Josh Beckett went seven scoreless innings and left up 1-0 off an Adrian Gonzalez single, but Jonathan Papelbon blew his first save of the year in the eighth and the game went to extra innings. David Ortiz had his chance in the tenth, but grounded into the shift with runners on second and third. Hideki Okajima did repay him by striking out Rene Rivera with two outs in the 11th to end the Twin's threat in the same position, but Papi was clearly not pleased with himself. Up in the bottom of the eleventh, Jed Lowrie hit a single and was replaced by Jose Iglesias, and Iglesias had a chance to score his first run in his career. He took off on a 3-2 to Carl Crawford and the man delivered, smashing a double off the Monster to deliver the Sox a win. It is great that the Sox are winning in extra innings this year, and they are getting clutch hitting help. I love this team, as they are getting great pitching performances from top stars like Beckett and Jon Lester, who goes tonight in Toronto. They are 17-18, just 1 win away from .500. I hope they keep pitching well, and getting clutch hits. One final note? The Red Sox now have two walk-off wins, and both are by Crawford, who is now batting .211. So he doesn't get many hits, but when he gets hits, he gets clutch hits.
Trivia
Despite being 4th in the AL in ERA with 1.99, Beckett is only 2-1 thanks to poor run support.
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