August 12 game

The Red Sox earned home runs from Jed Lowrie and David Ortiz, and took a 5-2 lead into the ninth inning at Toronto. However, Jose Bautista, leading off the ninth inning, blasted his 36th homer of the season to knock John Lackey out of the game. With a 5-3 lead, Jonathan Papelbon gave up four hits and blew his sixth save of the season. Daniel Bard came on and with one out, gave up a sacrifice fly to Fred Lewis. Papelbon was hit with his fifth loss of the season. Jacoby Ellsbury was returned to first in the order, and he singled and stole a base. The slumping Marco Scutaro was given the day off, and his replacement Jed Lowrie homered as part of a 1-3 night. Jarrod Saltalamacchia went 2-4 and threw out a runner as the catcher. I hope that Saltalamacchia can keep up his pace, since he is hitting pretty well. As a final note, Darnell McDonald tripled for the second straight night.

Tonight, the Red Sox travel to Texas to take on 9-1 Tommy Hunter and the Texas Rangers. Boston sends Josh Beckett to the mound, hoping Josh can rebound from his seven-run outing last start.

Trivia
McDonald only has two triples this season, the two that he has hit today and yesterday.