Red Sox Beat BC in 1st Spring Game

The Red Sox trailed BC 1-0 into the 5th before putting up 6 runs in the bottom of the inning. Navarro had a homer and Chris Carter had 3 RBI's. The pitching staff looked good in the game; Beckett went 2 innings without giving up a hit. He threw 22 pitches, 15 for strikes. Here is the breakdown from Rob Bradford:

first inning (9 pitches, 6 fastballs, 2 curveballs, 1 changeup)
second inning (13 pitches, 11 fastballs, 1 changeup, 1 curveball/22 pitches total)

Buchholz also threw a scoreless no hit inning. Junichi Tazawa pitched a 1-2-3 inning in the 5th and got the win.
Red Sox BP coach Ino Guerrero got into the game pinch hitting for Big Papi. (He drew a walk).

Sox Win 7-1 BOX SCORE

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Lineups for First Two Games- Tek Out

UPDATE: Tek will play Thursday:

The Red Sox catcher is slated to play on Thursday. Red Sox manager Terry Francona explained he didn't want his captain to catch back-to-back games the first two days of the exhibition season.

Here are the lineups for tomorrow's exhibition games against BC and the Twins. Interestingly Tek does not get the start in either game.

Day Game vs. BC
1. Julio Lugo, SS
2. Rocco Baldelli, LF
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. J.D. Drew, RF
5. Chris Carter, 1B
6. George Kottaras, C
7. Jonathan Van Every, CF
8. Nick Green, 2B

Pitchers: Josh Beckett, Clay Buchholz, Kris Johnson, Junichi Tazawa, Felix Doubront and Daniel Bard

Night Game vs. Twins
1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
4. Jason Bay, LF
5. Brad Wilkerson, RF
6. Jed Lowrie, SS
7. Jeff Bailey, DH
8. Josh Bard, C
9. Gil Velazquez, 3B

Pitchers: Tim Wakefield, Justin Masterson, Manny Delcarmen, Javier Lopez, Ramon Ramirez, Billy Traber and Dustin Richardson

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Sox Destroy BC

The Red Sox had no sympathy for their neighbors from Chestnut Hill. B.C. only got one hit off of the Red Sox staff and lost the game 24-0. Ellsbury did not get a hit but scored a run after being walked. Pedroia had a hit and a 2 RBI's, Papi also drove one in with one hit. The minor league players were the ones who ran up the score with 9 runs in the 5th. Beckett pitched 2 innings with 4 K's and no hits. You can check out the box score here. You can take your hand off of the panic button (unless you are a BC baseball fan)...things look good in the Nation.

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Lineups For First 2 Games

Here are the lineups for Thursday's games:

PROBABLE RED SOX LINEUPS

vs. BOSTON COLLEGE
Ellsbury, cf
Pedroia, 2b
Ortiz, dh
Lowell, 3b
Varitek, c
Youkilis, 1b
Lugo, ss
Kielty, rf
Moss, lf

Vs. NORTHEASTERN
Crisp, cf
Cora, 2b
Drew, rf
Ramirez, dh
Casey, 1b
Carter, lf
Mirabelli, c
Lowrie, ss
Ginter, 3b

Ellsbury gets the start in game 1...does it mean anything?....also Crisp and Ellsbury are in the lead-off spots.

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