Fun, Needed Win
Well Darnell McDonald knows how to please the home crowd. In his Red Sox debut Tuesday night, McDonald hit a game tying 2-run home run in the 8th and then delivered a game winning, walk-off hit in the bottom of the 9th.
McDonald was called up today when the Red Sox put both Jacoby Ellsbury and Mike Cameron on the DL. Arriving from Pawtucket with McDonald was Josh Reddick, who also had a good game driving in 2 runs.
So the new guys got it done offensively and the Red Sox bullpen showed up and shut the door.
A good win and a fun game, especially from the 6th inning on. The Red Sox need to build off this.
In what might be a clear signal on how things might go from here, David Ortiz was pulled for a pinch hitter, a sign that Terry Francona will not let Ortiz scuffle his way out of a slump. Francona must realize that these April games count just as much as the September games.
