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Pedroia's Hit Helps Red Sox Top Angels

Posted Apr 22, 08 11:51 PM CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – Dustin Pedroia's tiebreaking RBI double in the eighth inning helped the Boston Red Sox rally for their sixth straight win, 7-6 over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night after ace Josh Beckett was scratched from his start with a stiff neck. It was the teams' first meeting since Boston swept Los Angeles in last year's American League Divisional playoffs.

Jacoby Ellsbury hit two solo homers and Kevin Youkilis added a two-run shot for Boston, while Pedroia went 4-for-5 with three doubles and a single. Beckett, the majors' only 20-game winner last year, started the season on the 15-day disabled list with a strained lower back before making his first start April 6. It wasn't immediately known when he'd make his next start.

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Boston Red Sox pitcher Hideki Okajima delivers to a Los Angeles Angels batter in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Boston, Tuesday, April 22, 2008.   (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Red Sox's Dustin Pedroia follows through on his RBI double against the Los Angeles Angels in the eighth inning of a baseball game in Boston, Tuesday, April 22, 2008. The Red Sox won 7-6.   (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Red Sox's Kevin Youkilis, right, is congratulated by David Ortiz after his two-run home run against the Los Angeles Angels in the fifth inning of a baseball game in Boston, Tuesday.   (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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