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Look at those headline-writing skills. Sometimes I think I should've been a beat writer...
The Red Sox won again today, their 14th win in their last 19 games and 4th straight series win, and the Yankees lost again. Now we have a 4 game lead and the magic number is down to 90. Our bullpen has the best ERA in baseball and our starters, especially Beckett and Lester, are looking great lately.
Of course, the best news from Boston this month has been the return to form of David Ortiz. Even though most people thought he was done forever, he's come back with some big numbers in June. In April, he hit .230 with no homers. In May, he hit .143 with 1 home run. In June so far, Ortiz is hitting .308 with 5 home runs.
By my calculations, if Ortiz keeps hitting as well as he has this month for the rest of the season, he'll finish the season at: .269 AVG, 31HR, 90RBI, .894 OPS
Not Ortiz' best numbers, but very respectable, and if he does that and our pitchers stay healthy, we probably win the division.
Congrats to Terry Francona again for sticking with his guy and letting him get himself out of the slump.
Go Big Papi!
