If you had told me Beckett and Blackburn would be stuck in a pitcher's duel for this game I would have shook my head in disgrace. Blackburn's been mediocre at best this season and Beckett's been on an absolute tear of lately. But somehow Blackburn was able to spread 7 hits and 3 walks out over 6 1/3 innings and only give up one run while the Twins seemed like they got 6 bloop hits off of Beckett.
The Sox finally scored in the 5th when Varitek hit a double, Ellsbury moved him over to third, and Gonzalez hit a two out single. Minnesota tied the game in their half of the eighth on a weakly hit infield single, a ridiculous balk call (by the same umpire as earlier this series!), and a two out single (also a bloop) by Kubel against Papelbon.
Sox won it in the 11th. Lowrie walked and was pinch run for by Iglesias. Crawford hit a low ball to right field on a pitch Iglesias was stealing on. He had to hold up at second as the wind had been absolutely howling in from centerfield all game and killed nearly every fly ball hit. But the ball did indeed hit the wall and Iglesias scored at home with a slight margin. Oki gets the win pitching two innings (which was really surprising as he looked exhausted in the top of the 11th)
Exciting to see Crawford hit another walkoff hit. Disappointing to see Beckett not get the W in a game he pitched well. Ellsbury extends the hitting streak to 18 and the Sox take the series 3-1. Now lets go to Toronto and sweep the two game series!
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