Photo from the Boston Globe by the AP
Before a record 115 300 people, the Sox held on to a 7-4 lead to win the first baseball game played in the Coliseum since Sandy Koufax' 13-inning thriller against the Cubs in 1961. This game was not as remarkable as that one, but it was still an interesting experience.
There were a lot of hits that would have been doubles in every other park that turned into singles, and the center fielder was playing second base, but I was expecting a highter score than what it ended up being. The weirdest play happened when Jed Lowrie hit a ball off the left field screen that fell straight down and landed on top of the wall, going for a ground rule double. Lars Anderson also managed to break his bat on a pitch and get the barrel of the bat stuck in the backstop screen.
Wakefield pitched pretty well, only allowing one run on five hits in five innings, but there were 3 stolen bases off of him, and he made a throwing error in the first inning that led to the run he gave up.
On the offensive side of the game, Kevin Cash hit a 3-run home run, and then struck out in his next 3 at bats, and Youk hit a 2-run homer. Pedroia went 0-4, but he hit two sharp liners right at the 3rd baseman that would have been hits if they were a couple of feet in either direction.
With the Sox winning 7-2 going into the bottom of the ninth, Papelbon decided to make things interesting by allowing a 2-run homer to Dodgers third baseman Blake DeWitt to make it 7-4, and then allowing another hit to bring the tying run to the plate, after Argenis Diaz made an error. He held on to the win, though, by striking Jason Repko to end the game.
The Sox play one more exhibition game against the Dodgers today before finally continuing on with the regular season.
There were a lot of hits that would have been doubles in every other park that turned into singles, and the center fielder was playing second base, but I was expecting a highter score than what it ended up being. The weirdest play happened when Jed Lowrie hit a ball off the left field screen that fell straight down and landed on top of the wall, going for a ground rule double. Lars Anderson also managed to break his bat on a pitch and get the barrel of the bat stuck in the backstop screen.
Wakefield pitched pretty well, only allowing one run on five hits in five innings, but there were 3 stolen bases off of him, and he made a throwing error in the first inning that led to the run he gave up.
On the offensive side of the game, Kevin Cash hit a 3-run home run, and then struck out in his next 3 at bats, and Youk hit a 2-run homer. Pedroia went 0-4, but he hit two sharp liners right at the 3rd baseman that would have been hits if they were a couple of feet in either direction.
With the Sox winning 7-2 going into the bottom of the ninth, Papelbon decided to make things interesting by allowing a 2-run homer to Dodgers third baseman Blake DeWitt to make it 7-4, and then allowing another hit to bring the tying run to the plate, after Argenis Diaz made an error. He held on to the win, though, by striking Jason Repko to end the game.
The Sox play one more exhibition game against the Dodgers today before finally continuing on with the regular season.
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