Labor day
Josh Beckett labored through his first inning at Fenway, throwing 35 pitches, only 19 of them strikes. He walked in a run, and immediately quieted down the sold out crowd. The boos appeared already on Beckett’s 30th pitch of the inning, a ball to Shea Hillenbrand just off the plate. Two pitches later, a mock cheer arose from the crowd when a fastball down the pipe was called a strike.
Beckett got Hillenbrand to ground into a double play to end the inning, which took about 20 minutes to play.
Former Red Sox outfielder and Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski is in the house.
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