What a weird night at Jacobs Field on Tuesday - one that proves that no matter how much we can complain about the Red Sox offense over the course of the season, the team has a defense in place to win a 1-0 ballgame.

Cleveland's C.C. Sabathia (you might know him as "that really big, scary pitcher for the Indians") limited the Red Sox offense to one run but still managed to walk away with a loss. Wily Mo Pena not only cleanly fielded a ball in left field, but made a brilliant fifth-inning snag against the wall. Kevin Youkilis was able to complete a force out at second base from a bunt. It was a bloop RBI single off Mike Lowell's bat in the fourth inning that drove in Youk for the game-winner. Heck, considering the way Daisuke Matsusaka had been pitching his last few starts, it's even crazy that he delivered seven innings of strikeout ball in order to collect his 12th win of the season.

By winning this pitcher's battle, Matsusaka became the fifth AL pitcher to notch 12 wins; by losing, Sabathia missed out on his chance to become the first arm to record 14 wins. It also opens up the door for one Mr. Josh Beckett, who could tonight reach that mark if things work out the way we hope. We'll see what happens tonight, during the third game of this four-game stint in Ohio.

-- We know that many people were watching last night's NESN broadcast while holding their breath and hoping that the rumors that had been roaring their way through Boston wasn't true. Lo and behold, they weren't. Tedy Bruschi is not dead. He didn't die on Monday. He didn't die on Tuesday. Now let's all sigh with relief on the count of three. One...two...three. WHEW!

-- Speaking of the Patriots, eight players were put on the PUP list on Tuesday. PUP, or "Player Unable to Perform," status was given to Richard Seymour, Troy Brown, David Thomas, Kelley Washington, Chad Jackson, Justise Hairston, Mel Mitchell, and Eddie Jackson.

-- Red Sox unofficial team barber: best job in baseball?

Odd - and amusing - photo from what seems like another wacky Dice-K night by flickr user fogindex