Sox Comeback for Win

Dad --

After our conversation this morning about the second inning of last night's opening game against the Orioles, I was concerned that it was yet another Red Sox loss. But thankfully you didn't ruin it for and and I was happily surprised to see the Sox not only came back to tie the score, they won the game! That's two in a row!

Most of the action happened in the 2nd inning. After a great first, Penny returned to the mound and gave up seven runs in the top of the 2nd. Thankfully, the Sox got four runs of their own in the bottom half of the same inning and then just kept piling them on.

Jason Bay and J.D. Drew both got home runs. Dustin Pedroia and Nick Green each got a double that led to RBI's and Drew followed up his homer in the third inning with a triple in the 5th.

As a matter of fact the only players that didn't connect with the ball last night were David Ortiz (who has an alarmingly low .158 batting average) and Kevin Youkilis (which these days is very unusual). But I'm sure that will change with the next game.

After last night's amazing comeback win, I'm very excited for the rest of the series and the rest of the homestand. Maybe last night was all the Sox needed to get their butts in gear and turn things around. I guess we'll see...

XO

Jenn