POLL: What will happen in Game 3?

New Poll Question: What do you expect out of the Kaz/Buchholz game Sunday?

• Gotta love that home cookin’, baby.
• For Kaz to be a Sox killer again and Buchholz to wilt.
• A pitching duel with the Sox bats not showing up again.
• It’ll come down to who hits more home runs.

I’m choosing to be optimistic and say it’s all about the home cooking! Leave your line predictions in the comments and vote in the poll on the right.

Do Sox stand a fightin’ chance to emerge victorious?

The Red Sox are in such dire straits offensively, I’m pining for the offensive slump the team was in that precipitated the Victor Martinez trade.

Across two games, Boston’s come up with just eight measly hits, only two of them extra-base hits (and not of the four-bagger variety).

Putting aside for the moment whether Terry Francona messed up on such decisions as leaving Josh Beckett in too long, where do the Sox go from here?

Commiserating after a loss

I’ll be back with more Saturday morning, guys, but I’m throwing up this thread so we can all drown our sorrows. You probably don’t need to hear this again, but Boston is now down 0-2 to the Angels, with the series shifting to Fenway. Is there more Red Sox magic to be had, or is Boston down for the count?