[acr]

That was an acceptable game. Aside from Ellsbury ****ing his shoulder at least.

[rominer]

By only giving up the one home run, Melancon sliced nearly 14 runs off of his ERA.

I'll take it.

F**k Tampa Bay.

[RedSoxAnni]

Tampa Bay                          ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  w  k  avg.
 Jennings, Desmond cf                 4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .214
 Pena, Carlos 1b                      4  0  1   1   0   0    0  0  1  .400
 Longoria, Evan 3b                    4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .400
 Joyce, Matt lf                       4  0  1   0   0   0    0  0  0  .208
 Zobrist, Ben rf                      3  2  2   0   0   1    1  1  0  .292
 Keppinger, Jeff 2b                   4  0  1   1   0   0    1  0  0  .250
 Vogt, Stephen dh                     4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .000
 Molina, Jose c                       3  0  1   0   0   0    0  0  0  .231
 Brignac, Reid ss                     2  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .083
  Scott, Luke ph                      1  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .429
  Johnson, Elliot ss                  0  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .143
  Totals                             33  2  6   2   0   1    2  1  2 
 
  Boston                             ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  w  k  avg.
 Ellsbury, Jacoby cf                  3  1  2   1   0   0    1  0  0  .192
  Sweeney, Ryan rf                    3  1  1   0   0   0    2  0  0  .429
 Pedroia, Dustin 2b                   4  2  1   0   0   0    0  1  1  .310
 Gonzalez, Adrian 1b                  5  1  3   0   0   0    1  0  1  .321
 Youkilis, Kevin 3b                   4  1  2   0   0   0    3  0  1  .167
 Ortiz, David dh                      4  0  2   1   0   0    2  1  1  .333
 McDonald, Darnell lf                 3  1  1   1   0   0    0  1  1  .167
 Ross, Cody rf-cf                     3  1  0   0   0   0    1  1  1  .182
 Aviles, Mike ss                      4  1  1   0   0   0    0  1  0  .227
 Shoppach, Kelly c                    4  3  3   2   0   0    2  0  0  .364
  Totals                             37 12 16   5   0   0   12  5  6 
 
  Tampa Bay         0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  --  2
  Boston            0 0 3  1 0 0  0 8 X  -- 12
 
     E_R.Brignac. LOB_Tampa Bay 5, Boston 10. 2B_C.Pena, J.Keppinger, J.Ellsbury,
 D.Ortiz, D.McDonald, K.Shoppach 2. HR_B.Zobrist (1) off M.Melancon. 
 SF_K.Youkilis, C.Ross. SB_K.Shoppach (1). GIDP_D.Pedroia, C.Ross. DP_Tampa 
 Bay 2 (R.Brignac, J.Keppinger and C.Pena), (R.Brignac and C.Pena).
 
  Tampa Bay                   IP      H  R ER BB SO  HR  PC-ST   ERA
 Price, David (L 1-1)          3      4  3  3  3  3   0  83-47  4.82
 Badenhop, Burke               1      2  1  1  0  0   0   17-9  6.75
 Davis, Wade                   3      2  0  0  0  3   0  41-29  3.86
 Peralta, Joel                 0      2  4  4  2  0   0  21-10 37.80
 Lueke, Josh                   1      6  4  4  0  0   0  34-22 27.00
 
  Boston                      IP      H  R ER BB SO  HR  PC-ST   ERA
 Beckett, Josh (W 1-1)         8      5  1  1  1  1   0  94-61  5.68
 Melancon, Mark                1      1  1  1  0  1   1  15-11 22.50
 
      J.Peralta pitched to 4 batters in the 8th. 
 
 HBP_by D.Price (K.Shoppach), by J.Lueke (D.McDonald). 
 WP_J.Peralta.
 T_3:19. A_37,032

[FishCake]

Missed most of it since I actually had some work to do today. Saw the Ellsbury injury and trying not to panic that he'll be out for a while. And thankfully they won so I can laugh about the Shoppach steal.

[Cudahy]

It would be a great opening home game - if it weren't for Ells being injured. Sounds like we won't know for awhile if it's serious.

[Lyford]

Took my 16-year old. Perfect day in almost every respect.

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