A weird one in Cleveland...

I love when Ozzie gets ejected from the game before I even wake up in the morning.
A very early start must have meant that the umpires couldn't get much sleep last night, either. At least I had an excuse, I'm freaking out about the Blackhawks. ^_^ But those balk calls were...well...I hate to sound like Hawk, but they were pretty bad. Especially that second one. And as Buehrle threw his glove on the ground in disgust, he got ejected as well, which was sad because I think he could have gone at least 7 innings, get the win, and go to Tampa Bay a happy human. Instead, I now was worried because our bullpen had to come in very early.
Williams wasn't too good, but he was really just there to give Tony Pena some extra warmup time. Pena then came in and did an amazing job, and Hawk and Stone Pony mentioned that his performance picked up the whole team, and I completely agree. Props to him for coming in on such a weird moment's notice and getting it done.
The offense was nice too, scoring the 5 runs we didn't need at first, but then ended up needing by the end of the game (more on that in a bit...). Teahen continued to produce where Carlos Quentin couldn't. After Quentin struck out with the bases loaded, Teahen got a nice 2 run single to increase our lead. It was also nice to see Kotsay put one on h board, and the offense in general seems to be clicking a bit more lately which will obviously help alot going into this next series against the Rays, although the Rays' pitching is pretty sick.
Matt Thornton had another nice appearance, but then Bobby came in. I expected him to be a little shaky, maybe a walk here and there, maybe give up 1 run just to make us Sox fans squirm. But instead, he cut our lead from 4 runs to just 1, and luckily he got out of it before it was too late. His appearance against the Marlins last week was outstanding, but then today he was terrible. It kind of personifies how the team is as a whole, but hopefully now that the offense is consistent, Bobby can be a little more consistent. He really just got lucky that we scored 5 runs.
But like I said, it sucked that Buehrle couldn't get the victory, because I really think he would have this time, because the offense actually scored the 5 runs we usually need. Then again, maybe the offense scored because they were fired up after Ozzie and Mark got tossed. I suppose we'll never know, but like I said, my key to this game was Tony Pena being clutch.
Now, off to Tampa Bay...eek...