Unexpected

Well, tonight we took a beating from Tampa Bay, 9-1.  To think the Rays ended the regular season last year 30 games back in the standings.  Now we are in the 2008 ALCS, down 2-1 in the series.  At least we can say this isn't anything new for us, we have been in a worse position.  Tonight surprised me a bit.  Lester, doing so well this season, game up 5 runs before he left in the 6th.  If there was a game this series that was a must win so far, it was this one.  We are counting on Lester to be a healthy Josh Beckett, and this loss may hurt us in the long run.  Im not sure I have confidence in Tim Wakefield for tomorrow night, although there aren't many options.  Tim lead our pitching staff in homeruns allowed this year with 25. (Byrd has 31 but was aquired later in the year.)  It isn't good to have that reputation against the Rays, who it seems have been doing nothing but hitting the long balls.  Tonight was frustrating, but the Sox have come back from ALCS deficits before, and I have complete confidence it will happen again.