First Opening Series Loss Since '05

Dad --

Can you believe it? These are not the Sox we know and love. Theo's been going on and on about how great our pitching staff will be this season, well what happened?

Beckett was awesome on Opening Day, but Jon Lester seriously faltered in the 5th on Wednesday and Dice-K clearly didn't have his stuff in yesterday's game.

Sure Lester cruised through the first 4 innings only giving up one run, but then in the 5th, he gave up four more. And against the Rays' Scott Kazmir, you know there was no chance the Sox would ever catch up. So the game ended as a 7-2 loss.

Then yesterday, Dice-K may have gone 5 and a third innings but gave up 4 runs, three of which were homers. Unlike Wednesday though, the Sox actually put up a fight. They'd still come up short because that darn wind that helped Jason Bay get a triple earlier in the game, would unfortunately work against the Sox and hold up Kevin Youkilis' ball long enough for Gabe Kapler to catch for the final out. So while the game was significantly closer than Wednesday's you always say a loss is still a loss.

So now the Sox are 1 and 2. Not a place I'm used to seeing them at the beginning of a season. Tonight they're here in Los Angeles for three games against the Angels where things will hopefully go better. Tim Wakefield is due to take the mound and the only thing that could effect his curve is the potential rain storm that's supposed to hit land this afternoon. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Now Dad, I know you've been out of town, but baseball season has started and it's time to comment on the past three games. I know you have an opinion, so let's hear it.

XO

Jenn

P.S. - One more thing... I'd like to send out my condolences to the Adenhart family. Their son, Nick, was killed Wednesday night by a drunk driver after pitching six scoreless innings for the Angels. Even though it was the 22 year-old's fourth appearance in the big leagues, it left everyone in the Angels organization elated, knowing that this young pitcher would have quite the career ahead of him. Who knew that career would be cut short by a drunk Andrew Thomas Gallo running a red light. I'm sure his absence will be felt over the course of this three game series against the Sox.