G12: Rays 7, Red Sox 1

Rays    - 022 003 000 - 7  7  0
Red Sox - 000 000 001 - 1  5  1

Garza (8-4-0-2-5, 115) did not allow a hit until there were two outs in the fifth (and the batter, Adrian Beltre, was a dead duck at second trying stupidly to stretch his hit into a double).

A Boston runner would not touch second base again until the eighth.

Meanwhile, Carlos Pena and B.J. Upton each hit two-run homers off Lester (6-7-7-3-5, 104), and Ben Zobrist poked a two-run single.

The Red Sox (4-8) have not played this poorly through a season's first 12 games since the 1996 team opened 2-10. (That club was also 2-12 and 3-15 in the early going.)

Matt Garza / Jon Lester

Scutaro, SS
Pedroia, 2B
Martinez, DH
Youkilis, 1B
Drew, RF
Beltre, 3B
Hermida, LF
Varitek, C
Cameron, CF

4 GB. As Peter Abraham says, "It's a good time to be a negative fan."

Linescore of the (Yester)Day:

Mets      - 000 000 000 000 000 000 11 - 2  9  2
Cardinals - 000 000 000 000 000 000 10 - 1 15  0

Joe Mather pinch-hit in the bottom of the 10th inning, and stayed in to play center field, third base, and pitch (he allowed the two Mets runs).