Last night, the Red Sox played a game against the Royals and won 4-3 in a pretty tight game. In the 1st inning, Alex Gordon doubled to lead off the inning and after Melky Cabrera bunted him to third, he was driven in on a groundout by Billy Butler. In the 2nd, Josh Reddick doubled to lead off the inning. After two quick outs, Jason Varitek drove him in with a single to make it 1-1. In the 3rd inning, a Mike Aviles single and a Jacoby Ellsbury walk put 2 runners on. After a flyout and a groundout by Adrian Gonzalez, which moved the runners up, Dustin Pedroia hit them home with a single up the middle. With 1 out and Alcides Escobar on 1st base, Alex Gordon homered the other way to left to make it 3-3.
In the 5th, Jed Lowrie doubled and after two outs, he came in on a single by Dustin Pedroia to give the Sox a 4-3 lead. Josh Beckett wasn't too good early, but he settled down a lot and wound up allowing 3 runs in 7 innings. He earned the win and is now 10-5/2.46/137. Daniel Bard threw a scoreless 8th and Jonathan Papelbon threw a scoreless 9th, as has happened so many times this year. Jacoby Ellsbury went 1-3 with a run scored in a good day. Dustin Pedroia (left) had a great game, going 3-4 with 3 RBIs, as he is now .309/16/65. Josh Reddick went 1-3 with a run. Jason Varitek went 1-3 with an RBI in a good day for him. Tonight, the Red Sox will send Andrew Miller (4-1/5.40/30) up against Jeff Francis (4-13/4.76/78).
Bright Spots:
Josh Beckett- 3 runs in 7 innings for the win
Daniel Bard- a scoreless 8th
Jonathan Papelbon- a scoreless 9th
Jacoby Ellsbury- 1-3 with a run scored
Dustin Pedroia- 3-4 with 3 RBIs
Josh Reddick- 1-3 with a run scored
Jason Varitek- 1-3 with an RBI
Dull Spots:
Adrian Gonzalez- 0-4 with a strikeout and 4 runners left on base
Ryan Lavarnway- 0-4 with a strikeout
Well, we hit as many hits in this game as we did last series. For once, that wasn't talking about how awesome this game was.
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