The turning point of last night’s game was when Torii Hunter laced a two strike pitch following a Jason Varitek passed ball that put runners at second and third.  However, there was another turning point an inning later when Erik Aybar missed a squeeze bunt that caught Willits in a run down between home and third base.  This caused the momentum to swing back in Boston’s favor and Jason Bay cut a ball down the right field line for a double.

Mike Scioscia played the match ups in the ninth inning and you can’t fault him for it.  In spite of the double by Bay and the hard hit line-out from Mark Kotsay, Scioscia stuck with Scot Shields in relief.  Mike Scioscia knows that the Red Sox are a bad breaking ball hitting team and Shields has a great breaking ball.  Throughout the series, the Red Sox saw a lot of breaking balls in crucial situations as did Bay and Jed Lowrie in their last at-bats.