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PIRATES 7, RED SOX 6
at Fort Myers, Fla.
Saturday, March 3

Red Sox at the plate: Alejandro Machado and Tyler Mingis stroked consecutive two-run singles to pace a five-run fifth inning for the Red Sox. Mark Loretta added two hits while Trot Nixon laced an RBI single.

Pirates at the plate: Ryan Doumit clubbed a three-run homer and Jose Bautista smacked a double and scored a run.

Red Sox on the mound: Left-hander Abe Alvarez sparkled in relief of Bronson Arroyo, firing 2 1/3 shutout innings while striking out two. Prospect Craig Hansen didn't allow a run in his inning of work, though he did walk two.

Pirates on the mound: Pirates left-hander Sean Burnett, who missed all of last season following Tommy John surgery, made the first step in his comeback, pitching a scoreless first inning. Burnett is battling to be Pittsburgh's fifth starter.

I actually was able to watch some of the game today, first one on normal television this year. Felt pretty good to see it live again.

Loretta continues to look good early, but he had a pretty horrible baserunning miscue during a Red Sox run. Got caught off of second on an RBI Single.

Demarco Hale, the new 3B coach, got a guy thrown out by 15 feet, a 5 foot improvement on Dale Sveum.

Jerry Remy was on top of his game. He covered the winter olympics, the bad carpeting in the announcing booth. He doesn't lose a step.