Red Sox Take 2 Games from O's Over Weekend

The Red Sox took both games over the Orioles this weekend. On Saturday we were at my sister's and Gaelen and I stayed up and watched the game on NESN. Beckett pitched okay, had a bad 4 run inning but the Sox had been ahead 6-0 and Papelbon hung on for his 4th save. Youk continues to tear it up, he had 4 hits including a 3 run homer as the Sox win 6-4.

On Sunday the old John Lester was back pitching 7 innings of 4 hit shut out baseball striking out 9. The Sox hung on to win 2-1 as Saito got into a bit of a jam in the 9th with runners on 1st and 3rd with no outs. He gave up a run but struck out the last batter to get his 1st American league save. Youk had another great day belting 2 doubles and scoring the 1st run.

My friend Chris Ulinski was in town with his family. Chris is running the Boston marathon on Monday and we spent the afternoon walking around the Public Garden and had lunch in the North End. I listened to the game on my walkman and caught a few innings on the big screen at lunch but missed the end of the game as there is no radio reception on the subways. The signal cut out in the top of the 9th when the O's had runners on 1st and 3rd and no outs and when I got off the subway the game was over.