Game 1
Red Sox - 5 - 7- 0
Phillies - 7 - 12 - 0
SP
P. Martinez
C. Buckholtz
Win - R. Madson
Loss - J. Papelbon
POG - S. Victorino
A see saw battle all the way leads to one of the most dramatic games of the year. Phillies jump out to an early 2-0 lead in the first. Red Sox come back with 1 in the second and 3 in the third to take a 4-2 lead. They add one more in the top of the seventh, and the game looks out or reach for the Phillies. That was before the Phillies hurricane comes running through in a previously unknown offensive explosion. Phillies scored 2 in the 8th to make it 5-4. Then Shane Victorino blasts a three run shot in the bottom of the 9th to give the Phillies a 7-5 win.
A shocking win, the Red Sox would get their revenge the next two games.