Tuesday Game one recap: Sox Beat Rays 5-1 in long affair

It took over six hours from first pitch to last, but the Sox got the job done in their first game of their doubleheader, thanks to some heroics from David Ortiz. The Sox got on the board right away in the first, after Ellsbury led off with a double, he got to third on a groundout, then scored on a sac fly from Pedroia.

Aceves got in trouble in the top of the second, walking three, and loading the bases with just one out with the game tied at one. He got a double play from Escobar to get out of it however, and the score remained tied at one.

The big blow would come in the third, when Ortiz laced a single up the middle with Victorino at second and Ellsbury at third, scoring both to give Boston a 3-1 lead. They would tack on a couple runs of insurance, and there was a little 3 hour rain delay in between, but it was an easy little 5-1 win.