A Much Better Night

Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 3. -1.5 for the Eastern Division; +7.5 for the Wild Card.
That's good news. The Sox ventured north of the border on the heels of that terrible visit to Tampa, knowing that A.J. Burnett and Roy Halladay were waiting to welcome them today and tomorrow. Also, Mike Lowell is out of the lineup while on the plastic grass, trying to spare his damaged right hip. So, somewhere south of their best (J.D. Drew's back still has him parked, and he may be done for the year), the Bostons went out behind a just-good-enough Paul Byrd, and beat the birds, kept pace with the Rays, gained another game on the Twins in the Wild Card standings, and generally accomplished all that they could tonight.
Now we look to the second round of the Jon Lester-Doc Halladay show at High Noon (at least by Central Daylight Time). Lester better be at his best. But then again, these days, when is he not?