9:09 Drew walks, Lowell flies out to center. As a badass chick once said, “bored now.”  (Buffy, by the way, was a UPHer, except she could never post because she had to keep saving the world.)  Kotchman flies out to Damon.

9:13 Mark Melancon is in for the Yankees.  And apparently the Yankees just picked up Chad Gaudin? Two on for the Sox but nobody in the whole place cares, except Johnny Damon who just ran hard into the left field wall chasing Ellsbury’s foul.

9:17 Ellsbury Ks.  In other news, brevity is the soul of liveblogging.

9:23 Texeira homers, 13-4.  ARod pops out, did we mention Josh Reddick is playing centerfield?  Nah, we didn’t think you really minded, but we like him.

9:26 Kotchman catches a popout, and you can see the wind doing weird things with it.  Posada ground quietly out, and we’re on to the 8th.