Phinally Phinished in 13, W 5-2, 1st AL East, +2 on the Yankees
For despite squandering a 2-1 lead in the ninth on Ryan Howard’s solo homer off Ramon Ramirez and spoiling Jon Lester’s spectacular 11-strikeout performance on a night when Jonathan Papelbon was unavailable because of his workload over the last couple of days, the Sox still had a kid, Daniel Bard, on the mound who can throw 100 miles per hour, and that was enough to beat the world champion Philadelphia Phillies, 5-2, in 13 innings last night at Citizens Bank Park.
