Red Sox Win!

Finally, the draught is over. You might say the Red Sox & Blue Jays traded places with the Jays playing like the Sox did in Detroit.

A 3-run 9th inning gave the Red Sox & Bobby Valentine their first win of 2012, a come-from-behind 4-2 victory over a large opening day crowd in Toronto. For the first time this season the Sox got timely hitting & good relief pitching to seal the win.

Felix Doubront limited the Jays to 2 runs over the first 5 innings, even though his pitch count prevented him from going further. Scot Atchison pitched 3 scoreless innings of relief to keep the score close at 2-1. And Alfredo Aceves pitched a 1-2-3 9th after the Sox took the lead to seal the win.

Dustin Pedroia was the offensive star with a homer in the 6th to cut the Jays lead to 2-1. In the 9th Pedroia started things again with a double & tied the score on a sac fly by Adrian. Two walks later Ryan Sweeney found a hole between 1st & 2nd to score Darnell McDonald on a bad throw by Jose Bautista. For good measure Cody Ross scored an insurance run on a wild pitch by Sergio Santos who blew a save opportunity.

I have to say that I turned off the TV after the Sox went ahead 4-2. I couldn't watch the bottom of the 9th after 2 losses in the 9th in Detroit. Maybe some of you did the same thing.

With the Sox win & a save by Aceves Daniel Bard has a little less pressure in his first start tonight. Many fans are already clamoring for Bard to move back into the bullpen. It will be an interesting development to watch.