Fenway Fables

The first win is in the bag as the Red Sox hammered the Royals yesterday 7-1.  Kevin Youkliss hit a two run homerun and Mike Lowell drove in two runs.  Manny Ramirez had a nice game as well.  He went one for two with two walks and two runs.

Josh Beckett put together a very nice outing. He gave up one run on just two hits but he walked four with five strikeouts.  Then four relievers combined for four shutout frames to close out the game.  Maybe this bullpen isn’t as bad as people think it might be.

The rubber game is this afternoon.  Daisuke Matsuzaka makes his major league debut today in the get away day game.  I’m surprised this game isn’t on ESPN or something.