Game 17/162, Red Sox Win by Way of the Long Ball

Red Sox 5, Athletics 3

Red Sox  - 010 102 100 - 5 10 0

Athletics - 100 000 011 - 3 12 1

The Red Sox played a nice game today to make their record 6-11 to start the season. Today the Red Sox snapped two streaks, both bad ones. One, the Red Sox were 0-7 on the road so far this season and two, the Red Sox were scoreless on the road for their last twenty innings. Clay Buchholz pitched well, 5 and 1/3 innings pitched giving up 1 ER on the homer to Coco Crisp (doesn't that name sound familiar). Then in the sixth, after Buchholz loaded the bases, Bard was brought in to put out the flame which he did successfully. 

            "I think he owes me a dinner," Bard joked after saving the game.

Papelbon worked out of two jams to earn his 3rd save of the season. In the last four innings, the Athletics left 9 men on base. Crawford got the Red Sox on the scoreboard by scoring Youkilis on his RBI single to left. In the fourth, Youkilis homered to lead off and in the sixth, Jed Lowrie, whose been incredibly good to start the season, hit a two run homer which was his third of the season. JD Drew hit his first homer of the season in the seventh.

Notable Players:

Jed Lowrie, 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs and a homer

Kevin Youkilis, 2 for 4 with an RBI and a homer