Sox Beat Pirates 5-2, Play Twins Today at 1PM

The Red Sox beat the Pittsburgh Pirates in an exhibition game in Florida, Friday night March 1st 5-2 in a game heard on AM 1370 WDEA. It was Mike Napoli's debut for the Sox and he was tested straight off, as Pirates leadoff man Darren Ford opened the game with a push bunt over to Napoli, who fielded it cleanly and raced to the bag, getting the sliding Ford by a split second.

In another positive note for the Red Sox, left hander Jon Lester pitched three shut out innings!  Dustin Pedroia went 2-2 with 2 RBI's to pace the Sox offence. For a recap of the game click here.

The Sox take on the Minnesota Twins today at 1 PM, with Clay Buchholz making his pitching debut, after he tweaked his hamstring back on February 12th. Today's game will be on WDEA AM 1370, your Boston Red Sox connection Down East!