Red Sox Blow Big Lead, Get Swept

It really came down to one at-bat in the 9th inning: Jonathon Papelbon vs Chone Figguns, the former of whom is a feared closer and the latter of whom was something like 0-for-9 in the series. Papelbon starts him off with 3 straight balls, not even close to the strike zone. He battles back to make it 3-2, but then walks Figguns with a high pitch that any batter would've taken. Figguns ends up coming around to score the tying run, when he probably would've made the final out had the reliever simply thrown strikes to him. The Sox had led 5-1 earlier in the game, and had gone to the top of the 9th up 6-4... only to lose the game 7-6, and the series 3-0. If only Boston had played that crappy against the Jays during the regular season!