Final Score
Red Sox 6
Blue Jays 7

Revenge Isn’t Sweet: Well, chalk this one up as a wasted opportunity. The Sox had Toronto dead to rights, 6-2 in the 8th and Josh Beckett working his magic on the mound. And then Boston’s new ace suffered a major league brain cramp.

With men on first and second in the top of the 8th, Blue Jays pitcher Jason Frasor hit Alex Gonzalez with a breaking pitch. Anyone who knows the game knows you don’t hit a banjo hitting shortstop with a breaking pitch with 2 runners on. Perhaps now we have better insight into why a kid with so much talent hasn’t been able to put it all together yet.

So Beckett decides to do the macho thing, drilling Aaron Hill right in the back with the first pitch in the bottom half of the inning. Next thing you know, Russ Adams and Vernon Wells go yard, Troy Glaus slaps a Mike Timlin offering over the wall, we go off to extra innings, and the Jays have a 7-6 victory.

Now I know baseball has its unwritten codes and this was only one game. The problem is, the Blue Jays now have the kind of victory you can build on. Here was this team that thought they were ready to take the next step and challenge Boston and New York. Rather than put them back in their place, the Sox have lost 3-of-4 to them and now throw Lenny DiNardo against Roy Halladay. Think the Jays are feeling good about themselves right about now? Is this a team Boston’s Boys of Summer will be able to scare anymore?

Perhaps next time, Beckett will remember that revenge is a dish best served cold!