Athletics vs Red Sox (5/1-5/2)

Game 1: Curt Schilling turned in a nice performance, but it wasn't enough as Jon Papelbon faltered for the first time of the young season. Papelbon had been unhittable, but he clearly did't have it on Tuesday night. Schilling went 7 innings and only allowed 2 runs and the Red Sox took a 2-run lead into the 9th inning. On most nights, the game would have been over but Papelbon was touched up for in the inning courtesy of a 2-run homerun by Travis Buck.

It was by far the most disappointing loss of the season. The Red Sox seemed to have the game in the bag from start to finish, only to see the victory disappear at the very last second. The Red Sox had a chance to win the game in the bottom of the 9th, but were unable to come up with a winning hit. Crisp was at the plate with men on 2nd and 3rd base and 2 outs but unfortunately he grounded out to end the inning. Donnelly came in to pitch the 10th and allowed what turned out to be the winning run on back to back doubles. The Red Sox were unable to answer in the bottom half and dropped to 16-9 on the season.

Game 2: Coco Crisp might FINALLY be coming around. For the second consecutive night, he made an unbelievable catch in centerfield. He also has an 8-game hitting streak which continued tonight with a 2/4 performance with 2 runs scored. One of Coco's hits was a double in the bottom of the 6th inning which turned out to be a big reason that the Red Sox won the game.

Josh Beckett also moved to 6-0 on the season and has been extremely impressive so far. Beckett went 7 innings and allowed 3 runs while striking out 7. Hideki Okajima pitched for the 2nd consecutive night and once again got the job done. He'll probably need a day or two off. Timlin came in to pitch the 9th and allowed a leadoff single. Timlin was able to finish the inning allowing only 1 run, but it could have been way worse if Coco Crisp wasn't in centerfield to make his brilliant catch. A nice win for the Red Sox as they moved to 17-9 (Six games ahead of New York).

On Deck: Makeup game with the Mariners at 7 PM from Fenway Park. Daisuke Matsuzaka will face Horatio Ramirez.