1-0; AL East For The Taking

The Red Sox are undefeated and all is right with the world. Except for Keith Foulke. (Kidding.) The Red Sox defeated the Texas Rangers by a 7-3 score. Curt Schilling gets win No. 1 and Jonathan Papelbon and Keith Foulke preserved the win. Papelbon pitched a clean eighth, striking out one. Foulke came on in the ninth and allowed runners to reach second and third with one out but only one run scored (off of a Laynce Nix sacrifice fly) before the final out was recorded. Lay off Foulke and keep the "Papelbon should be closing" chatter to a minimum. This is a very good start to 2006.