Brad Penny did well in his Red Sox debut but it was the long ball that won the game for Boston today. Penny went 6 innings giving up 3 earned runs on 5 hits including two home runs to Mike Napoli. The Red Sox offense was fueled by the bat of Jason Bay who hit 2 home runs and drove in 3. Baldelli and Tek both had 2-hit games. Ramon Ramirez was great in relief; he only allowed 1 hit in 1 2/3 innings. Papelbon brought about a major increase in stress levels of Red Sox Nation with his performance in the 9th. He gave up a homer to Hunter and then a base hit and two walks to load the bases. With nowhere to put ’em, Paps struggled with Hendrick who fouled off 8 pitches in a row before hitting a liner to right that Baldelli had trouble snagging, but made the catch anyway.
The Good: Bay, Ramirez, Baldelli, and Tek all had good games
The Bad: Papelbon (got the save but it wasn’t pretty)
The Ugly: Jed Lowrie has entrenched himself in this spot.. another 0-fer, now batting .056
Red Sox Win 5-4 BOX SCORE
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| LA Angels | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
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