It was not as bad as some of his recent outings, but Josh Beckett struggled early in tonight’s game. He gave up a homer in the first and another in the second and at the end of the third inning the Red Sox were down 4-1. He then settled in and looked good; no walks in the game with 9 strikeouts. The additional homers are a reason for concern though and there is still no clear answer for why the homerun numbers are way up.
The Red Sox offense fought back and tied the game 5-5 in the 8th but RR gave up 2 runs in the bottom of the inning before being yanked for MDC. Delcamen did not fare much better; he gave up a home run to Longoria.
Red Sox Lose 8-5 BOX SCORE
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Red Sox | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Rays | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
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