Let’s rock.
Mookie Betts pulled a single through to hole to lead off, then Andrew Benintendi lined out to left. J.D. Martinez walked on four pitches, the third of which almost hit him. On the broadcast, there was a loud, dumb, sarcastic guy sitting next to the microphone. Mitch Moreland worked the count full but struck out looking on a two-seamer inside -- think Derek Lowe. Dave O’Brien noted how few people were there for the 12:10 local time start, and how dead the Sox offense has looked recently. With two outs, Xander Bogaerts lined Kyle Gibson’s 24th pitch of the inning into left-center, but it was caught.