No Dodging the Sox

The defending champs did it again Sunday, burying the visiting Dodgers beneath nine early runs and coasting to a 15-2 victory in 7 innings. Lance Strous led the Sox with 6 RBI and was joined by Boomin' Keith Humes in the HR column. Mike Craig picked up the complete game victory notching 9 strikeouts. Gary Dubas remained en fuego with two more hits and another ribbie.

Other game notes:

• John Lindholm came out of hibernation to record three hits, score three runs, and drive in two. But his most impressive number was 91, the number of chewy sprees he ate during the game after having sworn off sugar Saturday afternoon.
• Craig's 9 strike outs was his most since 1998 when he struck out his brother Pat 21 times in the wiffle ball game at the family picnic. Mike still brags about this despite that fact that Pat had the bat in his left hand and a whiskey sour in his right.
• Bill Miller stroked his second and third doubles of the season. That's one short of his total from last season, a three short of his total from happy hour last Friday.
• Timmae! Wendell raised his OPS to an astronomical 2.067 with another walk and double.
• Joe Rogers walked twice and swung the bat once on his way to raising is OBP to .600.
• Skipper David Strock (2-3, 3 rbi) was overheard telling Jerry McKeon (2 R, 1 SB) that he could "drive him in better than Lance can." McKeon had no immediate reaction to this, but did take his son and leave the game early.
• Matt LaBuda led the team with three day dreams and nine blank stares.
• Kirk Strous reached a milestone in his illustrious Red Sox career uttering his 100th "you've got to be kidding me" to a home plate umpire.
  

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