Tek is batting second in the order tonight and both Ellsbury and Crisp are in the field (Ellsbury is in right for Drew). Pedroia flew out first pitch swinging. Tek struck out on 3 pitches in his first at bat and still looked uncomfortable at the plate. Thanks to the wonders of the internet I am able to watch the game on a feed from ESPN Taiwan since it is not on NESN. Big Papi drew a walk before Manny K’d. El Gordo heads to the mound…..
-Colon gets the lead-off batter to pop up and K’s the next two batters to go 3 up 3 down in the first.
-Why are there only about 15,000 in the stands tonight when there are going to be 100,000+ tomorrow? Doesn’t make sense to me.
-Ellsbury and Coco both K in the second….does anyone want to play center?
-Ground out, backwards K, and gets a weak grounder to Youk but he couldn’t handle the throw to ruin his perfect game in the 2nd before getting another K for the 3rd out….Bartolo is cruising with no hits, no walks and 4 K’s through 2.
-Sox go in order in the 3rd…Tek K’s again…still no hits for either team.
-El Gordo gets a fly out and pop up, before giving up a seeing eye single for the first hit of the game…Dodger Stadium is starting to fill up…I forgot about LA fans. Grounder to Lugo ends the 3rd inning…Colon is looking great; painting the corners and staying ahead in the count.
-Papi, Manny, and Lowell all fly out in the 4th.
-Colon gives up a double down the line, followed by a run scoring double in the gap by Jeff Kent in the bottom of the 4th. He retires the next 2 batters, walks one and gets Pierre out on a bunt attempt. Dodgers lead 1-0.
-Jacoby gets a 1 out single for the first hit for Boston. Coco walks and Lugo gets a single to load them up for Cora who is batting for Pedroia. Cora gets an RBI on a grounder to the right side to tie the game 1-1. Tek K’s for the 3rd time…the phones at WEEI start to ring off the hook for callers demanding Kevin Cash to be the starting catcher.
-Tavarez replaces Colon in the bottom of the 5. Colon pitched 4 innings, giving up 2 hits and 1 earned run. Overall a very solid outing. Tavarez gives up one hit but no damage done in the 5th.
-Casey bats for Papi and gets a single, Manny gets HBP, Lowrie bats for Youk and GIDP. “Let’s Go Red Sox” chant can be heard in L.A. Lars Anderson grounds out in his first at bat for the 3rd out.
-All reserves in…wrap-up in the am.
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