If I told you that the Sox would give Beckett a 4-0 lead, you would say the game was over right? Yea, me too, problem was Beckett imploded last night...
The Sox scored 4 runs in the top of the 2nd inning, and it wasn't coming from the guys to expect. Ortiz knocked in 2 runs on a double, then Ellsbury and Gonzalez followed it up with 2 RBIs of their own. Even when Beckett came back on the field it felt like this game was over, even after he let up a HR in the 2nd and 3rd innings, because it wasn't like he was wild, and they were just solo shots. Plus Boston just kept scoring, putting another 3 runs on the board between the 4th and 5th innings courtesy of long balls by Bay and Ortiz.
Yet something was wrong Beckett just kept letting up runs every inning. Francona should have taken him out. I can't deny that, but I also would be just as shocked as him, since Beckett has been able to figure it out all season, and the Sox bullpen has been nothing to write about lately. Beckett ended up letting the Jays score 7 runs off him, and the game was tied 7-7 after 6 innings. At this point I figure there is 0 chance the Sox are going to win this game, but you have to be impressed that they kept battling.
The Sox scored 3 runs in the 8th inning, so the sent Bard in to shut down the Jays. Once again he fucked that up letting 2 runs score on a Marco Scutaro single. With Okajima already used Boston turned to Papelbon for the final 4 outs. It took him 14 pitches to get out of the 8th inning, and a total of 33 to end this game, but in the end he got it done for his 29th save of the season.
With the win the Sox are still 7 games back in the AL East, but since Texas lost last night the Sox are once again tied for the Wild Card spot.
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