Baseball… Luxury Style at Fenway Park vs. Detroit Tigers

A first for Jodi and I at Fenway Park happened on Saturday, July 31, 2010 when the Red Sox hosted the Detroit Tigers as part of Fox Network’s Saturday Game of the Week. This game marked the first time that we viewed a game from the Pavilion Club that is located behind home plate. Our Pavilion Club seats and pass were a treat by my cousin Paul from Boston.

We started our afternoon by taking our private entrance with elevator for  lunch at the Pavilion Club restaurant located behind home plate.  Phyllis, our waitress was very friendly and made the dining experience enjoyable. After lunch we stepped out through the doors of the glass enclosed restaurant to out seats for batting practice. After batting practice, we stepped back inside the Pavilion Club and strolled through the Red Sox Hall of Fame featuring the plaques of all the Boston Red Sox players that have been honored as some the great players in Red Sox history. The bathroom trip was an experience, since it was a private bathroom for club pass holders only and featured marble counters, no lines and clean. While at our seats we were offered waiter service, which we took full advantage of so we would not have to miss a play.

The game itself lived up to what you would expect from a national game of the week broadcast.

Miguel Cabrera started the Tigers off with a 2 run blast off of Daisuke Matsuzaka over the Green Monster to put the Tigers up 2-0 in the top of the first. The Red Sox managed to get on the board in 7th inning and cut the deficit to 4-2. The Sox rattled off four straight hits, marked by RBI singles by left fielder Ryan Kalish (the first of his career) and McDonald. David Ortiz ripped a three run game winning double to the gap in left-center field off Tigers reliever Phil Coke with the bases loaded in the ninth inning scoring Darnell McDonald, Jed Lowrie and Kevin Youkilis for the 5-4 come from behind victory, in front of 37,498 at Fenway Park.