D-Rays Gotta Have More Cowbell if they want to get past Papi and the Red Sox

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Sitting at home tonight, while drinking a Boston Lager, I never thought that this game would be as entertaining as it ended up being. I'll start off by saying that the D-Rays making tonight "Cowbell Night" was extremelly annoying, and it's extremelly pathetic. I thought that one heckling loser who sits near homeplate, or as I also like to call him..."The Only Real D-Rays Fan on the Planet", was annoying, but if you give a bunch of cowbells to a fan base that really doesn't understand the game you have yourself a whole new ballgame. It will be a cold day in hell when Fenway has "Cowbell Night"...

Mirabelli's ankle injury is going to be something interesting to watch in the upcoming days, however I'd have to say I'm proud of how Lopez caught the game. His bat definitely looked a little slow, but you have to give Javy a break. He wasn't planning on playing this game, and he was still wearing orange batting gloves and a black chest protector while playing tonight.

Schilling (14-4) pitched a very gutsy game, and with some help from the entire Red Sox team (Kapler very much included there) he gained his 14th win of the season and our ace, without a doubt, is back. Schilling's final numbers on the night read:

7.O IP, 2 ER, 4 K's.

Schilling may have only had 4 K's, but they all came at critical times in the game, and his pitches in the bottom of the 6th were nothing short of electric reaching 97 mph on numerous occasions.

On a side note, have you ever seen so many Sox pitchers pump their fists on the mound? It's amazing.

As you can see by the below player of the game, David "Big Papi" Ortiz, once again stole the show. All he did is provide 66% of the Red Sox runs and a go ahead HR in the 8th inning. David in the past week, as well as tonight, has shown MLB why he's the most valuable player in the league for the second strait year in a row. As my brother Chuck said earlier in the week on vacation, "The Guy's a Witch".

And apparently a good witch...or would that make him a warlock?

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SawxBlog Player of the Game
David Ortiz - DH
2/3, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 HR, 1 BB

Comments

[John]

Papi does it again!!!

[Peter N]

Total team effort. We are in very testing times now. Culminating with 5 against the Yanks.

[Derek Hixon]

I hear you Peter, these games are important to win before we get to the meat of the AL.

[Stephen (Another Real Rays Fan)]

More than just that one guy behind home plate show up to support their Rays. The cowbell is a Ray's tradition, and it's pretty hard to trash talk when you just got swept... and lost some hearing due to our incessant clanging. Hope you guys enjoy the rest of the season. It's pretty embarrassing to trail the Rays!