Any doubt that the a Sox-Rangers game would be a hitfest? That first inning got rid of that anyway - Texas up 3-0 (when Texas was up 2-0 with bases loaded it looked scary), then Sox responded with 4 runs. Beautiful Ortiz shot there, and a big Petagine RBI for the tying run, but the night was all Tony G. Scoring on a wild pitch (nice slide to evade Barajas), stealing 2nd, scoring from 2nd on a single to shallow right (wow) and of course that huge 3-run homer.
The starting rotation still scares me. Unlike last year where you knew Pedro or Schilling would come up big, there just seem to be a lot of #2/3 starter types. Wade Miller not particulary confidence-inspiring today. Oh well - a win is a win. At least the bullpen is less worrisome these days. Or maybe it’s just that I really like seeing Chad Bradford pitch.