Teams are well matched up with pitching advantage to Tampa and hitting advantage to Sox. Key here is can the Sox win close games again Tampa? We had no problems blowing them off - but have struggled mightly when the game has been close ( 1 run games). For a team that is based on pitching and defense - Tampa has shown tremendous tenacity through out the season to come back and win close games. Francona has not been great in making the small things that wins close games ( that's not his strength as a manager at all) - which concerns me quite a bit.