Sox Win Series Opener in Motown

Dice-K's second season with the Red Sox is looking similar to Beckett's; after tonight's win Matsusaka is 5-0. His command was not there giving up 8 walks with only 1 K but he held the Tigers to just 1 run. Hansen came in after just getting called up and pitched a great 6th inning. He got into a jam in the 7th and left with bases loaded. Okajima replace him and let two of his base runners score before closing out the inning and pitching well in the 8th. Papelbon continued to dominate hitters with his 10th save of the season.

Offensively the Sox looked more like teams of old and showed some power with home runs by Lowell, Ortiz and Youkilis. They did not have any steals tonight. Lowell had his first RBI's of the season and the Sox cruised to victory.

Sox win 6-3 BOX SCORE