Yankees Series

In their first series meeting of the series, the Sox dominated the Yankees 3 games to 0. Pitching was excellent for Boston, and the offense finally got some runs for Dice-K when he pitched. Those runs came in an untraditional way, as the Sox belted 4 home runs in a row, tying the major league record to get themselves ahead of the Yankees. The first home run was by Manny Ramirez, then JD Drew, followed by Mike Lowell (who had another one that game as well), and finally Jason Varitek. It was exciting to see how those homers sucked the life right out of New York.

Sox bats quiet again for Dice-K

For his second start in a row, the phenom Daisuke Matsuzaka has not won. He has faced the Mariners at home and lost, and got the same result against the Blue Jays in Toronto last night. In his two losses he has given up only 5 runs (3 and 2 respectively) but has gotten only 1 run of support from the Sox in those games. In Toronto Dice-K had one bad inning, the 4th inning, but that was his only blemish. Through 6 innings he had 10 strikeouts and gave up only 2 earned runs. The lone Sox run came from a blast by Willy Mo Pena to centerfield.

It also seemed like Dice-K was shaken up after the 2 strike slider he threw to Vernon Wells that wasn't a called third strike. After that Wells reached on an infield single (also a controversial call) and that seemed to add to Dice-K's frustration. He proceeded to start throwing wild, walking batters, and gave up the 2 runs of the game. That was the 4th inning of the game and his only bad inning.

Josh Beckett

Josh Beckett is off to a great start this season. After a higher than expected ERA last season some people wondered if he was worth the money we coughed up. So far in '07, so good. He's been dominating and is off to a 3-0 start with a 1.50 ERA. Maybe it just took him a season to get used to the atmosphere in Boston, or who knows maybe this is just a good start, but I'd put my money on him finishing strong throughout the season. He's a smart enough pitcher, has great command and a low to mid 90's fastball, and his curveball has looked real sharp thus far this season. He's going to be the leader of the pitching staff this season I believe.

Home Opener

The Sox opened the season at Fenway with hot bats and dominant pitching by Josh Beckett, who earned his second win of the season. The Sox crushed the Seattle Mariners 14-3 and JD Drew had his first home run as a member of the Sox. Beckett lasted 7 innings and had 8 strikeouts and allowed only one run to get the win over Seatlle's Jeff Weaver.

There was a tussell in the top of the 8th when Red Sox reliever Brendan Donnelly struck out Jose Guillen. There were some words exchanged and both benches cleared, but there was no fight. Guillen was ejected and after Donnelly hit the next batter, he was also.

Texas Series

The Red Sox lost the series down in Arlington, Texas against the Rangers 2 games to 1. In game one it was Tim Wakefield picking up the loss as the Rangers edged the Sox 2-0. Julian Tavarez lost the next day as Texas won 8-4. It was an evenly matched game until the 6th inning when Texas erupted for 4 runs and Sammy Sosa got his first homerun of the season. The final game was the Sox' only win. Curt Schilling bounced back after his opening day loss to lead the Sox to a 3-2 win. Ortiz was swinging the hot bat on Easter Sunday as he connected for two home runs.

Games 2 and 3

Josh Beckett picked up the Sox first win of the season on Wednesday as they beat the Royals 7-1. Mike Lowell surprisingly made 3 errors, and Kevin Youkillis got his first home run of the season. The 3 error game was the first time that has ever happened to Mike Lowell.

Today Dice-K made his highly anticipated debut finally and beat the Royals 4-1. He lasted 7 innings while allowing only 1 run and struck out 10. His command was excellent and his pitches dominating. After striking out his first 3 times up at the dish Ortiz doubled down the left field line, and once again, Dustin Pedroia kept his hot bat going today.

Opening Day

The Red Sox started the 2007 season yesterday afternoon in Kansas City against the Royals. Curt Schilling started the game and was less than spectacular. Gil Meche started for Kansas City and carried the Royals to their first win of the season. David Ortiz picked right up where he left off last season with an RBI double in the 1st inning. The Sox didn't play well, couldn't get the timely hits, and lost 7-1 to the doormat team of Major League Baseball. On a bright side, they still have 161 games left to play.

Elsewhere in the AL East, the Yankees beat the Devil Rays, the Blue Jays beat the Tigers, and the Orioles lost to Minnesota 7-4.