MLB Japan Opening Series 2008

Boston won a closely fought and entertaining opening game in Japan, courtesy of a Manny Ramírez 2 RBI double in the top of the 10th inning.

In the bottom half of sixth, Kyle Snyder failed to hold on to the lead, giving up a two-run homer to Jack Hannahan.

With a man on second and two out, Oakland chose to intentionally walk David Ortiz, who seemed to have struggled in his earlier at bats.

With a man on first and one out, Emil Brown hit a double into right field, scoring Daric Barton.

The transponders from which the channels are uplinked to viewers of the standard-definition feed failed some hours before the first pitch at 6 a.m. Eastern time.

The error was not fixed until approximately noon ET; both networks replayed the game coverage after that, as had been scheduled due to the enormous time difference between the U.S. and Japan.