Red Sox Close but No Cigar or Win

Dice-K made his second start since coming off the DL, and he pitched good, but not great. Dice went 5 innings, threw 102 pitches, allowed 9 hits leading to 3 earned runs and he had 6 strikeouts!! So it wasn't a great start for 5 innings, but not bad for his 2nd start since being hurt and if he had some run support, he might have got the win. Last night was a really slow game, the Sox only had 6 hits all game, Lowell and Ellsbury both had 2, Bay hit another homer(#13 Wow!) and Pedroia had the last hit and that was all the offense the Red Sox could produce tonight!!If we are going to win close games we need to have more hits leading to more opportunities. The Sox had a 1-0 lead heading into the bottom of the 3rd and that's when Minnisota struck for 3 runs, with a walk, a single and back to back doubles giving the Twins a 3-1 lead and that's all they needed for the win. Everyone in the Twins starting lineup had a hit except for the 8th and 9th hitters, and it will always ...