Recap

For once, it seems like the Sox lose in a game they perhaps didn't deserve to.  As Hawk noted incessantly, the Tigers were flaring and duck-snortin' their feline asses off, to the tune of a .472 BABIP.  Then again, maybe they did.  

In a bizarre decision, Ozzie decided to throw out nearly as many lefties in the lineup as he could.  AJ and Jerry Owens were both left in despite the thoroughly plausible alternatives offered to Guillen.  Especially considering AJ's utterly execrable line this year, there's no reason at all to throw out a ton of lefties against Andrew Miller Lefty Killer.  He was out before the 6th, but in that time almost every left handed at bat against him looked predictably futile.  The only surprise was AJ's double, which makes just the third hit lefties have managed on him so far.  That and perhaps Josh Fields' homerun.  I honestly didn't think he'd catch up to Miller's heat.  So maybe there's more hope for him than I thought.

Aside from all that, there were still reminders of the general ineptitude we've come to know and love since April.  The 6 runs we scored looks decent from a distance, but further review finds it wanting: we left 14 men on base and time and again failed to do much of anything in what Joe Morgan would call "clutch situations".  Oh well.  Another day, another loss, one step closer to Pedro Alvarez.

BTW, seems the Yankee$ may be interested in 2 of our pitchers (wiz):