Pawsox Game and Big Papi

On Saturday, July 19th, we went to our second Pawsox game of the season! We were SO luck to have already bought the tickets back in April, because David Ortiz was scheduled to play three games in Pawtucket, including the night we were there! We heard they sold out of tickets very quickly after it was announced Ortiz would be playing, so I'm very happy we bought our tickets early...and that we bought tickets for the first row! Our seats were great, in the front row behind 3rd base.

It was a mad house when we got to the stadium. We had to park pretty far away, even farther than last weekend when we saw the Drop Kick Murphy's play! Surprisingly though, when we got into the park, not all the seats were filled, like I would have imagined they would be! The first row where we were sitting was virtually empty until about the second inning. It was nice to have the room for a while, so I could get some pictures without being in anyones way.

Here's Lily hanging out in our seats before the game started:
Of course everyone who was there was just waiting for Big Papi to come out of the locker room. It was very exciting when he did! He came out onto left field (right in front of us!) to warm up.
Here he is getting his legs stretched out:
It was so much fun seeing him so up close!

Before the game, Lily giving a little prayer to the baseball gods that we win:
Onfortunately the game didn't go so well for the Pawsox. The team they were playing, the Toledo Mud Hens, scored 9 runs in the first 2 innings!

Lily not happy with the score:


"Oh Geez!"
"Oh my God!"
There was one bright spot, Papi hit a home run!
Papi running the bases after his home run:
Unfortunately every other time he was up to bat, he struck out! Oh well...we can't win them all!
In the 9th inning, we were down 13-5. It's rally time!
I'm sad to say, even the cutest fan there wasn't enough to turn the game around. We've been saying all along that Lily is the Red Sox lucky charm (they won the AL East, and then the World Series right after she was born, and then at our very first game Jon Lester through a no hitter) , but we think she may be the Pawsox bad luck charm! They have lost both games we've been to! It's still a fun time though. And we were lucky enough to see Ortiz right up close!