To that end, there are four new faces in the starting lineup: Shane Victorino, Mike Napoli, Jonny Gomes and Jackie Bradley Jr. All but Bradley were free agent signees. Victorino endeared himself to Red Sox Nation right away with a 1st inning homer, and ended up 2 for 5 on the day with 3 RBI. Napoli was 0 for 4 but scored a run, and Gomes was 1 for 5 with an RBI. Bradley had a less fortunate day - he was 0 for 4 with 4 strikeouts!
The real story for the Sox is Jose Iglesias, who suffered through a terrible September 2012 but is still the opening day shortstop for the Sox. He repays that allegiance with a 2 for 3 day, including a home run and 3 runs scored. The 2 hits in 3 AB is as many as he had in 69 AB in 2012!
Jon Lester went 7 easy innings for the win. New face Koji Uehara pitched the 8th, while Andrew Bailey took the 9th with the big lead. Bailey is essentially the incumbent closer but the Sox signed Joel Hanrahan in the offseason to fill the role. Hindsight tells me that the role went from Hanrahan to Bailey to Junichi Tazawa to Uehara, we'll see how it works in my replay!
BOXSCORE: 2013 Boston Red Sox At 2013 New York (AL) Yankees 4/1/2013
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
J.Ellsbury CF 3 1 2 0 .667 B.Gardner CF 4 1 1 0 .250
S.Victorino RF 5 2 2 3 .400 E.Nunez SS 4 0 1 1 .250
D.Pedroia 2B 4 1 3 3 .750 R.Cano 2B 3 0 0 0 .000
M.Napoli 1B 4 1 0 0 .000 K.Youkilis 1B 4 0 0 0 .000
W.Middlebrooks 3B 5 0 1 0 .200 V.Wells LF 4 0 0 0 .000
J.Saltalamacchia C 5 0 1 0 .200 B.Francisco DH 3 0 0 0 .000
J.Gomes DH 5 0 1 1 .200 I.Suzuki RF 3 0 1 0 .333
J.Bradley Jr LF 4 0 0 0 .000 J.Nix 3B 2 0 0 0 .000
J.Iglesias SS 3 3 2 1 .667 F.Cervelli C 3 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 38 8 12 8 Totals 30 1 3 1
Red Sox......... 1 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 - 8 12 0
Yankees......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 0
Red Sox (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Lester WIN(1-0) 7 3 1 1 2 4 0 102 1.29
K.Uehara 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0.00
A.Bailey 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 0.00
Totals 9 3 1 1 2 8 0
Yankees (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Sabathia LOSS(0-1) 4 1/3 8 6 6 0 4 3 84 12.46
D.Phelps 1 3 2 2 3 3 0 34 18.00
S.Kelley 3 0 0 0 1 5 0 41 0.00
D.Robertson 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0.00
Totals 9 12 8 8 4 12 3
ATTENDANCE- 50,109 DATE- Monday, April 1st 2013 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Ted Barrett, Alfonso Marquez, Mike Dimuro, Scott Barry
T- 3:00
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 8 Yankees: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0 Yankees: 1
DOUBLES- J.Saltalamacchia(1st)
TRIPLES- B.Gardner(1st)
HOME RUNS- S.Victorino(1st), D.Pedroia(1st), J.Iglesias(1st)
RBIs- S.Victorino-3(3rd), D.Pedroia-3(3rd), J.Gomes(1st), J.Iglesias(1st),
E.Nunez(1st)
STOLEN BASES- J.Ellsbury(1st)
WALKS- J.Ellsbury-2, M.Napoli, J.Iglesias, R.Cano, J.Nix
HIT BY PITCH- D.Pedroia
STRIKE OUTS- S.Victorino, M.Napoli-3, W.Middlebrooks-2, J.Saltalamacchia,
J.Bradley Jr-4, J.Iglesias, B.Gardner-3, R.Cano, K.Youkilis,
V.Wells, B.Francisco, I.Suzuki
GIDP- S.Victorino
WILD PITCHES- C.Sabathia
2-out RBI- J.Gomes
RLISP 2-out- V.Wells, B.Gardner, M.Napoli, J.Bradley Jr, W.Middlebrooks-2,
J.Gomes
WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Jacoby Ellsbury robbed Vernon Wells of an extra base hit.
The Boston Red Sox easily topped the New York (AL) Yankees; the final score
was 8 to 1.
Boston took the lead for good in the 3rd inning plating an isolated run on 2
base hits. That was all the runs Jon Lester(1-0) needed. For the game
Boston out-hit New York (AL) 12 to 3.
C.C. Sabathia(0-1) was given the loss. He surrended 3 homeruns in his 4 and
1/3 innings.
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