One of the joys of playoff baseball is the pitch by pitch suspense and tension. For the second straight playoff game Schlittler have completely removed the suspense and replaced with a prolonged sense of prolonged hopelessness. The Sox kept the game close enough that ?anything could happen?, but your heart definitely never felt like it would. Being able to completely suck the life out of a team in a such a short series is really impressive stuff. He may be hard to like, but the kid is doing some masterful stuff.
The Sox bullpen looked like the Not Ready for Primetime Players.