I don’t believe what I just saw. I don’t believe what I just saw. Is this really happening? – Jack Buck after Kirk Gibson’s World Series HR in 1989

It’s a good thing he repeated the first line because each of the last two games deserves its own repetition. The Sox blow a 10-1 lead in the 7th one night, only to pull their own Houdini act the next afternoon and come back from a 5-1 deficit in the 9th. It’s like they found a way to drown in an inflatable kiddie pool one night, and the next day escaped from being locked in a cage at the bottom of a 30 foot pool with their hands and feet tied and sharks circling. I’ve been advised by my psycatrist that for the sake of my blood pressure I shouldn’t go into specifics about the first game. But I will point out that the Sox had a 0.4% chance of losing, and still found a way to do it.

So let’s discuss Wednesday instead. I was expecting to have to talk about Jason Bay’s new H1N1E6-esque look at the plate, or the fact that Beckett never gave the Sox a chance in this game. Or that Luke Scott looks like he should have to register at familywatchdog.us. But something funny happened on the way to the 9th inning, the Sox found their swagger (or maybe they finally got Brad Bergesen out of the game, I’m not sure). The comeback was almost the definition of a “bloop and a blast”, but not in that order. Youks took care of the blast part with a 2-run homer to right. But the pinch-hit 2-run bases loaded “bloop” may have been more impressive. Rocco’s single was less of a bloop and more of a forward moving bobble-head baseball that skipped past the pitcher, past the left side of second base, past the Jeterian dive of Robert Andino and into center field. Rocco must have sacrificed a whole chicken to the BABIP gods for that one. I’m guessing that H1N1E6 made a sacrifice of his own during Rocco’s ceremony since his game-winning single in the 11th bounced about five times before getting past the draw-in infield to score Tacoby from 3rd. Hard to believe, but here’s the fangraph for the game:

Oh yeah, and that bullpen that allowed 10 runs in two innings on Tuesday? They and Beckett combined to end the game with 24 straight outs. I was almost hoping for the Sox to win it in the 12th so they could throw a perfect game, but after Tuesday I wanted a win as quickly as possible. Good thing it was a day game.