Thanks to a raffle where Anne works, Steve and Anne were able to take in the Boston Red Sox versus Texas Rangers game on Sunday, April 20 at Fenway park. There were all kinds of pre-game festivities, including many ceremonial first pitches, as well as Wally the Green Monster and dancing Red Sox.
Red Sox starting pitcher Tim Wakefield wasn't particularly sharp, giving up 5 earned runs in 8 innings, including a first inning leadoff homer to Ian Kinsler and a 3-run homer to Milton Bradley. Still, over eight innings, he only threw 86 pitches, 68 of them for strikes, which is uncharacteristic for a knuckleball pitcher.
Big Papi had a big game, going 2-4 and scoring two critical runs late in the game.
After purging a 5-0 deficit with 2 runs in the 7th inning and 4 more runs in the 8th, it was time to bring in closer Jonathan Papelbon in the top of the 9th inning. As the song "Wild Thing" blasted over the Fenway public address system, Papelbon left the bullpen, exchanged a now familar fist pump with the bullpen security guard...
...and then took the mound for his warmup throws.
Papelbon set the Rangers down one-two-three in the 9th inning for the save. Tim Wakefield was happy to congratulate everyone for bailing him out and getting him the win.
Here's the final numbers for the game:
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