Boston 7, Texas 6
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature:
62°
Umpires:
Home -
Jerry Crawford, 1B -
Brian O'Nora, 2B -
Phil Cuzzi, 3B -
Chris Guccione
Attendance:
37614
By SportsDirect Inc.
Darnell McDonald’s game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning carried the Boston Red Sox to a much-needed 7-6 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.
The win snapped a five-game losing streak for the Red Sox, while sending the Rangers to their fifth consecutive defeat.
McDonald, who was called-up from Triple-A on Monday, came on to pinch-hit in the eighth inning and subsequently drilled a game-tying two-run home run over the left-centerfield wall off Rangers left-hander Darren Oliver to even the score at 6-6.
With the game tied going into the ninth, Boston first baseman Kevin Youkilis led off with an infield single and advanced to second on a passed ball. Bill Hall then bunted Youkilis to third and Mike Lowell was intentionally walked.
Adrian Beltre followed with an ill-timed infield popup, which sent McDonald to the plate with two away and the winning run on third. McDonald came through and ripped an 0-1 fastball off of Rangers reliever Frank Francisco (2-3).
Red Sox closer Jonathan Papalbon (1-1) worked the ninth for the win. Jeremy Hermida homered in the fourth inning as Boston overcame a 5-1 deficit.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Texas |
|
Boston |
|
Colby Lewis
|
Player |
Tim Wakefield
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
5.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
5 |
Hits |
7 |
|
5.40 |
ERA |
9.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Texas
|
8 |
0 |
10 |
.235 |
16 |
5 |
5 |
9 |
9 |
1 |
| Boston
|
13 |
2 |
22 |
.342 |
16 |
7 |
7 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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