Well another win comes from nowhere.  Just when you think that the lead could be down to 1 1/2 games...the Indians hold on and Jermaine Dye lifts the Sox over the Tigers 6-5 with a 2 out 2 run homer to right field off Todd Jones.  It's great to see them come back and win against closers two games in a row.  Bobby Jenks went three up three down in the ninth while D.J. Carrasco picked up the win in relief throwing 2/3 scoreless.  Now onto more points.

Gavin Floyd wasn't terrible...he wasn't great either (4 R, 3 ER in 6 IP).  The numbers I don't like from Gavin are the 3 walks and 9 base hits.  His curveball must be established early IN the strikezone and then he can through it down in the dirt later.  The third inning is what did in Gavin tonight.  walk and single to granderson and polanco to start it off...then ordonez and cabrera with back to back RBI hits...fields messes up on a play to give them another run.  Other than that, Gavin didn't look bad at all, the defense has been letting him down lately making him throw extra pitches, but i can't stress enough on the importance of him establishing his curveball early.

finally the sox get to robertson in the seventh and then plate 3 runs against joel zumaya (2 charged to robertson)...Pudges throwing error let's the sox tie the game at 4...then ozzie brings in Nick Massett.  I understand throwing a guy out there to boost his confidence, but damn ozzie you gotta go with what's been your bread and butter all year (a mix of dotel/thornton/linebrink in the 7th and 8th)...massett serves up a homerun to carlos guillen after falling behind hitters early and often

the ninth rolls around and after two quick outs, Q! shoots a single past polanco at 2nd which sets for the stage for JD to put the sox up

a big win to open up this big roadtrip...hopefully the offense can get it going more and the pitching can keep it going...before the game i was expecting a 6-4 trip...now i'm upping that to 7-3...

Some other notes:

Josh Fields looked lost his first AB...but got the rally going in the seventh with a leadoff single...defense needs to improve but if he starts sticking it...we can live with it for now

the rest of the offense needs to be able to get in runs when the situation presents itself...AJ looked terrible grounding out weakly to third with alexei on third with one out early in the game...Konerko looked absolutely terrible at the plate today with 2 K's and 4 LOBs..how much longer can this go on before ozzie does something about it (avg. now stands at a solid .215)

Orca had two RBI singles in the game and continues to hit well with RISP...

tomorrow it's john danks vs. justin verlander...both pitchers have ERA's over 5 career against each team...verlander career 2-6 vs sox...but 3-0 with a 1.99 ERA in his last 3 starts

anything else you guys wanna add just throw out whatever...