The Red Sox beat the Astros Thursday night, 7-2, in the series opener. With this win, the Sox have now one each of the first games in the series. The Red Sox played great all night tonight. The Red Sox took an early 4-0 lead in the first inning, from help by Carp, Ortiz, and Pedroia. They would score again throughout the game from RBI's by Middlebrooks, Salty, and Ortiz again. Ortiz went 3 for 4 tonight with 2 RBI's. And as for the pitching? Phenomenal. Buchholz did great tossing 7.2 innings giving up 6 hits, 2 runs, walking 2, and getting 10 strikeouts. Miller came in to relief Buchholz in the 8th inning and got the final out. Daniel Bard would make his season debut and return coming in the 9th inning with a 7-2 lead. He would give up a single, get a strikeout, and get all 3 outs that innings to finish the game.
So with this win, Buchholz is the first pitcher to earn 5 wins and all together he is 5-0. He looks great so far this season and I see him earning pitcher of the month for April. Also, Ortiz got his first home run of the season tonight, hitting a solo shot to center field. The Red Sox improve to 15-7 and will verse Houston again tomorrow at 7:10 PM.
- DJ
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