Published 5/11/2008
at Yahoo! Sports - MLB News
The Boston Red Sox got an unexpected power surge from the bottom of their lineup to help Daisuke Matsuzaka remain undefeated with a 5-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night. Coco Crisp and Jed Lowrie hit back-to-back homers to lead off the seventh inning -- Crisp's first since Sept. 6 and Lowrie's first of his career -- and Matsuzaka (6-0) gave up two runs and six hits with seven...
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NY Post: Sports 5/11/2008
The Red Sox got an unexpected power surge from the bottom of their lineup to help Daisuke Matsuzaka remain undefeated with a 5-2 victory over the Twins last night in Minneapolis. Coco Crisp and Jed Lowrie hit back-to-back homers to lead off the...
