When in the course of human events your editor wants to see a Portland Sea Dogs game in person instead of sitting in front of his computer all night, you do the Red Sox recap on Over The Monster Dot Com, or so I’m told. Without further adieu here’s what happened in Boston’s [xx] win:
First inning
Top: Mookie got booed to start things. Rude. First pitch popout against Nick Pivetta, though, so it worked. Andrew Benintendi put together a good 10-pitch at-bat but struck out on a pretty fastball down and in, then Mitch Moreland grounded into the shift on the first pitch to finish the half-frame.