Sox Bullpen Blows It, Royals Steal Opener

In a memorable night highlighted by David Ortiz hitting his 300th homerun, the Red Sox bullpen spoiled the historic feat by blowing the lead and letting the game get away from them, something we have rarely seen this season from baseball’s best bullpen. The Red Sox jumped out to an early 3-0 lead off of Royal's starter Luke Hochevar in the 1st thanks in large part to David Ortiz's 300th career home run.  He joins an elite club which has only 124 members and 19 active players.  Before Ortiz's historic two-run blast, Kevin Youkilis hit an RBI single to make it a 1-0 game after Dustin Pedroia doubled to lead off the game. As for Red Sox' starter Brad Penny, he was able to hold his own until the 4th inning in which he relinquished three runs.  Penny ended up pitching five innings, allowing three runs on six hits while only issuing one free-pass.  In the 5th, however, Dustin Pedroia smacked his 4th home run of t...