Yankees Zero. In the standings, anyway.
Quite a good game, overall. The Red Sox went down early as the Yankee power was displayed with 2 solo homers, though one curved into Pesky's Pole. The Red Sox closed the gap with some "small ball" play. Then the Yankees stole the enthusiasm from the Fenway faithful by scoring 3 more runs for a 5-1 lead. Just as my twitter stream began thinking "this again" the Red Sox rallied and tied it up, getting the fans back into the game. Of course the Yankees promptly put up two more runs to try to take control of the game again, but sure enough the Beantown Bombers rose up again and tied, then later took a one run lead, and even added an insurance run in the 8th. So The Closer (no, not Chief Brenda Johnson/Kyra Sedgwick) Jonathan Papelbon came out and while the Yankees were able to get a man on base, they couldn't score, and the Red Sox won the game, sending the crowd home happy and making many at home in Red Sox Nation start dancing in front of their TVs. Reportedly. Things that I noted were that the offense was able to overcome a poor performance by Boston starter Josh Beckett. He got a quick 1st inning, but then started laboring, giving up 5 of the New York runs. Yet the 'defense minded' team was able to get him off the hook by putting up 9 runs. Neither is expected to be the norm, but it was nice to see last night. Also noted that the 'new guys' seemed to do their share. Marco Scutaro played a solid shortstop, centerfielder Mike Cameron had a couple of hits & a walk, and third baseman Adrian Beltre had 2 RBIs. The only 'goats' were Jacoby Ellsbury, who went hitless, leaving a handful of men on base and not catching a ball at the Green Monster; Ramon S. Ramirez who was charged with runs 6 & 7 and only retired one batter, and the aforementioned Josh Beckett who allowed 5 runs and couldn't get out of the 5th inning. I also found out one of my flatmates is a Yankee fan (I had spent last year's playoffs watching at my grandfather's, so I never knew) and one is a 'pink hat' - he knows he's a Red Sox fan, but couldn't name a player, or tradition. He's moving out in a few weeks, so I've told the landlord we need to make sure one of the qualifications is to be a member of Red Sox Nation. Did you watch the game last night? What did you think?
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