Sox Beat Yanks 2-1

It is of course, the rivalry to end all rivalries, but somehow every time the Sox meet the Yanks, there is a different story line to make things interesting.  This time, the Sox were looking to turn around from a 1-7 start and Red Sox Nation could think of no better way to reboot the season than against New York in Fenway.  Despite a lackluster performance from John Lackey on Friday, the Sox kept grinding out hits.  Dustin Pedroia went 3-5 with a home run en route to a 9-13 weekend against the Yankees.  Always the spark plug for the Boston offense, he even managed three hits in Saturday's loss as New York beat up Buchholz for a win.


With the series split all eyes turned to Sunday's matchup with CC Sabathia going against Josh Beckett.  The Nation was anxious going into the game, hoping to pull out a win, but Beckett put any fears to bed.  Striking out ten batters in eight shutout innings, Beckett was in October form, showing us the 2007 ace version of himself.  Working all his pitches with great location and control, Beckett had offensive help from  Pedroia, David Ortiz and Marco Scutaro.


There was scary moment as Adrian Gonzalez took a fastball from Sabathia off his hand.  He stayed in the game and it looks like he won't miss any games, but hopefully it will help to pull him into the game instead of further from it.

Looking ahead to May, the Nation can't wait for the next Sox-Yanks series.