Published 10/12/2008
by Scott Stanton
at Bleacher Report - MLB
433 pitches, 24 hits, 17 runs, 14 pitchers, 11 innings, seven home runs, five hours and 27 minutes, and one heck of a ball game!
That's what went on inside the dome at Tropicana Field Saturday night for Game Two of the ALCS matchup as Boston's Josh Beckett took the mound against Tampa Bay's Scott Kazmir.
The Boston Red Sox got to Scott Kazmir early with a two-out double off the bat of Jason Bay that scored David Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis to put the Sox up by two in the top of the first.
Tampa Bay wasted no time as Evan Longoria went yard for a two-run homer in the bottom of the first to tie the game.
A struggling Dustin Pedroia hit one of his patented "lasers" over the left field wall to put the Sox back up on top and leave Red Sox fans saying, "Heeeeeee's baaaaack."
But that lead didn't last long as Josh Beckett gave up a home run to B.J. Upton in the bottom of the third. Upton's jolt over the wall and deep into the bleachers was followed by a double from Evan Longoria. ...
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