Bottom of the 9th: The odds the Angels will score +2 to tie the game is 13.23%; the odds they will score +1 with nobody on is 28.24%
The first batter, Mike Napoli just went down on strikes as Red Sox pitcher Jonathan Papelbon just threw him the heat. Gary Matthews just singled to right. Aybar up to the plate, pinch-runner Morales just took 2nd on defensive indifference. Aybar down on strikes. Chone Figgins at the plate, quickly falls 0-2, now 1-2, with Garret Anderson on-deck. Got-em, Papelbon throws a fast-ball to the outside of the plate and Figgins goes down swinging. Game over, Red Sox just received their 10th consecutive win over the Angels: tying the record set by the Oakland A's (of wins by one team over another in the post-season) who defeated the Red Sox 10-consecutive times spanning the years of 1988 through 2003. Boston wins 4-1 to take Game-1!
Top of the 9th:
Adding to Jason Bay's 2-run homer off of a fast-ball offering from John Lackey in the 6th inning (the traded Manny Ramirez hit a solo-home-run, becoming the all-time post-season home run leader with 25 home-runs, for the Dodgers in their win earlier tonight over the Cubs) Jed Lowrie got on base and then was brought in by a right-field single from the bat of Jacoby Ellsbury (for his 5th time on base tonight). Pedroia is up and Ellsbury steals his second bag of the evening (this kid is on fire-go get his rookie card if you don't have it already). Pedroia grounds out to Scott Shields the pitcher. After being blanked all-night, Big Papi extended his post-season hit streak to 12 games by ripping a single up the middle off of Shields. Angels bring in Arrendondo to end the inning.
Bottom of the 8th:
Boston's Justin Masterson got through the meat of the Angels' line-up: getting Tex (Teixeira) to fly-out to center. Vlady Guerro singled to left and was followed by Tori Hunter's single to right, but as the ball dropped just out of Youk's reach, Vlady rounded 2nd heading to 3rd, not considering that Kevin Youkilis has a couple of Golden Gloves and was thrown out by Youk at third by about 10-feet. Last at bat for the Angels was Hendrick, who hit into a fielder's choice, Lowrie tossed out Hunter at second for the final out in the 8th inning.
The Red Sox will play the Angels again on Friday night with Dice-K taking the mound for Boston.
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