It must be the alternate Red jerseys. Or maybe it's the hot weather. Whatever the reason, the Red Sox quickly erased the bad taste of Friday night's god-awful performance-an 8-0 loss-to spank the Mariners, 11-3, yesterday afternoon at Fenway.
Boston (39-26) got a quality start from Tim Wakefield (4-4) as he went seven innings, giving up two runs on five hits with two walks and six strikeouts.
The weak lineup on Friday was nowhere to be found yesterday as the Sox pounded out 13 hits and drew seven walks. It was a vintage performance from a team that didn't even feature Dustin Pedroia (day off), David Ortiz (wrist) or Jacoby Ellsbury (although he did pinch run).
So where did all this offense come from? J.D. Drew, who is currently channeling someone much better than himself (Ted Williams, Wade Boggs, Yaz???), was 3 for 5 (triple, home run, single) with three runs and two RBIs.
Manny Ramirez hit another moon-shot, onto the parking lot roof on Landsdowne Street. Manny scored two runs, drove in two and walked three times. Coco Crisp had a rare start as the leadoff hitter and he delivered with two hits, an RBI and two steals. Kevin Youkilis was 2 for 5 with two RBIs and Alex Cora was 2 for 4 with two runs and an RBI.
Ichiro had three hits, a run and a steal for the Mariners (22-40) but it wasn't nearly enough. Starter Miguel Batista (3-7) didn't have much as he gave up five runs on six hits in 4.1 innings. He walked six and struck out one.
Boston goes for the series win this afternoon as rookie Justin Masterson opposes Erik Bedard on another 90+ degree plus day.
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