I really want to thank the Red Sox for an awesome season. I will cherish the memories for a long time, especially game 5 of the ALCS, and look forward to the start of the ’09 adventure. Until then, life goes back to usual, nightly TV watching returns to prime time, going to bed before midnight, less biting my nails and a real opportunity to enjoy Halloween! GO SOX!

(Recap from last night): Tonight’s game 7 will decide the ALCS Champions for the 2008 baseball season and provide the Red Sox with the opportunity to win a third World Series title in five years. The game is scheduled to start at 8:07 eastern time (let’s hope TBS doesn’t have difficulties again tonight).

The Sox lineup for tonight’s game:
Crisp, CF(8)
Pedroia, 2B(4)
Ortiz, DH
Youkilis, 3B(5)
Drew, RF(9)
Bay, LF(7)
Kotsay, 1B(3)
Varitek, C(2)
Cora, SS(6)
(Lester): Starting Pitcher(1)

GAME 7 | play by play

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9     R  H  E
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0     1  3  0  (Boston)
0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 X     3  6  1

1st inning: (8:09pm)
-Crisp, attempted bunt, 1 out
Pedroia, HR to RF (1-0)
Ortiz, walk
-Youkilis, fly out to RF, 2 outs
-Drew, strike out, 2>3
(Lester): (8:22pm) ground out 3>2, fly out RF, strike out 
2nd inning: (8:33pm)
-Bay, strike out, 1 out
-Kotsay, ground out 6>3, 2 outs
-Varitek, strike out
(Lester): (8:45pm)  ground out 6>3, strike out, ground out 5>3 
3rd inning: (8:52pm)
-Cora, fly out to LF, 1 out
-Crisp, strike out, 2 out
Pedroia, walk (hit by the pitch)
-Ortiz, (Pedroiasteals second), strike out
(Lester): (9:06pm) strike out, strike out, fly out to second
4th inning: (9:14pm)
-Youkilis, ground out 5>3, 1 out
-Drew, fly out to first, 2 outs
-Bay, strike out
(Lester): (9:23pm) base hit LF, strike out, ground out 4>5, RBI double to RF (1-1), strike out
5th inning: (9:39pm)
-Kotsay, fly out to second, 1 out
-Varitek, ground out to first, 2 outs
-Cora, strike out
(Lester): (9:45pm) double to LF, base hit (1st and 2nd), base hit RBI LF (2-1) (1st and 2nd), strike out, ground out 1>3 (2nd and 3rd), line out to SS 
6th inning: (10:02pm)
-Crisp, ground out 1>3, 1 out
Pedroia, walk (11 pitches)
- -Ortiz, strike out, 2 outs, 2>6 Pedroiacaught stealing second
(Lester): (10:20pm) fly out to third, fly out to LF, fly out CF, ->> (5 inning pitches)
7th inning: (10:25pm)
-Youkilis, fly out to second, 1 out
Drew, walk
Bay, base hit to LF, runners at 1st and 2nd
-Kotsay, fly out to RF, runners at the corners
-Varitek, strike out 2>3
(Lester): (10:39pm) HR to LF (3-1), fly out R-CF, strike out 2>3, fly out CF
8th inning: (10:50pm)
Cora, base hit (E6), (pitching change)
Crisp, base hit, runners at 1st and 2nd
-Pedroia, fly out to LF, 1 out, (pitching change)
-Ortiz, ground out 4>6, runners at the corners, 2 outs (pitching change)
Youkilis, walk, bases loaded (pitching change)
-Drew, strike out
*** Sweet Caroline ***
(Okajima): (11:23pm) ground out 4>3, fly out CF, strike out
9th inning: (11:30pm) (pitching change)
Bay, walk
-Kotsay, strike out, 1 out
-Varitek, strike out, 2 outs
Cora, Lowrie(pitch hitting), groundball to second, final out

Tampa Bay Rays win Game 7, headed to the World Series to face the Philadelphia Phillies