PLAYERS:
Mike Lowell,
Kevin Youkilis,
Alex Gonzalez,
Jason Bay,
Jon Lester,
Torii Hunter
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels
Just awful.Not only did the Boston Red Sox get ridiculously screwed, but they also decided to screw themselves over more with poor defense.Three times, Mike Lowell had a high throw over to first base and two out of the three times, the runner was called safe, when clearly on instant replay he was out by a mile.Kevin Youkilis was ready to sumo wrestle the umpire down and I'm surprised Terry Francona didn't get ejected after the third time.All-in-all there were three errors committed, courtesy of Alex Gonzalez, Lowell, and Jason Bay.Jon Lester made one mistake and that was Torii Hunter three-run bomb to give the Los Angeles Angels a 3-0 cushion and never looked back.It's only Game 1, but now the pressure is on the Sox to bring the series back to Fenway tied at one game a piece. The pressure is also on to score some runs.Like what you see? Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/batterupbruno
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