The Red Sox struck first against Chien-Ming Wang, who brought an 0-3 record and 14.46 ERA into the game. Seventeen of Wang's first 26 pitches were balls, and he walked three batters. But he got out of the inning allowing just one run as the Red Sox left the bases loaded.
J.D. Drew and Kevin Youkilis drew one-out walks, and Jason Bay banged a single into left for his AL-leading 56th RBI.
After Mike Lowell flied out, David Ortiz took a walk to load the bases. Wang fell behind Mark Kotsay 3-and-0 but came back to work the count full and retired him on a grounder to second and end the inning without more damage.
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