Lowell, Varitek, and Hermida all got the start tonight as Boston fiddled with their lineup for the first time this year. Appears that it paid off, though Victor suffered in the DH spot, going 0-for-5 and grounding into a double play in the 5th when it looking like the Sox were about to break the game open. Of course they did later on, getting late inning homers from Youk, Pedroia, and V-Tek.
Greinke wasn't bad, but he did hang two consecutive breaking pitches in the 5th inning that the Sox sent over the wall in right.
There was a scary moment in the bottom of the 7th when a David DeJesus come backer grazed Beckett's head. An inch or two to the left and it could have killed him. But as Charlie from the Mighty Ducks said to Coach Bombay, and inch or two to the right and it would have missed the net completely. On the radio, Dave O'Brien said that Beckett reacted "as if the ball hit him," so it wasn't until later on that I found out it actually did. From the replay it's clear that the ball changed direction after ricocheting off the back of his head. Frightening stuff- I'm glad he's OK.
It was Jason's first multiple homer game since May 28th of last season, when he connected twice off Twins pitcher Anthony Swarzak, a game also started and won by Beckett.
Tomorrow it's Buccholz and Meche. Hopefully the Sox can keep the bats awake and leave KC with a 3-4 record.
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