took advantage after Josh Beckett was scratched from his scheduled start, scoring seven runs off substitute Michael Bowden to beat the Boston Red Sox 11-5 Monday night in a game that was called in the seventh inning because of rain. It was the fourth straight loss for Boston, which could have clinched the AL wild card with a victory and a Texas loss to the , who had lost six straight games to the Red Sox and eight in a row at Fenway Park. Scott Richmond (8-10) gave up four runs on six hits and two walks, striking out three in six innings to win his second consecutive start after going 0-6 in his previous 10. Kevin Youkilis homered twice, and David Ortiz hit one for Boston, which had one run in and two men on with nobody out in the seventh when a sudden, torrential downpour stopped play. The game was called after a delay of 62... [read full story]
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