The Onus Is Now on The Commander

Not the greatest effort by the Red Sox on Thursday night against the Angels as they opened the 2009 postseason.Jon Lester was terrific for the first four innings, before throwing a grapefruit over the plate to Torii Hunter, who mashed into the rocks in left center. John Lackey was even better, going 7 1/3 shutout innings to get the win, 5-0. The Sox only had one legitimate threat, but that went nowhere in the sixth when Kevin Youkilis bounced to third with two on to squash a possible rally.It was the first time the Angels had beaten the Sox in the postseason in Anaheim since Game 4 of the 1986 ALCS. (That's four ALCS' ago, for those of you scoring at home.)The Sox played some shoddy defense, making three errors. Only Jason Bay's over throw at third cost a run (but it was already 4-0 at the time in the seventh). But I have rarely in my life seen such extremely bad first base umpiring than I saw from C.B. Bucknor last night.He blew three calls at base (two against the Sox ...