AL: TORONTO at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE SOLO HOME RUN BY KEVIN YOUKILIS (16) TO CENTER WITH 1 OUT IN THE 8TH OFF ROY HALLADAY. CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 3, BOSTON 5 DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J VARITEK (.259, 0-FOR-3)</div>
AL: TORONTO at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TORONTO 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 5 0 BOSTON 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 5 9 1 (TOP 9) CURRENT PITCHERS: TOR - ROY HALLADAY BOS - JOSH BECKETT DUE UP FOR TORONTO: F THOMAS (.269, 1-FOR-3) T GLAUS (.261, 0-FOR-2, BB) L OVERBAY (.248, 0-FOR-3)</div>
AL: TORONTO at BOSTON <div class="pre">TORONTO (3) VS BOSTON (5) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg V Wells cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 M Stairs lf 4 1 1 3 0 1 1 .311 A Rios rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .310 F Thomas dh 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .269 T Glaus 3b 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 .261 L Overbay 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .248 A Hill 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .271 G Zaun c 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .238 J McDonald ss 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .252 Totals 28 3 5 3 2 7 10 BATTING: HR - M Stairs (19, 5th inning off J Beckett 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - M Stairs 3 (55). 2-out RBI - M Stairs 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Stairs 1. GIDP - A Hill, L Overbay. Team LOB - 3. BASERUNNING: SB - J McDonald (7, 2nd base off J Beckett/J Varitek). BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Lugo ss 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .239 D Pedroia 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 .329 D Ortiz dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .316 M Lowell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .330 J Drew rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .256 K Youkilis 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .290 J Varitek c 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .258 C Crisp cf 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 .263 J Ellsbury lf 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 .452 Totals 33 5 9 5 2 7 14 BATTING: 2B - J Lugo (32, R Halladay); D Pedroia (33, R Halladay). 3B - J Ellsbury (1, R Halladay). HR - J Ellsbury (2, 4th inning off R Halladay 1 on, 2 Out), K Youkilis (16, 8th inning off R Halladay 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - C Crisp (51), J Ellsbury 2 (6), D Pedroia (45), K Youkilis (76). 2-out RBI - J Ellsbury 2, D Pedroia. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Ortiz 1, M Lowell 1, J Lugo 1. Team LOB - 6. BASERUNNING: SB - J Ellsbury (3, 2nd base off R Halladay/G Zaun). FIELDING: E - J Lugo (17, ground ball). DP: 2 (M Lowell-D Pedroia-K Youkilis, K Youkilis-J Lugo-J Beckett). ---------------------------------------------------- TORONTO - 000 030 00 -- 3 BOSTON - 000 400 01 -- 5 ---------------------------------------------------- TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era R Halladay 8 9 5 5 2 7 2 3.94 BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era J Beckett 8 5 3 3 2 7 1 3.30 IBB - D Ortiz (by R Halladay). Pitches-strikes: R Halladay 126-75; J Beckett 117-72. Ground balls-fly balls: R Halladay 7-10; J Beckett 10-7. Batters faced: R Halladay 35; J Beckett 30. UMPIRES: HP--Dana Demuth. 1B--Kerwin Danley. 2B--Doug Eddings. 3B--Mike Everitt. Weather: 73 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 9 mph, in from left.</div>
AL: TORONTO at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - PITCHING CHANGE BOS: JONATHAN PAPELBON (0-2, 1.64) STARTING THE 9TH CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 3, BOSTON 5 DUE UP FOR TORONTO: F THOMAS (.269, 1-FOR-3)</div>
AL: TORONTO at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - MID INNING UPDATE PLAY: J Papelbon relieved J Beckett. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 3 BOSTON 5 TOP, 9TH DUE UP FOR TORONTO: F Thomas (.269, 1-FOR-3)</div>
AL: TORONTO at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TORONTO 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 BOSTON 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 x 5 9 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: TOR - ROY HALLADAY AND GREGG ZAUN BOS - JOSH BECKETT, JONATHAN PAPELBON (9TH) AND JASON VARITEK HOME RUNS: TOR - MATT STAIRS (19) OFF JOSH BECKETT IN THE 5TH, 2 ON BOS - JACOBY ELLSBURY (2) OFF ROY HALLADAY IN THE 4TH, 1 ON KEVIN YOUKILIS (16) OFF ROY HALLADAY IN THE 8TH, 0 ON</div>
AL: TORONTO at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TORONTO 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 BOSTON 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 x 5 9 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: TOR - ROY HALLADAY AND GREGG ZAUN BOS - JOSH BECKETT, JONATHAN PAPELBON (9TH) AND JASON VARITEK WP - JOSH BECKETT (17-6) LP - ROY HALLADAY (14-7) SAVE - JONATHAN PAPELBON (33) HOME RUNS: TOR - MATT STAIRS (19) OFF JOSH BECKETT IN THE 5TH, 2 ON BOS - JACOBY ELLSBURY (2) OFF ROY HALLADAY IN THE 4TH, 1 ON KEVIN YOUKILIS (16) OFF ROY HALLADAY IN THE 8TH, 0 ON TIME: 2:32 ATT: 36,839 PROBABLES: TOR - SHAUN MARCUM (12-5, 3.75) BOS - CURT SCHILLING (8-6, 4.02)</div>
AL: TORONTO at BOSTON <div class="pre">TORONTO (3) VS BOSTON (5) - FINAL TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg V Wells cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250 M Stairs lf 4 1 1 3 0 1 1 .311 A Rios rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .310 F Thomas dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .269 T Glaus 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .261 L Overbay 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .247 A Hill 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .271 G Zaun c 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .238 J McDonald ss 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .252 Totals 31 3 5 3 2 8 10 BATTING: HR - M Stairs (19, 5th inning off J Beckett 2 on, 2 Out). RBI - M Stairs 3 (55). 2-out RBI - M Stairs 3. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Stairs 1. GIDP - A Hill, L Overbay. Team LOB - 3. BASERUNNING: SB - J McDonald (7, 2nd base off J Beckett/J Varitek). BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Lugo ss 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .239 D Pedroia 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 .329 D Ortiz dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .316 M Lowell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .330 J Drew rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .256 K Youkilis 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .290 J Varitek c 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .258 C Crisp cf 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 .263 J Ellsbury lf 3 1 3 2 0 0 0 .452 Totals 33 5 9 5 2 7 14 BATTING: 2B - J Lugo (32, R Halladay); D Pedroia (33, R Halladay). 3B - J Ellsbury (1, R Halladay). HR - J Ellsbury (2, 4th inning off R Halladay 1 on, 2 Out), K Youkilis (16, 8th inning off R Halladay 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - C Crisp (51), J Ellsbury 2 (6), D Pedroia (45), K Youkilis (76). 2-out RBI - J Ellsbury 2, D Pedroia. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Ortiz 1, M Lowell 1, J Lugo 1. Team LOB - 6. BASERUNNING: SB - J Ellsbury (3, 2nd base off R Halladay/G Zaun). FIELDING: E - J Lugo (17, ground ball). DP: 2 (M Lowell-D Pedroia-K Youkilis, K Youkilis-J Lugo-J Beckett). ---------------------------------------------------- TORONTO - 000 030 000 -- 3 BOSTON - 000 400 01x -- 5 ---------------------------------------------------- TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era R Halladay (L, 14-7) 8 9 5 5 2 7 2 3.94 BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era J Beckett (W, 17-6) 8 5 3 3 2 7 1 3.30 J Papelbon (S, 33) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.61 IBB - D Ortiz (by R Halladay). Pitches-strikes: R Halladay 126-75; J Beckett 117-72; J Papelbon 9-7. Ground balls-fly balls: R Halladay 7-10; J Beckett 10-7; J Papelbon 1-1. Batters faced: R Halladay 35; J Beckett 30; J Papelbon 3. UMPIRES: HP--Dana Demuth. 1B--Kerwin Danley. 2B--Doug Eddings. 3B--Mike Everitt. T--2:32. Att--36,839. Weather: 73 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 9 mph, in from left.</div>
AL: TORONTO at BOSTON <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TORONTO (3) AT BOSTON (5) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSTON 4TH: J Drew walked. K Youkilis singled to right center, J Drew to third. J Varitek struck out swinging. C Crisp grounded into fielder's choice to second, J Drew scored, K Youkilis out at second. J Ellsbury homered to right, C Crisp scored. J Lugo doubled to left center. D Pedroia doubled to left, J Lugo scored. D Ortiz grounded out to first. (4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, BOSTON 4. TORONTO 5TH: A Hill reached on infield single to second. G Zaun struck out swinging. J McDonald walked, A Hill to second. V Wells fouled out to catcher. M Stairs homered to right, A Hill and J McDonald scored. A Rios grounded out to second. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 3, BOSTON 4. BOSTON 8TH: J Drew grounded out to second. K Youkilis homered to center. J Varitek flied out to center. C Crisp flied out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 3, BOSTON 5.</div>
AL: TORONTO at BOSTON <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TORONTO (3) AT BOSTON (5) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Toronto Starting Lineups -- V Wells CF, M Stairs LF, A Rios RF, F Thomas DH, T Glaus 3B, L Overbay 1B, A Hill 2B, G Zaun C, J McDonald SS, R Halladay RHP. Boston Starting Lineups -- J Lugo SS, D Pedroia 2B, D Ortiz DH, M Lowell 3B, J Drew RF, K Youkilis 1B, J Varitek C, C Crisp CF, J Ellsbury LF, J Beckett RHP. Umpires -- Dana Demuth (HP), Kerwin Danley (1B), Doug Eddings (2B), Mike Everitt (3B). Gametime Weather: 73 degrees, Cloudy, wind in from left at 9 mph. TORONTO 1ST: V Wells grounded out to third. M Stairs struck out swinging. A Rios singled to center. F Thomas flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, BOSTON 0. BOSTON 1ST: J Lugo grounded out to third. D Pedroia singled to right. D Ortiz flied out to right. M Lowell struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, BOSTON 0. TORONTO 2ND: T Glaus struck out swinging. L Overbay safe at first on error by shortstop J Lugo. A Hill grounded into double play, third to second to first, L Overbay out at second.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) TORONTO 0, BOSTON 0. BOSTON 2ND: J Drew singled to right. K Youkilis flied out to right. J Varitek struck out swinging. C Crisp grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, BOSTON 0. TORONTO 3RD: G Zaun grounded out to third. J McDonald singled to center. V Wells struck out looking, J McDonald stole second. M Stairs grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, BOSTON 0. BOSTON 3RD: J Ellsbury singled to right. J Ellsbury stole second. J Lugo struck out looking. D Pedroia flied out to center. D Ortiz intentionally walked. M Lowell flied out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, BOSTON 0. TORONTO 4TH: A Rios lined out to second. F Thomas struck out swinging. T Glaus walked. L Overbay flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, BOSTON 0. BOSTON 4TH: J Drew walked. K Youkilis singled to right center, J Drew to third. J Varitek struck out swinging. C Crisp grounded into fielder's choice to second, J Drew scored, K Youkilis out at second. J Ellsbury homered to right, C Crisp scored. J Lugo doubled to left center. D Pedroia doubled to left, J Lugo scored. D Ortiz grounded out to first. (4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, BOSTON 4. TORONTO 5TH: A Hill reached on infield single to second. G Zaun struck out swinging. J McDonald walked, A Hill to second. V Wells fouled out to catcher. M Stairs homered to right, A Hill and J McDonald scored. A Rios grounded out to second. (3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 3, BOSTON 4. BOSTON 5TH: M Lowell flied out to right. J Drew grounded out to shortstop. K Youkilis struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 3, BOSTON 4. TORONTO 6TH: F Thomas singled to left. T Glaus struck out swinging. L Overbay grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, F Thomas out at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 3, BOSTON 4. BOSTON 6TH: J Varitek struck out swinging. C Crisp lined out to center. J Ellsbury tripled to deep right. J Lugo struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 3, BOSTON 4. TORONTO 7TH: A Hill grounded out to shortstop. G Zaun popped out to third. J McDonald popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 3, BOSTON 4. BOSTON 7TH: D Pedroia fouled out to first. D Ortiz flied out to right. M Lowell grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 3, BOSTON 4. TORONTO 8TH: V Wells grounded out to third. M Stairs flied out to left. A Rios struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 3, BOSTON 4. BOSTON 8TH: J Drew grounded out to second. K Youkilis homered to center. J Varitek flied out to center. C Crisp flied out to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 3, BOSTON 5. TORONTO 9TH: J Papelbon relieved J Beckett. F Thomas flied out to right. T Glaus grounded out to second. L Overbay struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 3, BOSTON 5.</div>
Beckett earns league-leading 17th win against Blue Jays <h3>BOSTON 5, TORONTO 3</h3>BOSTON (Ticker) -- Josh Beckett registered his majorleague-leading 17th victory of the season as the Boston Red Soxedged the Toronto Blue Jays, 5-3, on Tuesday. Beckett (17-6) set a personal record for wins in a season as heoutpitched Blue Jays starter Roy Halladay, allowing three runsand five hits over eight innings. The righthander struck outseven and walked two as the Red Sox remained atop the AmericanLeague East Division, 7 1/2 games in front of the New YorkYankees (76-62), who were hosting the Seattle Mariners. The 27-year-old Beckett faced just three batters over theminimum before allowing a home run to Matt Stairs in the fifthinning. The blast was the only mistake Beckett made, as heallowed just one hit, a single to Frank Thomas in the sixth,over his final three innings. Jonathan Papelbon pitched the ninth for his 33rd save of theseason. Papelbon has made appearances in the last three games,the first time he has done so this season. Halladay (14-7) surrendered five runs on nine hits over eightinnings. The righthander struck out seven and walked two butfell victim to a lack of run support again, as the Blue Jayshave scored just 15 runs over his last five starts. Rookie Jacoby Ellsbury had three hits, coming a double short ofthe cycle, and Kevin Youkilis hit his 16th home run of theseason, a solo blast in the eighth, to give the Red Sox amuch-need insurance run. Neither team got a runner past second base until the fourthinning, when J.D. Drew, who led off with a walk, advanced tothird on Youkilis' single. Coco Crisp beat out a double-playattempt after hitting a ground ball to second baseman AaronHill, as Drew crossed the plate to open the scoring. Ellsbury followed Crisp with a two-run home run, his second ofthe season. Julio Lugo and Dustin Pedroia capped off the inningwith back-to-back doubles, as the Red Sox finished the inningwith a 4-0 lead. The Blue Jays responded in the fifth inning when Matt Stairsbelted his 19th home run of the season, a three-run blast,narrowing Boston's lead to one, but didn't get any closer asthey had no answer for Beckett. Youkilis' solo blast in the eighth gave the Red Sox a 5-3 leadbefore Papelbon slammed the door on the Blue Jays in the ninth. In addition to the fourth inning home run, Ellsbury singled tolead off the third inning and tripled in the sixth. The23-year-old was left on deck in the bottom of the eighth inning,never getting his chance for the cycle.
Beckett earns league-leading 17th win against Blue Jays <h3>BOSTON 5, TORONTO 3</h3>BOSTON (Ticker) -- Josh Beckett registered his 17th victory ofthe season as the Boston Red Sox edged the Toronto Blue Jays,5-3, on Tuesday. Beckett (17-6) set a personal record for wins in a season as heoutpitched Blue Jays starter Roy Halladay, allowing three runsand five hits over eight innings. The righthander struck out seven and walked two as the Red Soxremained atop the American League East Division, seven games infront of the New York Yankees (77-62). The 27-year-old Beckett faced just three batters over theminimum before allowing a home run to Matt Stairs in the fifthinning. The blast was the only mistake Beckett made, as heallowed just one hit, a single to Frank Thomas in the sixth,over his final three innings. "I executed pitches when I needed to," Beckett said. "All ofthem, except one. The defense played awesome on the pitchesthat I didn't execute. Mikey (third baseman Lowell) made fourgrabs coming in, (shortstop Julio) Lugo made a couple and hemade one in the hole. Beckett, who beat Yankees righthanderChien-Mien Wang by approximately one hour in becoming the firstpitcher to 17 wins in baseball, came out after eight innings and117 pitches. "My job is to execute pitches until somebody takes the ball outof my hands or the game is over," Beckett said. "I already amcoming in there thinking that I am going back out there (for theninth) until Tito tells me that I am not." Beckett also saved the bullpen a night after five relievers hadto preserve a Red Sox win. "He sure has been everything we ever hoped for," Red Sox managerTerry Francona said. "Other than leaving a changeup up toStairs, he was really good. Even after that, he settled backdown and got him out. He stayed out there through eight, whichwas huge on a night when obviously we don't want to pitchOkajima. For him to get through those guys again was reallyimpressive." Jonathan Papelbon pitched the ninth for his 33rd save of theseason. Papelbon has made appearances in the last three games,the first time he has done so this season. Halladay (14-7) surrendered five runs on nine hits over eightinnings. The righthander struck out seven and walked two butfell victim to a lack of run support again, as the Blue Jayshave scored just 15 runs over his last five starts. The 2003 AL Cy Young winner also had a close call go againsthim, when Coco Crisp avoided an inning-ending double play andwas ruled safe on a fielder's choice, scoring J.D. Drew with thefirst run in the fourth. "It's just a break that didn't go our way," Halladay said."Unfortunately, I think I let it bother me a little bit and Ididn't make as good of pitches after that. That's probably moreimportant than whether he's out or safe. You get caught up inthe moment sometimes and I just didn't do a good job of settlingmyself down." "Then they dropped four on us," Blue Jays manager John Gibbonsadded. "It was a tight ballgame. We had that big home run (byStairs) and got three. Beckett was great tonight. And then youget to Papelbon. But that (fourth inning) was the inning." Rookie Jacoby Ellsbury had three hits, coming a double short ofthe cycle, and Kevin Youkilis hit his 16th home run of theseason, a solo blast in the eighth, to give the Red Sox amuch-need insurance run. Neither team got a runner past second base until the fourthinning, when Drew, who led off with a walk, advanced to third onYoukilis' single. Crisp beat out the double-play attempt afterhitting a ground ball to second baseman Aaron Hill, as Drewcrossed the plate to open the scoring. Ellsbury followed Crisp with a two-run home run, his second ofthe season. "He has filthy pitches," Ellsbury said of Halladay. "Tonight, Iwas seeing the ball real well and put three good swings on theball." Lugo and Dustin Pedroia capped off the inning with back-to-backdoubles, as the Red Sox finished the inning with a 4-0 lead. The Blue Jays responded in the fifth inning when Matt Stairsbelted his 19th home run of the season, a three-run blast,narrowing Boston's lead to one, but didn't get any closer asthey had no answer for Beckett. Youkilis' solo blast in the eighth gave the Red Sox a 5-3 leadbefore Papelbon slammed the door on the Blue Jays in the ninth. In addition to the fourth inning home run, Ellsbury singled tolead off the third inning and tripled in the sixth. The23-year-old was left on deck in the bottom of the eighth inning,never getting his chance for the cycle. "It would have been nice," Ellsbury said of nearly becoming thefirst Red Sox rookie since Leon Culberson in 1943 to hit for thecycle. "I was next up, but most important we got the win. Butit would have been nice to have gotten that fourth AB."
