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OPENING DAY

Posted on April 1, 2011 at 03:33 PM.

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What a great day. My Sox come out looking fresh. Offensively they played very well. 10 hits, only manufacturing 2 runs, but good ball all the way around. Defensively they didn't look too great. It still looks like they are shaking off the rust. Youkilis made a bad throw to first that Gonzalez just couldn't scoop and Scutaro did the same. Neither surprises me as Youkilis is a**usting back to third and Scutaro tends to do that often.

Pitching wise I couldn't of asked for a better day from the Starter in Lester or my bullpen. Lester goes 7 strong, and if it wasn't for opening day he could of went 8 possibly the distance. He got into one jam in the 5th but go out of it with a double play and a strike out. Bard was sound, gave a base hit on his first pitch but after that, it was 1 2 3. Papelbon came in in the 9th. A strike out and a ground put him in good position but he decided to throw a 2 strike fastball at Murphy's back. Then an error put 2 on with 2 outs. Papelbon reached deeped and got the ground out he needed.

Overall a great game and good to see my Sox are still undefeated.

Here's the box score.

BOS at TEX - Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
Apr 1, 2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston Red Sox (1-0)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	10	2
Texas Rangers (0-1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
W: Jon Lester - BOS L: Brandon Webb - TEX S: Jon Papelbon - BOS

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			BOS	TEX
	4	Scutaro hits single to right, Youkilis scores.	1	0
	6	Scutaro hits double to center, Ortiz scores.	2	0

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
J Ellsbury	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	.400
D Pedroia	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.200
C Crawford	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.250
A Gonzalez	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
K Youkilis	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.250
D Ortiz	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	.500
JD Drew	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	.500
J Saltalamacchia	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	.333
M Scutaro	3	0	2	2	1	1	0	.666
TEAM TOTALS	35	2	10	2	2	10	0