--After a great start from the ancient one and proficient knuckler Tim Wakefield, a freak two-out, broken-bat blooper was the blow that flipped the Sox's one-run victory to a one-run loss in the bottom of the eighth Friday night against the Royals.
Daniel Bard threw some high-and-tight head to veteran Rick Ankiel at the plate with two outs, bases loaded and the splinters flew as far as the ball falling into shallow left field over Beltre and Scutaro's gloves for two runs and a 4-3 late Royals lead.
Bard has been fairly consistent as the team's setup man, and last night's loss surely isn't the sort of thing that will happen every day to the young ace – but a learning experience, nonetheless.
Other highlights of the game included a fourth-inning three-run blast to deep center from J.D. Drew, his first of the year, and Big Papi getting tossed by the homeplate umpire in the sixth inning after a called third strike on a pitch that was (upon further replay review) quite low.
Ortiz continues to struggle, making Sox fans a bit squeamish after last year's terrible start for the slugger. Worst case scenario, the Sox are lucky enough to have a great hitter like Mike Lowell waiting to share time at DH with Ortiz.
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