Deja Vu All Over Again: Red Sox 10, Braves 8

I wasn’t able to see much of tonight’s game. I did see Tuesday’s game. Turns out they were the same game, making the recap simple:

The Braves starter struggled, allowing the Red Sox an early big lead. But the Braves offense clawed back to draw even. Then the bullpen gave up a big two out home run to give the Sox a three run lead. The Braves went to the bottom of the 9th trailing 10-7, scored once, and lost the game 10-8.

Actually, a slight difference from last night: the Braves took the lead in this one, 7-6, rather than tying it up. And the big home run by the Bosox was a grand slam, rather than a three run shot. That only served to make tonight’s loss even more dispiriting. Speaking of…