Pennant Race?

One question I have is this, are the Red Sox still in a pennant race? Well think about it, after six games where they were basically beat up on they went from first to second, not third, not fourth second place in the AL East. While the Red Sox cannot beat the Rays (for some weird reason) I don’t think the Rays really have a chance at the playoffs this year they’re to0 far behind for their division. Currently the Sox are 5.5 games behind the Yankees, well let’s say they win tonight and the Yankees lose, then it’s 4.5 games, soon it may be 3.5… until their tied and one takes the lead. The Red Sox are going to face the Yankees, and if the last series was important than this series is monumental in deciding which team is the top in the AL East, the Yankees are a great team (I know it’s hard to admit it but it’s true) but they caught the Red Sox at a bad time. Think, Ortiz is in a slump, Bay is hurt, Pedroia kept flying out, now Ortiz is putting good swings on the Ball, Jason Bay has three homeruns in his past six games, suddenly everybody is hitting. If the Sox were hitting the way they can they could have won 3 out of 4 (Sabbathia was too good to beat, I’ll give him the win), the Sox and the Yankees have been playing long season and proved to be good, soon it will be time to see who is the best.