The “struggling” Boston Red Sox picked up a Grapefruit League win yesterday over the Florida Marlins 5-3.
It was another solid outing for Josh Beckett who went 3 innings, throwing 45 pitches including 31 for strikes. He allowed 1 hit and struck out 2. Takashi Saito followed him with an inning of work, walking 1 while striking out 2. Hideki Okajima had rough inning giving up 2 runs on 2 hits. Manny Delcarmen struck out 3 and gave up 3 hits in an inning of work.
Offensively, Josh Reddick went 3-for-3 while Julio Lugo and Jed Lowrie both went 2-for-3 with Lowrie adding an RBI. Zach Daeges added a 2-run home run and Jeff Bailey knocked in 2 runs as well.
The Red Sox head to Port Charlotte today to take on the Tampa Bay Rays at 1:05 PM. There is no television coverage today but the game can be heard on WRKO in the Boston area and WDAE in the Tampa area. The Rays will come to City of Palms Park on Sunday and that game can be seen on NESN at 1:05 PM as well as be heard on WRKO and WDAE.
The World Baseball Classic is underway and two Red Sox minor leaguers will be heading back to camp as Chinese Taipei was eliminated by China last night. Che-Hsuan Lin went 3-for-7 and Chih-Hsien Chiang went 2-for-7 in the losses to Korea and China.
Daisuke Matsuzaka was on the mound in Japan’s 14-2 win over Korea. Matsuzaka went 4 innings, allowing 2 runs on 2 hits and 2 walks while striking out 1.
David Ortiz and the Dominican Republic will take on the Netherlands this morning at 11 AM on ESPN2. Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis of Team USA will take on Jason Bay of Team Canada at 2 PM on ESPN. Javier Lopez and Team Puerto Rico will take on Panama at 5 PM on ESPN.
Red Sox related links after the jump.
One Month Away [Ask Amalie]
He’s not yet talk of camp [Boston Globe]
Drew back in the game [Boston Globe]
Mike Lowell nears start [Boston Herald]
All but Jon Lester under contract [Boston Herald]
Red Sox ‘really pleased’ with Penny’s medical examination [Providence Journal]
Green is ready to fill in at second — or around the infield — if needed [Providence Journal]
Wakefield, Bard will be starting battery against Rays on Saturday [Providence Journal]
Beckett right on target in third start [redsox.com]
Delcarmen, Ramirez sign for 2009 [Full Count]
Where Are They Now: Dave Roberts [Fenway West]
Drew playing through the pain [Heidi Watney- NESN]
Lowell’s Hip Problem Could Offer Preview for Rodriguez [New York Times]
Mets-Red Sox tickets go quickly [LoHud Mets Blog]
Bonita Springs chamber backs Red Sox spring training move to south Lee County [News-Press]
