RED SOX- As we all know, Fenway park turns 100 this season. However, it only feels like it's been that long since Kevin Youkilis, Jacoby Ellsbury and Carl Crawford have all started in the same game- and of course, Youk wasn't batting for the Red Sox anymore, either.
In his first appearence at Fenway Park since the late June trade that sent him to Chicago's South Side, Youk went 3 for 4 and scored Chicago's lone run in the top of the first, reaching home on a fielding error by 1B Adrian Gonzalez.
Making his first start for Boston this season, outfielder Carl Crawford immediately had an impact when he reached in the bottom of the 1st, advanced to 3rd on a single by David Ortiz and then came home on an Adrian Gonzalez single off of ChiSox starter Dylan Axelrod.
Although Youk would have three hits for the night off of Aaron Cook, that was about all the offense that Chicago could muster. Meanwhile, the Red Sox would get some 2-out hits off of Axelrod, but could do nothing to bring the runners home through the first seven innings.
That would change, however, when Leyson Septimo came on to relieve Axelrod with two away in the bottom of the 7th. Although he would get Ellsbury to pop up and end the inning, in the bottom of the 8th Septimo led off the inning by walking Crawford and Big Papi before Adrian Gonzalez clobbered a 3-run homer off of him to make it 4-1 Boston. Cody Ross would then reach on a single, advancing to second on a wild pitch before Jarrod Saltalamacchia struck out, then heading to third on a Will Middlebrooks groundout. Mike Aviles would then bring him home with a 2-out RBI single to make it 5-1 Boston.
Although Alfredo Aceves walked Paul Konerko with one away, he would get White Sox outfielder Alex Rios to ground into a double play to end the ballgame, giving the Red Sox the 5-1 win in the series opener at Fenway.
Aaron Cook went 7 innings for Boston,to get the win, allowing just five hits and the unearned run. In addition to scoring their only run, Youkilis accounted for three of the ChiSox's five hits on Monday night. Despite the loss, the White Sox remain two and a half games ahead of the Detroit Tigers for the AL Central lead.
Tuesday night's game will have Phillip Humber [3-4; 6.01 ERA] go up against Jon Lester [5-6; 4.49 ERA] with a start time of 7:10 ET.
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