10/13/04 CS Game2 at Yankees L 3-1

Good ahead, prove me wrong. I thought the hitters could get to Jon Lieber. I thought the hitters could get to Mariano Rivera. I thought if the bullpen could hold the score down, the hitters could come back and score some runs. I was wrong. Plain and simple. No excuses, just wrong.

Jon Lieber pitched a heck of a game, allowing just two hit through seven innings before giving up a leadoff single in the eighth. Pedro pitched as well as he has in several weeks, but when it was all said and done, it just wasn't enough.

This could have been the best chance for the Sox to win in New York, and even if they are able to win all three at Fenway, they are going to have to find a way to win one in the Bronx. If not against Lieber in game six, then against Kevin Brown in game seven.