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Would be swell if we could notch another series in during this opening road trip, and we have two chances to do it.

One thing I might have the temerity to say----IF THIS WAS LAST YEAR WE WOULD HAVE BLOWN THE GAME AND LOST ON SOME FREAK PLAY OR EVENT.  This year, though by no means that we have a top notch team, we found a way to recover from some crappy defense and got two dongs to give us a two run victory on the road.

I am worried about our shortstop situation though.  Losing Trevor Story will hurt and we have a rotten lead glove playing second, another Cora favorite who should be nowhere near our infield.  But did anybody out there think we would be 6-2, all wins on the road after the first week?  Well you're a helluva lot smarter than I am if you did. Now we have to see if maybe this team might be a little better than the pundits and some us believe them to be.

9:38PM Eastern

Red Sox

Garrett Whitlock (R)

Jarren Duran (L) LF
Pablo Reyes (R) SS
Rafael Devers (L) 3B
Tyler O'Neill (R) RF
Bobby Dalbec (R) DH
Triston Casas (L) 1B
Ceddanne Rafaela (R) CF
Connor Wong (R) C
Enmanuel Valdez (L) 2B

Angels

Reid Detmers (L)

Anthony Rendon (R) 3B
Nolan Schanuel (L) 1B
Mike Trout (R) CF
Taylor Ward (R) LF
Aaron Hicks (S) DH
Logan O'Hoppe (R) C
Luis Rengifo (S) 2B
Mickey Moniak (L) RF
Zach Neto (R) SS

Gametime Temp: 59F
Chance of Precip: 0%

Yes, that was a bad scene last night. Several of them. It looked like Devers' hand was swelling up before our eyes. Story's, though. Yikes.

So Ceddanne's  style points error is something we all knew was coming. Youth, right? But what is with Valdez and that brick glove of his?

We survived another game that we should not have. This ain't gonna fly against good teams.

Duran and O'Neill go deep to get the Sox on top.  Trouble, trouble in river city with Story going down.  He'll get an MRI, so far he's not wearing a sling.  Yikes.

Sloppy play followed by a grand slam blows a 4 run lead.

9:38PM Eastern

Red Sox

Kutter Crawford (R)

Jarren Duran (L) LF
Rafael Devers (L) 3B
Trevor Story (R) SS
Masataka Yoshida (L) DH
Tyler O'Neill (R) RF
Triston Casas (L) 1B
Enmanuel Valdez (L) 2B
Ceddanne Rafaela (R) CF
Reese McGuire (L) C

Angels

Griffin Canning (R)

Anthony Rendon (R) 3B
Nolan Schanuel (L) 1B
Mike Trout (R) CF
Taylor Ward (R) LF
Brandon Drury (R) 2B
Miguel Sanó (R) DH
Mickey Moniak (L) RF
Logan O'Hoppe (R) C
Zach Neto (R) SS

Gametime Temp: 55F
Chance of Precip: 10%

5-2 isn't bad at all, no matter who we played----and Seattle wasn't minced corn either.  We could be 2-5 or 1-6 the way things could have played out.  However, our defense still leaks and Valdez is a sieve in the infield.  The Angels are playing better than expected as well and this three game set in Anaheim will tell us more about our team that we know right now.  It would be very nice to keep our road record brimming by taking two of three.  We just might be able to do it if we play solid baseball and keep getting the pitching we've gotten so far.  Or am I being overly optimistic?  Well I didn't think we'd be 5-2 right now either.

Cora surprisingly had some post game comments about making mistakes and lack of hitting with men on base.  Good for him. Maybe he'll actually manage.  But I'll take a flawed team that pulls out wins versus last year's team.

Looking at the schedule before the season I would have been ecstatic if the Sox came back 5-5.  Now I'm thinking they better win at least 2 against another poor team in LA.

I thought they pulled that one out of their butts. Two missed DP turns including 1 in the 9th. I had mentioned to my Wife a few minutes earlier that I was surprised Cora didn't send Reyes in for Valdez for the 9th inning. Sure enough, E4.

Anyone else think Joely's leash is as short as Cora's ever gets?