The Sox essentially won tonight's series opener in Detroit before Clay Buchholz threw his first pitch. Taking advantage of the struggling Max Scherzer, the Boston bats put 5 on the board thanks to a 2-run shot by Pedey (following a single by Scoots) and a 3-run big fly by Big Papi (with Youk and Drew on base via a walk and a single, respectively) Papi added a second dinger in his next at-bat and Bill Hall went yard pinch-hitting for Hermida.
Buchholz gave the Sox a strong outing, going 6.1 innings and giving up only one run. However, he walked more batters (5) than he struck out (3). Bard made things interesting in the 8th, but limited the damage to one run. Oki finished the Tigers off in the 9th, allowing 2-out hit, but quickly getting the next batter to fly out to Bill Hall in left to give the Sox a 7-2 win and Buchholz his fourth W.
Tomorrow night, Lester and D-Train (Dontrelle Willis) face off in a lefty-lefty contest. For Lester, the goal is to continue dominating. In the meantime, the bats will try to derail D-Train. It's very important for the Sox to win as many games as they can in this stretch, which includes a 2-gamer in The Bronx, an itty-bitty homestand (2 games) against the Twins, and then back out on the road to face the Phillies and the (*shudder*) Rays in the House of Horrors known as Tropicana Field. Mike Cameron is on his way back and could be back in the lineup in New York. Ells is still a giant question mark.
LET'S GO RED SOX!!!!! YAY FOR BIG PAPI!!!!
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