I really wondered if it was meant to be when Fausto Carmona could not gather in Ortiz's bounder back to the mound. It's bad enough that Manny and Ortiz can beat you with the extra base hit or a bases loaded walk, but a chopper back to the mound?

If Carmona makes that play he gets out of the inning before the three runs score and his pitch count would have been around 15-17 pitches less.

Suddenly maybe Carmona goes 6 innings and toughs it out for the win.

But wait, there's more. In his next at bat Ortiz legs out a potential double play and MORE runs score. Was that not twilight zone time? Mr. Ortiz legging out a fielders choice to keep an inning going???

Just unreal stuff.

Jhonny's three run homer put the game back on track. I started to see Garko, Asdbrubal Cabrera, and Franklin G not having good at bats. By the end of the extra inning affair however, all three had made key contributions to the win. I think those three players grew up in that game and I feel good about us winning this series in either five or six games.