AL: BOSTON at TEXAS <div class="pre">AL AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE SINGLE BY MARK TEIXEIRA SCORED VICTOR DIAZ. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M TEIXEIRA ON FIRST, 2 OUT CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 6 TEXAS 5 BOTTOM, 9TH DUE UP FOR TEXAS: S SOSA (.261, 0-FOR-4)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TEXAS <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 6 11 1 TEXAS 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 9 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: BOS - JULIAN TAVAREZ, J.C. ROMERO (6TH), JOEL PINEIRO (7TH), HIDEKI OKAJIMA (9TH) AND JASON VARITEK TEX - KAMERON LOE, JOAQUIN BENOIT (7TH), AKINORI OTSUKA (8TH), ERIC GAGNE (9TH) AND GERALD LAIRD HOME RUNS: BOS - JASON VARITEK (4) OFF KAMERON LOE IN THE 4TH, 2 ON DUSTIN PEDROIA (2) OFF ERIC GAGNE IN THE 9TH, 0 ON TEX - MARK TEIXEIRA (9) OFF JULIAN TAVAREZ IN THE 6TH, 2 ON</div>
AL: BOSTON at TEXAS <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 6 11 1 TEXAS 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 9 0 (FINAL) BATTERIES: BOS - JULIAN TAVAREZ, J.C. ROMERO (6TH), JOEL PINEIRO (7TH), HIDEKI OKAJIMA (9TH) AND JASON VARITEK TEX - KAMERON LOE, JOAQUIN BENOIT (7TH), AKINORI OTSUKA (8TH), ERIC GAGNE (9TH) AND GERALD LAIRD WP - JOEL PINEIRO (1-0) LP - AKINORI OTSUKA (1-1) SAVE - HIDEKI OKAJIMA (3) HOME RUNS: BOS - JASON VARITEK (4) OFF KAMERON LOE IN THE 4TH, 2 ON DUSTIN PEDROIA (2) OFF ERIC GAGNE IN THE 9TH, 0 ON TEX - MARK TEIXEIRA (9) OFF JULIAN TAVAREZ IN THE 6TH, 2 ON TIME: 3:10 ATT: 40,323 PROBABLES: TEX - ROBINSON TEJEDA (4-4, 5.18) OAK - CHAD GAUDIN (4-1, 2.58) PROBABLES: CLE - CLIFF LEE (2-1, 5.93) BOS - CURT SCHILLING (4-2, 3.94)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TEXAS <div class="pre">BOSTON (6) VS TEXAS (5) - FINAL BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Lugo ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 C Crisp cf 5 0 2 0 0 2 1 .245 K Youkilis 1b 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 .353 M Ramirez lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .268 J Drew rf 4 2 2 1 0 0 2 .234 M Lowell 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .329 J Varitek c 4 1 1 3 0 0 1 .275 E Hinske dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .173 D Pedroia 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .279 Totals 38 6 11 6 1 6 8 BATTING: HR - J Varitek (4, 4th inning off K Loe 2 on, 0 Out), D Pedroia (2, 9th inning off E Gagne 0 on, 0 Out). RBI - J Varitek 3 (24), J Drew (15), M Lowell (38), D Pedroia (10). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Crisp 1, M Ramirez 1, J Drew 1. Team LOB - 6. BASERUNNING: SB - K Youkilis (2, 2nd base off A Otsuka/G Laird). FIELDING: E - M Lowell (9, ground ball). TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg K Lofton cf 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .266 a-N Cruz ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .203 M Young ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 .239 M Teixeira 1b 4 1 2 4 1 2 2 .305 S Sosa rf 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 .259 F Catalanotto dh 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .169 M Byrd lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .250 I Kinsler 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .248 G Laird c 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .227 R Vazquez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .458 b-V Diaz ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .275 Totals 37 5 9 5 2 9 18 a-flied out to center for K Lofton in the 9th; b-singled to center for R Vazquez in the 9th. BATTING: 2B - K Lofton (7, J Romero). HR - M Teixeira (9, 6th inning off J Tavarez 2 on, 0 Out). RBI - M Teixeira 4 (33), I Kinsler (27). 2-out RBI - M Teixeira. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - R Vazquez 1, F Catalanotto 1. Team LOB - 8. ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON - 000 300 021 -- 6 TEXAS - 000 004 001 -- 5 ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era J Tavarez 5 2/3 6 4 4 1 6 1 5.40 J Romero 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.35 J Pineiro (W, 1-0) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 3 0 5.40 H Okajima (S, 3) 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.09 TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era K Loe 6 7 3 3 1 2 1 6.17 J Benoit (H, 5) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.70 A Otsuka (L, 1-1; B, 2) 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 1.93 E Gagne 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0.87 HBP - F Catalanotto (by J Tavarez). Pitches-strikes: J Tavarez 89-65; J Romero 22-12; J Pineiro 20-15; H Okajima 19-14; K Loe 85-55; J Benoit 15-9; A Otsuka 29-19; E Gagne 27-18. Ground balls-fly balls: J Tavarez 6-5; J Romero 2-0; J Pineiro 1-1; H Okajima 1-2; K Loe 10-6; J Benoit 0-2; A Otsuka 0-1; E Gagne 0-2. Batters faced: J Tavarez 26; J Romero 4; J Pineiro 5; H Okajima 5; K Loe 26; J Benoit 3; A Otsuka 6; E Gagne 4. UMPIRES: HP--Ted Barrett. 1B--Mark Carlson. 2B--Larry Young. 3B--Angel Hernandez. T--3:10. Att--40,323. Weather: 74 degrees, overcast. Wind: 10 mph, in from center.</div>
AL: BOSTON at TEXAS <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSTON (6) AT TEXAS (5) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSTON 4TH: J Drew singled to right. M Lowell singled to left, J Drew to second. J Varitek homered to right, J Drew and M Lowell scored. E Hinske flied out to center. D Pedroia singled to center. J Lugo grounded out to third, D Pedroia to second. C Crisp struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 3, TEXAS 0. TEXAS 6TH: K Lofton walked. M Young singled to center, K Lofton to second. M Teixeira homered to right, K Lofton and M Young scored. S Sosa grounded out to third. F Catalanotto singled to left. M Byrd singled to left, F Catalanotto to second. I Kinsler singled to center, F Catalanotto scored, M Byrd to second. G Laird flied out to center. J Romero relieved J Tavarez. R Vazquez grounded out to shortstop. (4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 3, TEXAS 4. BOSTON 8TH: A Otsuka relieved J Benoit. K Youkilis reached on infield single to shortstop. M Ramirez struck out swinging, K Youkilis stole second. J Drew singled to right, K Youkilis scored, J Drew to second advancing on throw. M Lowell singled to left, J Drew scored. J Varitek flied out to left. E Hinske struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 5, TEXAS 4. BOSTON 9TH: E Gagne relieved A Otsuka. D Pedroia homered to left. J Lugo flied out to left. C Crisp flied out to center. K Youkilis struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 6, TEXAS 4. TEXAS 9TH: H Okajima relieved J Pineiro. V Diaz hit for R Vazquez. V Diaz singled to center. N Cruz hit for K Lofton. N Cruz flied out to center. M Young grounded out to pitcher, V Diaz to second. M Teixeira singled to left, V Diaz scored. S Sosa flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 6, TEXAS 5.</div>
AL: BOSTON at TEXAS <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSTON (6) AT TEXAS (5) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Boston Starting Lineups -- J Lugo SS, C Crisp CF, K Youkilis 1B, M Ramirez LF, J Drew RF, M Lowell 3B, J Varitek C, E Hinske DH, D Pedroia 2B, J Tavarez RHP. Texas Starting Lineups -- K Lofton CF, M Young SS, M Teixeira 1B, S Sosa RF, F Catalanotto DH, M Byrd LF, I Kinsler 2B, G Laird C, R Vazquez 3B, K Loe RHP. Umpires -- Ted Barrett (HP), Mark Carlson (1B), Larry Young (2B), Angel Hernandez (3B). Gametime Weather: 74 degrees, Overcast, wind in from center at 10 mph. BOSTON 1ST: J Lugo grounded out to second. C Crisp singled to left. K Youkilis grounded out to second, C Crisp to second. M Ramirez walked. J Drew lined out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 0, TEXAS 0. TEXAS 1ST: K Lofton singled to left. M Young flied out to center. M Teixeira struck out swinging. S Sosa struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 0, TEXAS 0. BOSTON 2ND: M Lowell lined out to center. J Varitek flied out to center. E Hinske struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 0, TEXAS 0. TEXAS 2ND: F Catalanotto hit by pitch. M Byrd struck out swinging. I Kinsler popped out to shortstop. G Laird grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, F Catalanotto out at second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 0, TEXAS 0. BOSTON 3RD: D Pedroia grounded out to third. J Lugo grounded out to catcher. C Crisp reached on bunt single to pitcher. K Youkilis singled to shallow left, C Crisp to third. M Ramirez grounded into fielder's choice to third, K Youkilis out at second. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 0, TEXAS 0. TEXAS 3RD: R Vazquez grounded out to second. K Lofton flied out to left. M Young safe at first on error by third baseman M Lowell. M Teixeira struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) BOSTON 0, TEXAS 0. BOSTON 4TH: J Drew singled to right. M Lowell singled to left, J Drew to second. J Varitek homered to right, J Drew and M Lowell scored. E Hinske flied out to center. D Pedroia singled to center. J Lugo grounded out to third, D Pedroia to second. C Crisp struck out swinging. (3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 3, TEXAS 0. TEXAS 4TH: S Sosa grounded out to shortstop. F Catalanotto grounded out to pitcher. M Byrd grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 3, TEXAS 0. BOSTON 5TH: K Youkilis flied out to left. M Ramirez grounded out to shortstop. J Drew grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 3, TEXAS 0. TEXAS 5TH: I Kinsler struck out swinging. G Laird popped out to second. R Vazquez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 3, TEXAS 0. BOSTON 6TH: M Lowell lined out to left. J Varitek grounded out to second. E Hinske grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 3, TEXAS 0. TEXAS 6TH: K Lofton walked. M Young singled to center, K Lofton to second. M Teixeira homered to right, K Lofton and M Young scored. S Sosa grounded out to third. F Catalanotto singled to left. M Byrd singled to left, F Catalanotto to second. I Kinsler singled to center, F Catalanotto scored, M Byrd to second. G Laird flied out to center. J Romero relieved J Tavarez. R Vazquez grounded out to shortstop. (4 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 3, TEXAS 4. BOSTON 7TH: J Benoit relieved K Loe. D Pedroia flied out to center. J Lugo lined out to left. C Crisp struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 3, TEXAS 4. TEXAS 7TH: K Lofton doubled to deep right. M Young grounded out to shortstop. M Teixeira walked. J Pineiro relieved J Romero. S Sosa struck out looking. F Catalanotto lined out to center. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 3, TEXAS 4. BOSTON 8TH: A Otsuka relieved J Benoit. K Youkilis reached on infield single to shortstop. M Ramirez struck out swinging, K Youkilis stole second. J Drew singled to right, K Youkilis scored, J Drew to second advancing on throw. M Lowell singled to left, J Drew scored. J Varitek flied out to left. E Hinske struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 5, TEXAS 4. TEXAS 8TH: M Byrd struck out swinging. I Kinsler grounded out to third. G Laird struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 5, TEXAS 4. BOSTON 9TH: E Gagne relieved A Otsuka. D Pedroia homered to left. J Lugo flied out to left. C Crisp flied out to center. K Youkilis struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 6, TEXAS 4. TEXAS 9TH: H Okajima relieved J Pineiro. V Diaz hit for R Vazquez. V Diaz singled to center. N Cruz hit for K Lofton. N Cruz flied out to center. M Young grounded out to pitcher, V Diaz to second. M Teixeira singled to left, V Diaz scored. S Sosa flied out to center. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 6, TEXAS 5.</div>
Eighth-inning rally lifts Red Sox over Rangers <h3>BOSTON 6, TEXAS 5</h3>ARLINGTON, Texas (Ticker) -- The Boston Red Sox have beenwaiting a month for J.D. Drew to break out of a prolonged slump.It may have happened on Sunday. Drew drove in the tying run as the Red Sox used an eighth-inningrally to earn a 6-4 victory over the Texas Rangers. Joel Pineiro worked out of a jam in the seventh and pitched ascoreless eighth to earn his first win in a Boston uniform. Kevin Youkilis began the decisive rally by singling to lead offthe eighth against Texas reliever Akinori Otsuka. It wasYoukilis' second hit of the day, giving him seven straightmulti-hit games and extending his hitting streak to 19 games. Youkilis stole second and one out later, Drew followed with anRBI single to tie the score at 4-4. Drew, who advanced tosecond on the throw home, came around to score the go-ahead runon Mike Lowell's RBI single. Drew came into Sunday's contest mired in a 14-for-93 slump -including no hits in his last four games - which dropped hisaverage from a high of .375 on April 20 to .227. Boston's No. 9 hitter Dustin Pedroia added an insurance run inthe ninth with a solo blast off Texas' closer Eric Gagne. With Jonathan Papelbon taking the day off to rest, HidekiOkajima picked up his third save after yielding a run in theninth. The Red Sox jumped on top early, when Jason Varitek clubbed athree-run homer in the fourth off Rangers starter Kameron Loe. Varitek's blast proved to be the lone blemish on Loe's line.The 25-year-old righthander left in position for his first winsince April 23 after yielding three runs and seven hits in sixinnings. Loe came into Sunday's contest having allowed 26 runs - 23earned - over his last five starts. Texas tied the score in the bottom of the sixth, finally gettingto Boston starter Julian Tavarez to tie the score. Tavarezwalked leadoff man Kenny Lofton and surrendered a single toMichael Young before slugger Mark Teixeira tied the game with athree-run blast. The Rangers added another run when Ian Kinsler singled homeFrank Catalanotto to go ahead 4-3. Tavarez was replaced one batter later after surrendering fourruns and six hits in 5 2/3 innings, while striking out six.
Eighth-inning rally lifts Red Sox over Rangers <h3>BOSTON 6, TEXAS 5</h3>ARLINGTON, Texas (Ticker) -- The Boston Red Sox have beenwaiting a month for J.D. Drew to break out of a prolonged slump.It may have happened on Sunday. Drew drove in the tying run as the Red Sox used an eighth-inningrally to earn a 6-4 victory over the Texas Rangers. Joel Pineiro (1-0) worked out of a jam in the seventh, helped bya diving catch to end the inning by center fielder Coco Crisp,and pitched a scoreless eighth to earn his first win in a Bostonuniform. "When I came in, in the seventh, I was thinking about trying toget a double play or at least a ground ball," Pineiro said."But I was able to get Sosa and Coco's catch picked everyone upand really gave us the momentum." Kevin Youkilis began the decisive rally by singling to lead offthe eighth against Texas reliever Akinori Otsuka. It wasYoukilis' second hit of the day, giving him seven straightmulti-hit games and extending his hitting streak to 19 games. Youkilis stole second and one out later, Drew followed with anRBI single to tie the score at 4-4. Drew, who advanced tosecond on the throw home, came around to score the go-ahead runon Mike Lowell's RBI single. Drew came into Sunday's contest mired in a 14-for-93 slump -including no hits in his last four games - which dropped hisaverage from a high of .375 on April 20 to .227. "It's just one of those situations that you don't know why yougo through," Drew said. "I felt really comfortable today andhit a couple of balls hard. I had four good swings and couldjust as easily have been 4-4 as 2-4." Boston's No. 9 hitter Dustin Pedroia added an insurance run inthe ninth with a solo blast off Texas' closer Eric Gagne. Pedroia worked Gagne on eleven pitches before taking the 12thpitch of his at-bat to left field. "Pedroia's drawing out his at-bat and taking the ball deep wasas big as anything that happened in the game," Boston managerTerry Francona said. "We got the lead in the eighth but weneeded Dustin's shot as that lead almost wasn't enough." With Jonathan Papelbon taking the day off to rest, HidekiOkajima picked up his third save after yielding a run in theninth. The Red Sox jumped on top early, when Jason Varitek clubbed athree-run homer in the fourth off Rangers starter Kameron Loe. Varitek's blast proved to be the lone blemish on Loe's line. The25-year-old righthander left in position for his first winsince April 23 after yielding three runs and seven hits in sixinnings. "I thought I pitched pretty well other than the walk (in thefirst inning) and the home run to Varitek," Loe said. "I gave itup and then went right back to work. I tried to stay prettyeven keel." Loe came into Sunday's contest having allowed 26 runs - 23earned - over his last five starts. Texas tied the score in the bottom of the sixth, finally gettingto Boston starter Julian Tavarez to tie the score. Tavarezwalked leadoff man Kenny Lofton and surrendered a single toMichael Young before slugger Mark Teixeira tied the game with athree-run blast. "One pitch almost changed the whole game when I left that sliderover the plate to Teixeira," Tavarez said. "One pitch reallycan change the complexion of an entire game but the bullpencombination we used really came through for us." The Rangers added another run when Ian Kinsler singled homeFrank Catalanotto to go ahead 4-3. Tavarez was replaced onebatter later after surrendering four runs and six hits in 5 2/3innings, while striking out six.
