We control our own destiny. I'm sure it'll come down to those last three games in Boston.

I told the guys if we can take one or two (games) here, we control our own destiny.

I love this stuff. At this point, it's not a marathon anymore, it's a sprint. We're running out of games, and every start is critical.

We're battling for first place with Ottawa, so all those games are going to be huge. Then Toronto and Boston are fighting for playoff spots, and Montreal's trying to stay in. Those are all going to be huge, key games for us. Those are all four-point games.

[Boston scored only eight runs in the three games against the A's and a total of 24 runs in their last eight. Jason Varitek's slump is at 4-for-41 and Damon's at 5-for-26.] I don't think you can score nine runs a game the whole year. ... It doesn't work like that.

Three of the top four teams are completely in control of their own destiny,