Good job Red Sox, we're building momentum. We are starting to play better baseball. Good pitching, solid defense and productive at bats from top to bottom in the batting order. The game against the Astros saw 8 Red Sox collect at least 1 RBI and 10 Sox score runs. That is the type of production we were missing during the first third of the season. The pitching has been just as good. After allowing only six balls to be put in play by the Rangers, our pitchers limited the Astros to five, and none until the fourth inning. Impressive! Another interesting stat is we have given up only three hits in the last two games. With that said, I do have some concern with the amount of free passes we give up. Sixteen walks to the Rangers and nine to the Astros. If we want to keep winning games those numbers will need to improve, and they will. Not every game will have a strike zone that moves from pitch to pitch like we saw Wednsday night. The kids would through five strikes and walk a batter. I'm not complaining but....... I was proud of our pitchers as they did not let some of those calls get to them. After struggling the first three innings with our bats and the strike zone we decided to change our aproach. We told the kids to swing at anything they could get to. It worked to the tune of nine hits in the last two frames. Like I said, it was a team effort to win this game. Jonah, Mikey, Owen and Jack led the way with two hits each. Eddie and Lilly came through big for their teammates driving in two runs apiece. On the mound Tristan showed his stuff striking out ten batters in four innings. Not bad T-Man! Great game Red Sox, keep it going! I will now take the umpires advice and sit down. ( to enjoy this win! )

Next up; A 3:45 game Saturday in a rematch against the Brewers at Wilson #3. Arrive time is 3:15. We are just beginning our second trip through our division with only one game left outside the division. To be placed in the top eight team playoff bracket we will need to improve on our 2-4 record from our first trip through. With six games remaing just two games seperate us from third place and two and a half from second.  I know our kids are up to the challenge.