Another day, another gut wrenching loss for the MFY against the Sox. The game may have lasted “only” four hours and 21 minutes, but it certainly felt like they played three games at Fenway today. You thought we got a break this year by only playing the MFY 18 times this season instead of 19. Nope, with the three today, instead we get 20!

In the first game, which lasted three and a half innings, Robinson Cano abused Beckett and Burnett dominated the Sox. All of the momentum from last night’s victory was gone. The Sox were losing 6-0 and Robinson Cano would have to fight Burnett for the MVP trophy of this strange regular season game that lasted only 3.5 innings and gives out an MVP award.

In the second game, which lasted an inning and a half, everything changed. Not only were the Sox scoring, but in bunches from some strange sources. An Ellsbury home run was strange to tie the game, but a first-pitch grand slam from the left side from Varitek? That’s just fantasy land. Suddenly the Sox were up 8-6.

And then we had the third and final game. If you were watching this game, I hope you didn’t blink. You might have missed some runs, or 12. This 3.5 inning game almost could have been confused with a basketball game with the three lead changes and one tie. We can’t exactly thank Tito being Grady for the victory (why would you bring out Beckett after 5 innings of 6 run ball? WHY!?), or the bullpen, or the defense (Pedroia’s Bucknering a ball gave the MFY a 10-9 lead and my vocal chords a workout), but someone we can all thank is Mikey Lowell. We should have known he had something special in him when Tim McCarver believed that intentionally walking Jason Bay to get to Lowell was a good move for the MFY. But somehow Mikey kept a inside fastball just fair and into the front row of the Monster seats to give the Sox the lead back. And since the bullpen clearly was having trouble holding any small lead, he broke the game open with a three-run double after the MFY intentionally walked Youks. Somehow Paps held a 5-run lead in the ninth.

Even though it had all the stress of three games, sadly it only counts as a single win in the standings. But hey, I guess I’ll take “only” one win when it’s the biggest non-playoff comeback the Sox have had over the MFY since 1968.