Game time: 1:05 pm

Scheduled Sox starter: Josh Beckett

Fort Myers weather: 11 am observation at Page Field: Wind out of the NE at 10 mph, visibility 10 miles, sky clear, temperature 55F, DP 25F.

Forecast: A clear, cool, sunny day is in store. It will get into the mid-60s by mid-afternoon. The winds will be out of the northeast at less than 10 mph. That's blowing in.


Possible lineup:

Ellsbury cf
Pedroia 2b
Ortiz dh
Lowell 3b
Varitek c
Youkilis 1b
Lugo ss
Kielty rf
Moss lf

Beckett will pitch 2-3 innings, followed by Snyder, Lopez, Delcarmen, and Corey.


Let the season begin!

Just to be clear, there is no broadcast of any kind for this game, no live box score, nothing, right Anni?

There is a boxscore link on mlb.com, so there should be inning-by-inning updates. I'm trying to find out if it will be on BC's radio station.

No score in the bottom of the second.

S. Cadoret is pitching for BC.

It looks like no hits for either side, unless there's a lag in the boxscore reporting.

The Sox scored eight runs on five hits, five walks, and an error in the bottom of the second. Young Mr. Cadoret will have some stories to tell his grandchildren.

Snyder now pitching for the Sox.

8 runs on 5 hits, 5 walks, and an error in the 2nd for the Sox.

2 perfect innings, 4 Ks for Beckett. Snyder pitching the third...

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2...bocbbc_bosmlb_1

EDIT: Anni beat me too it, I'll leave this post up for the box score link.

"the scheduled third hitter for BC in the top of the sixth is sophomore Sam Shaughnessy, the Newton North grad and son of a certain Boston Globe scribe. He'll be facing Manny Delcarmen."I'm not going to say it, but you know we all thought for a second, just a second.Meanwhile... 22-0 Red Sox.Final score for the 7-inning game: 24-0Exciting stuff.MiniCHB went down swinging.

The first RedSox homerun of the year by - Granadillo?
The only hit given up by Sox pitchers - Lopez.

Wow, looks like BC didn't try to lay down any bunts against Beckett.