No, that 19-17 score is not from a women’s lacrosse game. After going up 10-0 in the first inning, the Red Sox gradually coughed up the lead, but eventually won it back on a Kevin Youkilis home run in the 8th inning. Here’s a quick recap of the highlights from the game:

• Charlie Zink, pitching on 3 days rest, was knocked around in his MLB debut. “Yeah, hi, Charlie? Yeah…I’m going to need you to go ahead and drive back to Pawtucket, m’kay? Yeah, we’ve been going through some reorganization and we’re getting some fresh blood to come in and…help us out a little, m’kay? Yeah…” Charlie’s demotion makes room for newly acquired Paul Byrd. If this is Zink’s final appearance of the season, he goes into the 2008 encyclopedia with a career ERA of 16.62.
• Mike Lowell is hurting, and he might be taking that 15-day vacation we were talking about earlier.
• David Ortiz had a monster game, with 2 HRs in the first inning. He reached base 5 times (10 total bases), scored 4 runs, and drove in 6.
• Dustin Pedroia had 5 hits. He is now 4th in the American League in batting average.
• J.D. Drew and Kevin Youkilis, after combining to go 4 for 9 with three walks, 5 runs scored, and 6 RBI, are now 3rd and 4th in the American League in OPS, respectively.