One More Game

So the Red Sox have fought back from their 3-1 deficit against the Indians to tie the series and leave us with one final game tomorrow night before somebody advances to the World Series. Josh Beckett had been pretty consistent in the post-season, and Curt Schilling held it together for seven innings tonight. Finally, some of the less prominent members of the lineup came through on offense tonight, led by J. D. Drew's grand slam in the first, so we weren't just waiting for Ortiz and Manny to come through. This is the team we've been seeing most of the season, so it's nice to see them show up for the postseason, as well.

Tomorrow night, it all comes to a head, at least for a few days. I'm not really worried that the winner of that game will be able to take on the Rockies, but I'm not so confident about who'll end up on top. Boston will have Matsuzaka (Dice-K for short) on the mound, but he'll be up against Jake Westfield, who pulled out a victory when the same match-up was featured in Game 3 on Monday. That one was in Cleveland, and this one is in Boston, so that may be enough to shift the balance. The Boston team has the pitching and the hitting to deserve a place in the World Series, but the same might be said of the Indians. We'll find out. The game starts at 7:00 Central on Sunday night.