Article:Sox Fall to A's 5-1

Missed the game?So did alot of people, the crowd was pretty much dead for Game 2 as Rich Harden shut down the Sox. Harden allowed only three hits in six innings. Sean Casey made his Sox debut as a pinch hitter, and grounded into a double play. "Rookie Sensation" Brandon Moss went one, two, three your out one, two, three times. As for the dynamicx duo, Papi went hitless again and Manny actually hit one over the fence this time to provide the only Sox run. Jon Lester was pretty mediocre leaving alot of balls up and ended up giving up a 3 run blast to Emil Brown who made amends for that imbecilic baserunning yesterday. The Yankees are now .5 game out of first place in the AL East. Now its back to spring training for lord knows what reason.