October 11, 2008 Daisuke, bullpen lead Sox over Rays Play video

(NECN: Chris Collins) - The Tampa Bay Rays home field was a house of horrors for the red sox in the regular season, picking up just one win in St. Petersburg. In the postseason however, it is an entirely different deal. The Red Sox are now 1-for-1 at the Trop, thanks to a brilliant performance from Daisuke and the bullpen.

Unhittable most of the game, Daisuke Matsuzaka and the Boston Red Sox taught Tampa Bay all about dominant postseason pitching.

Matsuzaka took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and the defending World Series champions played a little better in every way, beating the Rays 2-0 Friday night in the opener of the AL championship series.

Jed Lowrie snapped a scoreless tie in the fifth with a sacrifice fly and Kevin Youkilis drove home another run with a seventh-inning double off left fielder Carl Crawford's glove as the playoff-savvy Red Sox beat baseball's best home team on its own turf.

Jonathan Papelbon closed out Boston's team-record sixth straight postseason road win. Now the upstart Rays, who held off Boston for the AL East title, are the ones doing the chasing.

Game 2 is Saturday night at Tropicana Field, with Josh Beckett pitching for the Red Sox against All-Star Scott Kazmir.

Material from the Associated Press is included in this report.