Red Sox clinch AL East!

The Red Sox win over Minnesota, coupled with the Yankees meltdown in Baltimore,
clinched the Red Sox their first Eastern Division title in 12 years.

The Red Sox game was fairly close throughout most of the game, the Red Sox never surrendered the lead after gaining it however. They scored early, with two in the first and one in the third, with one more each coming in the 6th and 8th innings, with a homer coming off the bat of Ortiz. The Twins got their only two runs in the 7th inning off a homer from Morneau and an RBI from Brian Buscher.

The Yankee game was almost the complete opposite however. The Yankees were up 7-2 going into the bottom of the 4th inning, when Baltimore rallied to score four runs to make it 7-6 Yankees. The Yankees would score one each in the 6th and 8th. But then it all came unraveled in the bottom of the 9th; with the Yankees leading 9-6 the Orioles scored three runs off of Mariano Rivera to tie it at 9 a piece and then won it with a walk off squeeze with the bases loaded my Melvin Mora in the 10th.

With the way these two games all unfolded, in favor of the Red Sox, it could be a good omen and a sign of things to come for the Red Sox.