Their previous game sucked. Plain and simple. They were shut down by Dylan Bundy and squandered a quality outing from Rick Porcello by committing four errors. Hopes were high heading into the series after the Sox took two of three from the defending World Series champions, but let’s just say that last night’s game was less than ideal. Then there were racist slurs directed toward Orioles outfielder Adam Jones to make matters extremely worse.
Tonight, however, was a different story. After a pre-game speech by Red Sox president Sam Kennedy to address the situation, Jones was greeted with a long ovation from the Fenway Faithful.