Swept.

Another tough night for the offense. The only guys that did anything were Ortiz and Ramirez, who both hit solo home runs (Manny hit two). Wakefield wasn't terrible, but he wasn't great either, giving up four of the five runs, including the go ahead two run bomb by Paul Konerko (wouldn't he look good playing first for the Red Sox next year?). The pitching standout was Johnathan Papelbon, who pitched 2 and 2/3 innings in relief and has the potential to be a very good pitcher for this team for a very long time.

So the White Sox move on and the Red Sox go home. I'm disappointed that they didn't go furter, but with the World Series championship last year I'm not in the deep funk I had been in past years. I have to think that with the management the Red Sox have in place in the front office, there is a very good chance that the team will be in a position to win the World Series many times in the years to come.

Wait 'til next year.