Game 7/162, Red Sox Beat the Yankees and Win in their Home Opener

Red Sox 9, Yankees 6

Red Sox  - 150 010 20x - 9 12 0

Yankees  - 211 110 000 - 6  8 2

In the home opener for the Red Sox, they found their first win, raising their record to 1-6 to start the season. Despite Lackey's weak pitching, the Red Sox's batting held up and help get the W. Pedroia hit a homer and then a two run single to begin the game. A few innings late, Salty hit a double to left to give the Sox the lead. Later on, JD Drew hit a two run single to lengthen the Red Sox's lead. Then Papelbon had a good ninth striking out 2 batters.

Notable Players:

Dustin Pedroia, 3 for 5 with a homer, 2 runs and 3 RBIs

Adrian Gonzalez, 2 for 5 with 2 runs and an RBI

JD Drew, 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs

Game 6/162, Red Sox Lose 6th Game, Very Poor Offensively

Indians 1, Red Sox 0

Red Sox  - 000 000 000 - 0 4 0

Indians    - 000 000 01x - 1 3 0

Tough day for Boston as the Sox lose their sixth straight game to begin the season. The Red Sox did very poorly offensively not scoring a single run in the whole game. But, the pitching wasn't bad as lester pitched seven innings with 9 strikeouts and no runs. In the top of the eight, Pedroia hit a soft ground ball to the pitcher with runners on 2nd and 3rd to end the inning. In the next half inning, Orlando Cabrera had a sacrifice squeeze which gave the Indians the lead. In the top of the ninth, just when the Sox started to rally, Darnell McDonald fell over while stepping past second and was tagged to end the game.

Notable Players: 

Jon Lester, 7 IP, 0 ER, 9 Ks

Game 4/162, Red Sox Lose Again

Indians 3, Red Sox 1

Red Sox - 010 000 000 - 1 4 1

Indians  - 000 210 00x - 3 5 1

After losing 3 straight games, the Red Sox lose another marking their 4th consecutive lose to start this season. This is the worst losing streak to begin the season for the Sox since 1996. Josh Beckett didn't pitch to badly and gave up 3 runs in 5 innings. Jarrod Saltalamachia had the Red Sox's only RBI and on that same play, JD Drew was thrown out at home. The Red Sox had a couple more nice chances to score in the game but couldn't capitalize.

Notable Players:

Dustin Pedroia, 2 for 4 

Jarrod Saltalamachia, 1 for 1 with a walk and an RBI

Game 3/162, Red Sox Lose Third Consecutive Game to Start the Season

Rangers 5, Red Sox 1

Red Sox - 000 000 100 - 1 5 0

Rangers - 011 010 11x -  5 9 1

Many bad things happened for the Red Sox on Sunday, marking their third consecutive loss to begin the season. Carl Crawford was moved to the 7th spot in the lineup due to his recent troubles. Clay Buchholz pitched reasonably and gave up 4 runs. One of those runs were Ian Kinsler's third homers vs. the Red Sox . Nelson Cruz also hit his third homer of the season. The only offense Boston got was from the seventh when one man crossed the plate of of Crawford's single. Later in the inning, the bases were loaded but Ellsbury struck out. Hopefully Beckett can revive the Red Sox and give them their first win of the season against the Indians on Tuesday.

Notable Players:

David Ortiz, 2 for 4

Carl Crawford, 2 for 4 with and RBI

Game 2/162, Red Sox Fall Due to Bad Pitching

Rangers 12, Red Sox 5

Red Sox - 020 100 200 -  5  8   0

Rangers - 102 621 00x - 12 15 1

In the first inning Ian Kinsler went deep again in his first at bat in the game. Ortiz then hit a 2 run homer to give the Red Sox the lead 2-1. Then it unraveled as the Rangers scored 11 runs in the next few innings. Ellsbury, who has been hot lately then had a 2 run homer but the Red Sox were still behind by 7 runs and thats the way the game ended.

Notable Players:

Adrian Gonzalez, 3 for 5, 2 runs and a double

David Ortiz, 1 for 4, home run, and 3 RBIs

Jacoby Ellsbury, 1 for 4, home run

Game 1/162, Red Sox Lose on Opening Day

Rangers 9, Red Sox 5

Red Sox - 201 000 010 - 5 7 1

Rangers - 110 300 04x - 9 10 1

The Red Sox had a good start to the game, with Youkilis having an RBI double and Adrian Gonzalez having an RBI single after the error by Julio Borbon. The next time Boston scored was after Adrian Gonzalez's two run single with the bases loaded. Lester had a rough night giving up 5 runs in 5 and 1/3 innings on three home runs which is a career high for Lester. Then the game settled down for a while and the score was 5-4 when David Ortiz homered to tie the game at five. In the next half inning, the Red Sox's chances of winning were demolished after Daniel Bard gave up four runs on quite a few extra base hits. This would be the difference in the game as the Red Sox couldn't score in the ninth inning.

Notable Players: 

Ellsbury, 2 for 4 with 2 runs, a walk, stolen base, and reached a base on an error

Adrian Gonzalez, 2-4 with 3 RBI's