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Thursday, August 07, 2008 --- 22 days ago http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/sports/pros_and_colleges/x1386717334/Red-Sox-8
 Jason Bay had four hits and two RBIs and Josh Beckett pitched effectively into the seventh inning to help the Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 8-2 last night. Beckett, 0-3 with a 5.31 earned run average while allowing 29 hits in 20 1/3 innings in his previous three starts, held the Royals to four hits and two runs in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out seven and walked two. Beckett (10-8) gave up an RBI double to Mark Teahen in the first, and after Alex Gordon led off the second with a single, Beckett retired 16 of the next 17 he faced. He improved to 3-0 in five career starts against Kansas City. The Red Sox remained three games behind Tampa Bay in the AL East. Bay, who has hit in all five games since being acquired in the three-team trade for Manny Ramirez, doubled home Mike Lowell with the go-ahead run in the fourth. Bay's four hits matched a career high. The Red Sox hiked their lead to 3-1 in the fifth when Dustin Pedroia's single scored Jacoby Ellsbury. Pedroia has hit in 26 consecutive road games, which is the most by a Red Sox since 1913 when Hall of Famer Tris Speaker hit in 29 straight road games. Pedroia scored in the first inning on a single by David Ortiz, who snapped an 0-for-9 skid. The Red Sox sent 13 men to the plate in the sixth and seventh innings and scored five runs - two unearned because of two errors by Gordon. One of the runs scored on a double by Bay which glanced off the glove of center fielder Mitch Maier, who ... |
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