West Coast mystery

One of the joys of playing on the West Coast is that anything can happen in the game while you sleep.

When I turned in last night, it was a 1-1 game in the early innings. I woke up to learn that the Red Sox scored three runs in the 8th and 9th innings to beat the Angels 4-3. J.D. Drew scored the winning run from first on a Jason Varitek double.

Tonight, the Sox are up 4-0 in the 2nd. I wonder what result I will wake up to tomorrow.

It has felt as if the Red Sox really haven't gotten rolling yet. But today I heard WFAN's Mike Francesa rant at the Yankees poor start. And he said he didn't want to hear injuries as an excuse because the Red Sox are 21-12 and have been playing without Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis and Daisuke Matsuzaka. And, he said, that's not considering the struggles of Josh Beckett and Jon Lester.

Phillies: A day after Jayson Werth and the Phillies ran circles around the Dodgers, they were flat tonight, losing 9-2. Jamie Moyer struggled again (seven runs in less than five innings). Christine is officially worried about the venerable champion. I've previously likened him to Tim Wakefield in that if he struggles, he's the type of player you feel bad for personally and don't care as much about whether he's hurting the team.