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Jacoby Ellsbury had three hits and made a spectacular three-run saving catch,
Alfredo Aceves somehow survived six bizarre innings and the Red Sox took over first place from the Empire,
beating the Phillies, 9-3. Aside from that, nothing really exciting happened at the old ballyard. Oh, did we mention that Aceves threw his first warm-up pitch right into the home plate meeting between the umpires and managers—with near disaster averted by an alert
Jarrod Saltalamacchia? Or that a tribute video to
Jonathan Papelbon elicited a wry salute from the ex-Red Sox closer from the dugout? Boston unloaded on Phillies pitching for 15 hits—but then again the Brotherly Lovers got 11.
Dustin Pedroia and
Mike Napoli went yard for the Carmine Hose, but then again,
Domonic Brown and
Erik Kratz went deep for the bad guys. It was a weird night at Fenway, but it wasn't raining and the right team won.
