Schilling is my Hero

This guy pitches with a lead better than any other pitcher I have ever seen. As soon as the Sox score enough runs to put them ahead, he always seems to bear down and make his pitches. Will they hit a solo homer once in a while (ala Erstad in the 7th), sure they will, but solo is the key word. He knows that success with a lead is to throw strikes. He has a solid defense behind him. He's going to give up a few hits. He nearly always gets the win. Had it not been for that errant throw, I'm pretty sure he would have finished the seventh.

As soon as he looked like he might have something wrong, he probably should have been pulled, though. He apparently felt something in his ankle after fielding the ball, and I'm not sure why he was left in after that.

Currently 8-3 Red Sox in the top of the eighth.