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Beckett Is Boston's Life Support

Posted Oct 19, 07 3:52 AM CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – It  was do or die for the Red Sox last night, and this time they did. Josh Beckett posted 11 strikeouts and one walk in eight powerful innings, and Kevin Youkilis led a surging Boston offense with a triple and homer, reports the Providence Journal. The 7-1 win keeps the Sox alive in the series, which the Indians lead 3-2.

Indians ace C.C. Sabathia gave up four runs in six innings for the loss, his second of the series. Youkilis put the Sox on the board with a solo homer in the first. "With Josh Beckett on the mound, that one run might be all we need," he said. But Boston kept producing runs anyway, to send the series back to Fenway tomorrow.

Sources Providence Journal, Associated Press

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Cleveland Indians' Kenny Lofton (7) is restrained by Indians first base coach Luis Rivera (6) and Boston Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell after he charged Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett following a fly...   (Associated Press)
Boston Red Sox's Josh Beckett pitches to Cleveland Indians' Travis Hafner in the third inning of Game 5 of the American League Championship baseball series Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Al...   (Associated Press)
Boston Red Sox's Josh Beckett pitches against the Cleveland Indians in the first inning of Game 5 of the American League Championship baseball series Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Pool,...   (Associated Press)
Boston Red Sox shortstop Julio Lugo (23) hurdles Cleveland Indians' Asdrubal Cabrera after completing a double play on Travis Hafner in the first inning of Game 5 of the American League Championship baseball...   (Associated Press)
Boston Red Sox's Kevin Youkilis slugs a solo home run off Cleveland Indians pitcher C.C. Sabathia in the first inning of Game 5 of the American League Championship baseball series Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007,...   (Associated Press)
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