The Boston Red Sox found themselves on the winning side of things on Monday afternoon at City of Palms Park when Yamaico Navarro‘s single knocked in Oscar Tejeda for a 6-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles.
John Lackey started this one for the Red Sox and had a really good outing in his second spring start of the spring. Lackey went four innings and allowed just one hit. He gave up a leadoff single to Matt Angle and retired the final 12 batters he faced.
Dan Wheeler wasn’t so lucky as he was tagged for two runs on three hits in an inning. He did have two strikeouts. Kyle Weiland also had a rough go of things as he gave up two runs on four hits and two walks with a strikeout over two innings.
Randy Williams allowed a run on a hit with a strikeout in an inning. Tony Pena Jr picked up the win after a crazy 9th inning that saw Daniel Nava throw out Angle at the plate. Pena allowed two hits and a walk with a strikeout.
Offensively, Dustin Pedroia paced the 12-hit attack for the Red Sox with two hits. Carl Crawford went 1-for-3 with an RBI and also had two stolen bases. Kevin Youkilis also knocked in an run and showed his blazing speed with a stolen base of his own.
J.D. Drew returned from his battle with the flu with a hit and two RBIs. David Ortiz had a tough afternoon as he was 0-for-3 with three strikeouts.
The Red Sox will play a split-squad doubleheader on Tuesday. One of the split-squads will stay in Ft. Myers to take on a split-squad from the Houston Astros. Josh Beckett will make the start in that one. Jonathan Papelbon, Daniel Bard, Dennys Reyes, Matt Fox and Matt Albers are also scheduled to pitch.
The other squad will make its way across the state to Jupiter to take on the St. Louis Cardinals. Stolmy Pimentel makes the start with RHP Brandon Duckworth, RHP Jason Rice, and RHP Clevelan Santeliz also scheduled to pitch. According to Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe, Jacoby Ellsbury, Darnell McDonald, Youk and Big Papi are expected to make the trip.
Both games are scheduled to start at 1:05 p.m.
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