Reddick walks off with Sox

The Boston Red Sox headed into last night's series finale with the Yankees tied for first place in the AL East. The Sox threatened early and got a run in the second on a Marco Scutaro RBI single, but Josh Beckett surrendered a solo homer to Eduardo Nunez to tie the game. Next, Matt Albers came on and gave up a solo blast to Brett Gardner in the seventh inning, giving the Yanks the lead, and the game stayed 2-1 until the ninth inning, with Mariano Rivera on the hill. However, Marco Scutaro doubled off the Green Monster and scored on Dustin Pedroia's sacrifice fly for Rivera's fifth blown save, and Josh Reddick nailed an RBI single into left in the tenth to give the Sox a 3-2 win. Scutaro had four hits, and I think it is great that he, at the bottom of the order, was able to contribute so well to the Sox effort. I also think that it is a shame that Carl Crawford was intentionally walked before Reddick's hit, as Crawford already has 3 walk-off hits and could have had a fourth had he had a chance to hit. Ah well. I still like that they were able to come back off one of baseball's best closers and win. Maybe they'll have a chance to open up their lead.

Trivia
Phil Hughes, normally a starter, was hit with the loss for the Yankees in relief.