Another Red Sox Call-Up Shines

Manny's understudy provides power, Beckett befuddles Jays for 17th win
By Jesse Andrews,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 5, 2007 7:41 AM CDT
Another Red Sox Call-Up Shines
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay watches as his team is unable to turn a double play against the Boston Red Sox during the fourth inning in a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2007. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)   (Associated Press)

Fresh-faced outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury came a double short of the cycle last night as the Red Sox downed Toronto, 5-3. The rookie has two homers in 31 major-league at-bats, including a two-run bomb in the fourth inning last night, compared to two in 436 Double- and Triple-A at-bats this season. Said manager Terry Francona: "Glad he's saving them up."

Josh Beckett, who outdueled 2003 Cy Young winner Roy Halladay, joked that enigmatic Sox stalwart Manny Ramirez may be in danger of losing his job. Ellsbury is not the only Boston September call-up to impress, either: Clay Buchholz threw a no-hitter Saturday in his second big-league start. (More Boston Red Sox stories.)

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