We just scored enough runs to have won several baseball games, let alone one. I mean, we buried the Giants. We buried them under a whole mountain of runs. We played the small ball, and we played the long ball, and we won. And we won big.
I’ll start by saying this. We did not score in the first, the fifth, the sixth, and the ninth.
Gomes struck out to lead off the second, Salty walked, Drew flied out, and Middlebrooks homered on his second pitch of the game, a cutter. He sent the ball beyond the left field fence. It was huge.
Ellsbury and Victorino hit back-to-back singles to lead off the third. Ellsbury scored on a double by Pedroia, Papi struck out, and Victorino and Pedroia both scored on a single by Papi.
Middlebrooks led off the fourth with a walk and scored on a double by Victorino.
Ellsbury led off the seventh with a single, Victorino flied out, Pedroia doubled, Napoli struck out, and Gomes walked to load the bases. Salty singled in both Ellsbury and Pedroia. And it’s a shame that the bases had been partially cleared, because Drew ripped a curveball beyond the right field fence. Three runs on one swing, and five runs in the inning. Easy.
Nava reached on a fielding error in the eighth by who but Marco Scutaro, and he scored when Xavier Bogaerts reached on a force.
Meanwhile, Doubront had it turned on all the way up throughout the whole start and was one inning shy of going the distance. He pitched eight innings of one-run ball; he walked one, struck out three, and gave up five hits. He gave up a solo shot with one out in the second; that was his only mistake. He got the win, and Uehara closed it out.
The final score, ladies and gentlemen, was 12-1.
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