Going into today's game, the Red Sox were 0-6 and were looking to jump start their "100-win season" that so many sports writers have predicted. Who better to break out against than the Yankees? As a Yankee fan, I hoped that the Yanks would jump all over John Lackey and Phil Hughes would find some magic velocity on his fastball, but only the first half of that happened. The Yankees did manage to beat up on Lackey, frustrating the Fenway Faithful and Lackey himself who took it out on the home plate umpire.
On the other hand, the Sox did a more thorough job of beating up on Hughes, who had no life nor speed on his fastball. He lasted only two innings, giving up up six runs on seven hits - including a solo home run to Dustin Pedroia - and two walks. Meanwhile, A-Rod made probably one of the dumbest plays I've ever seen, throwing to first on a bunt that Adrian Gonzalez had clearly beaten out, making a throw that he was lucky didn't make it all the way into the Red Sox dugout. It was so high that Texeira, a Gold Glove first baseman and a pretty tall guy, didn't even attempt to catch it.
A-Rod did make up for it with a game-tying home run, but it turned out not to be enough. Boston cruised to a 9-6 victory as the bull pen gave up another three runs.
There were some positive developments, though. Gardner finally broke out with a double and a triple in three at bats - the triple was a thing of beauty - only Gardner could have stretched a double into a triple like that - and Robbie Cano scored two runs on two doubles. Bartolo Colon, despite giving up two runs, looked really solid in 4.1 innings out of the bullpen.
Hopefully, we'll get 'em tomorrow.
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