The Boston Red Sox didn’t throw a no hitter on Tuesday night but they did limit the Kansas City Royals to five hits as the Red Sox beat the Royals 2-1.  Two runs in the second inning proved to be enough for the Red Sox as they beat the Royals for the second straight night.

Julio Lugo and Coco Crisp both had rbi singles in the second inning for the Red Sox runs.  After that, the Red Sox offense struggled as they only had three other hits the entire game.

Justin Masterson pitched 6 1/3 innings to pick up the win.  Masteron is now 1-0 on the season as he allowed three hits and only the one run in the game.  Javier Lopez, Manny Delcarmen, and Hideki Okajima all pitched before Jonathan Papelbon came in to record his 13th save of the season.

Good win for the Red Sox even though they need to swing the bat better.  I’d expect them to do a good job at the plate tomorrow when they take on the Royals once again.  Red Sox Blog

David Ortiz connected on a two run home run in the ninth inning but the Boston Red Sox were unable to score two more runs to send the game to extra innings as they lost to the Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Thursday afternoon.

Besides Ortiz’s two RBI, Coco Crisp also had two RBI as he had RBI’s in the second and fourth innings.  Kevin Cash also had a RBI in the fourth inning when he hit a ground rule double that scored Crisp.

Manny Delcarmen took the loss for the Red Sox as he gave up two runs and one hit without recording a hit.  Javier Lopez also pitched in the seventh inning and gave up two runs before Delcarmen.  David Aardsma also gave up a run out of the bullpen.

Justin Masterson started the game for the Red Sox and pitched six innings.  Masterson only allowed two hits and one run.  It’s really too bad that the bullpen stunk it up so much after Masteron left the game.

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