On Saturday, Clay Buchholz blew a one-run lead by giving up a home run to B.J. Upton. However, Terry Francona left him in going into the eighth, and Clay blew another one-run lead. The Red Sox had acquired that lead thanks to Victor Martinez's third homer in two days. Then, leading off the bottom of the tenth inning, Dan Johnson dealt a crippling blow to the Sox as he blasted his second home run of the season for a walk-off win. Johnson had stunned the BoSox before. In 2008, he had tied the game at Fenway with a bomb to set it up for Carlos Pena. The Red Sox were sent stumbling towards the next game, which was John Lackey versus James Shields.
John Lackey came hot out of the gate, but gave up a run in the fourth due to a Carlos Pena solo bomb. The Red Sox got two in the fifth due to Yamaico Navarro and Marco Scutaro RBI singles. The Sox added another in the sixth with a Daniel Nava RBI. However, Lackey promptly gave up a two-run shot to Carl Crawford to tie the game, then the Rays picked up another run and another in the seventh, chasing Lackey. Joaquim Benoit set up neatly after giving up a homer to Victor Martinez on Saturday, and Rafael Soriano picked up his league-leading 39th save.
Trivia
Buchholz's scoreless inning streak ended at 26 when Carlos Pena scored in the seventh.
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