Ahhhhhhhh finally some real baseball. The Boston Red Sox spring games got underway today as the Boston College Eagles were in Ft. Myers. The game went the Red Sox’s way as they beat them 7-1.
Josh Beckett got things started for the Sox with two perfect innings, throwing 15 strikes on 22 pitches. Clay Buchholz and Junichi Tazawa each had a perfect inning as well. Chris Carter led the Red Sox with 3 RBI’s and Yamaico Navarro had a solo home run and a RBI single.
If you’re curious as to what Beckett looked like in his first outing, Full Count has us covered with video of Beckett’s outing.
“It was good. It was nice to get a little adrenaline. Obviously we’ve been facing hitters for six days now and I just think on those back fields that’s the only thing lacking. Obviously you have a hitter standing in there with a few elements you don’t generally deal with, be it batting cages and nets and things like that. It was nice to have the adrenaline. Even though it was a college team it was nice to have the adrenaline.”
“It was actually kind of nice because I wanted to come into the spring wanting to throw my change-up more during the spring to get a feel for it and it seemed like their lineup was kind of stack with lefties, at least the part that I went through.”
We’ve got some more baseball tonight as the Red Sox head across town to start the Mayor’s Cup against the Minnesota Twins. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 on NESN. No Jerry Remy though as he is sick. The Providence Journal’s Joe McDonald will be filling in for him.
Here is Josh Beckett … Game 1 [Full Count]
Shaky start for Matsuzaka [Extra Bases]
Biggest news of the camp: Ino Guerrero gets an at-bat [Full Count]
Despite questions, Sox aren’t an iffy proposition [Tony Mazz]
Lester eyes a long future with the Red Sox [Full Count]
