As hyped up as the game was, it wasn't perfect. For a Sox fan like myself, it ended splendidly. Red Sox beat the Yankees 9-7 on Opening Day in America's oldest ballpark. Still as I settled in, I couldn't help feeling the anxiety of the new season. How would Beltre play at third? Is Scutaro the answer? Jacoby in left? Will Ortiz make contact? A few of these burning questions were answered tonight. Beltre did just fien and was even better at the plate bringing in a run. Scutaro was ok, missed a ball in middle of the game setting up a Yankee run, but bounced back at the plate helping secure a win. As for Jacoby, he angered me more than Beckett's piss poor 4.2 innings. Ellsbury is not comfortable in left and is hopefully using more time to get acquainted with it. His relay throws were abysmal and clearly doesn't have the arm for it. I know it's easy to be critical of him with it being the first game and he needs time to acclimate himself, but it was down-right ugly to the point. As for Ortiz, I wasn't surprised his cold streak continued at the plate. In another month, he'll come around.
As for the game itself, the MVP is definitely Dustin Pedroia. 2 for 4 with 3 RBI's and accounting for two runs himself was a bigger statement despite Youkilis having a fantastic night as well(3/4 2 RBI's). The new guys all notched a hit at least with Beltre bringing in two. Once again, Ellsbury was the goat going 0 for 5 with 2 K's.
Ellsbury, LF 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000
Pedroia, 2B 4 2 2 3 1 1 0 .500
Martinez, V, C 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 .200
Youkilis, 1B 4 3 3 2 0 0 0 .750
Ortiz, D, DH 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000
Beltre, 3B 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 .333
Drew, J, RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .250
Cameron, M, CF 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 .667
Scutaro, SS 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 .667
Totals 34 9 12 8 4 5 13 .353
Pitching wise, Daniel Bard, Johnathon Papelbon, and Scot Schoenweis were pleasing to watch. Ramon Ramirez, Beckett, and Okajima were off on another planet I think. Beckett was not hitting his spots at all, despite liking to get the ball down.
Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Beckett 4.2 8 5 5 3 1 2 9.64
Schoeneweis 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Ramirez, Ramon S. 0.1 2 2 2 1 0 0 54.00
Okajima(W, 1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Bard, D(H, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Papelbon(S, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 9.0 12 7 7 6 2 2 7.00
A win is a win. It can be debated that it's early in the season. Was I a hundred percent pleased, no, but satisfied I got to watch an early season tug of war. Oh and someone please stop that Curtis Granderson guy. He was taking advantage of the Sox on offense and defense. The Yanks showed the hig power offense is raring to go, the rest of the league needs to keep up. Hopefully, we'll get a pitching duel come Tuesday with Burnett and Lester.
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