Red Sox 9 Yankees 7

Wow, what an amazing start to the season.

ESPN/NESN must be pumped that this game turned out the way it did. Even casual baseball fans would've been glued to this game. Tough, the game didn't start well for the Sox. Beckett let up 5 runs in under 5 innings, which put the Sox in an ugly 5-1 hole. I have to admit with CC on the mound I really thought the game was already over. Yet, this is a pesky lineup the Sox have, and the newcomers made themselves at home at Fenway.

Scutaro started the comeback in the 5th with an RBI, but you still couldn't feel real confident as the Sox left the bases loaded. It was in the 6th that the Sox really started to wear down CC (who seems to look BIGGER every year). CC walked Pedroia and then let up a double to V-Mart, then Youk hit an improbable triple, because Swisher forgot that you can't just recklessly run at a fly ball. Beltre enjoyed his first game as he knocked in Youk tying the game at 5.

I always this Ramon Ramirez is eventually going to be good, but he loves to prove me wrong. He had a very shaky inning walking Tex, and then letting up a double to A-Rod. Okajima came in as he let those 2 runs score, and the Sox were back in a 2 run whole. The good news is the Yankees bullpen isn't all that great, and Pedroia blasted a 2 run HR off Chan Ho Park to once again tie up the game. Boston took the lead on a pass ball by Marte.

Pedroia was the hero in this game, and once again he put another run on the board in the 8th hitting an RBI single to left. Papelbon came in for the 9th allowed 1 single and the game was over.

This is the first game of a 162 game season, so you can't read too much into anything. What I did see if the Sox have a very solid lineup top to bottom, but like I said a lot will change come October.