Six losses in the first six games were plenty for feisty Dustin Pedroia. So the Red Sox sparkplug hit a solo homer in the first inning, starting his team to a 9-6 win over the New York Yankees on Friday and ending Boston's longest season-opening losing streak since World War II. "I just came in here thinking, 'We need to find a way to win. I don't care how we do it. I don't care if it's the ugliest win of all time. We need that win,'" Pedroia said. "But we played great, man." Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=310408102
