
'The Ace That Could Be' hurled 8 shutout innings, struck out ten, walked only one and mixed his pitches like Joe Biden mixes metaphors. Marco Scutaro delivered the key offensive blow (a two-out. two-run double) to push the lead from 1-0 to 3-0 and provide some psychological comfort at the Fens.
The Red Sox still left a small third world country on base, but a 4-0 win is a win is a win. Actually, to be exact, a win is a win (since we've only got two).