Projo 7 to 7 News Blog

Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach
Red Sox players wave goodbye to the fans at the Tokyo Dome after the game. The team will get on a charter and fly back to the United States tonight.

A quick list of all Journal sportswriterSean McAdam's stories from today's 5-1 Red Sox loss to the A's, as the teams met for the second time in Tokyo to kick off their seasons:

-- Game story: Rich Harden was the difference as the A's won, earning a split of the two games in Japan.

-- The trip is complete and, all in all, the Red Sox say they enjoyed their time in Japan.

-- Coco Crisp replaced Jacoby Ellsbury in center field for the second game of the series, but Terry Francona says he can't tell Crisp exactly how he'll be used this year because he doesn't yet know himself.

-- J.D. Drew missed his second straight game because of back spasms . . .

-- . . . which means Brandon Moss played again. But after the game, he was shipped to Pawtucket.

-- David Aardsma did his part to avoid joining Moss on the Fenway-to-McCoy shuffle by pitching 1 2/3 scoreless innings Wednesday.

-- Bartolo Colon's scheduled to pitch Friday night in Los Angeles and other notes.

-- And finally, the A's felt like they were treated as the Red Sox' poor cousins during their time in Tokyo.

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