtake their opponent. I was wrong. Oh so wrong.

Over the last week, Schill has looked positively baffled trying to close out ballgames, twice allowing 9th inning rallies to allow the Sox opponent to pull within a run of tying the game…and now this. A wiser man would see this as the inevitable ebb and flow of dealing with an erstwhile ace earning his bones in the closer role. But I am not wise man. I am a man who has spent hundreds of dollars to travel to Anaheim this coming weekend to see the Sox take on the Angels. I am a man who can think of no worse feeling than watching one of the greatest heroes in Boston sports history cough up the lead to a bunch of overzealous, west coast, rally-monkeying morons from the OC. Where’s Keith Foulke when you need him?

Record: 68-48
Streak: L1
Standing: 1st in the AL East, 4.5 games ahead of MFY
Next Game: Tue., August 16 @ 7:05 p.m. ET @ Detroit
BOS – Jon Papelbon (0-0, 3.38) vs. DET – Nate Robertson (5-10, 4.10)