The Red Sox beat the Royals Saturday 4-3, in an emotional day for Boston. Boston went through a lot this week with the Boston marathon bombing, and one day after they catch suspect 2 the Red Sox came onto the field to win. Today was the return of David Ortiz finally coming back to the lineup, being healthy. Anyways, the game ran smoothly and when the Sox were down 2-1 in the bottom of the 8th, Daniel Nava came up to the plate and hit a 3 run home run to the Red Sox bull pen. Bailey would come in the 9th to close the game and he struggled. His first batter he faced hit a home run off him and then his next batters would reach base. Bailey would manage to get the third out and save the game for the Sox.
Pitching
| Boston | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchholz(W, 4-0) | 8.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.90 |
| Bailey, A(S, 3) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.16 |
Hitting
| Boston | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellsbury, CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .284 |
| Victorino, RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .311 |
| b-Gomes, J, PH-LF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Pedroia, 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .300 |
| Ortiz, D, DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .500 |
| Napoli, 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .254 |
| Nava, LF-RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .342 |
| Middlebrooks, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .186 |
| Drew, SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .115 |
| Ross, D, C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .176 |
| a-Saltalamacchia, PH-C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .225 |
Buchholz continues to be dominant and he was great this game. Also with this win, he starts the season out 4-0. Something notable to mention was in the 8th inning when Neil Diamond came onto the field to sing Sweet Caroline with Fenway. This was also an emotional site. Anyways, with this win the Red Sox will look to get another 2 win or at least 1, in tomorrow's double header against the Royals.
- DJ
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