Today was the first time in almost three years that a visiting pitcher went the distance in a 9-inning game at Fenway and won. It’s also been about the same amount of time since the Sox played a game and didn’t lose anybody to an injury. So I figure they’ve got that going for them…

Burnett pitched well, obviously, holding the Sox to one run that scored on a double-play (meaning the Sox had zero RBIs). Congrats to David Murphy on his first major league hit in his first major league at bat.

What sucks is that the Sox blew a decent outing from a pitcher they picked up off the dumpster, Kevin Jarvis. Jarvis came into the game with an 11+ ERA in AAA, errr, I mean the National League. But he managed to give the Sox 5 IP and only allowing 3ER. That’s better than the ace of the staff has done in his last two appearances.

So Kevin, welcome to the new look Red Sox. It doesn’t matter how you pitch, the lineup won’t score runs for you anyway.