Yeah, I know. I'll be getting up in, oh, about 4 hours...
That was an unfortunate ball hit straight off home plate into the air and we really had no play there, but if Lopez does his freaking job and doesn't walk the bases loaded that's not the winning run. I don't know what his exact pitch count was, but I expected Papelbon to be back for the 12th. When I saw Lopez trot out there I knew we were done, especially with the tight zone the ump had tonight. Sigh...