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Globe photo by Jim Davis

It totally cracks me up when Julian Tavarez directs play from the mound. Here he's reminding his infielders how to make the double play!

Batty pitched a great game today - went seven innings, saving the Bull Pen once again. Okajima threw 13 pitches and retired the side in the eight, and Papelbon threw 13 more pitches in the 9th to close out the win, 2-1, over the Tigers.

Game 2 - with Schilling on the mound - is just beginning, and he's a little shaky at the start. It would be fantastic if we could sweep both ends of a double header!