Game 8

Red Sox 15, Indians 4
Sunday, July 8, 2007 @ Cumberland Valley High School

This one followed a familiar pattern: the Sox jumped out to an early lead, but left runners all over the bases early, while the Indians slowly chipped away. Finally, the Sox batted around in the bottom of the sixth and put the game away early via the 10-run rule.

For the third time this year, Dave Strock homered in the first inning to give the Sox an early lead. In the sixth, pretty much everybody chipped in as the bats finally broke through with 8 runs.

Mike Craig went the distance for the Sox on a hot day, and also laid down a nifty sacrifice bunt. Craig was in trouble only once, after his defense couldn't come up with two tough plays, but he pitched out of it thanks to a nice backhanded play by shortstop Matt LaBuda and a strikeout with runners on the corners.