In the interim, Red Sox starter Curt Schilling was knocked out in the sixth inning by a line drive that took an NBA carom off his right elbow, Papelbon was stunned by a home run by Jermaine Dye with Boston one out away from a win in regulation and a sweep of the White Sox, Mike Timlin coughed up a two-run lead in the 11th, Julian Tavarez pitched his best four innings in a Red Sox uniform to extend the afternoon, and even Seanez gave Boston two good innings before finally being done in by four straight singles in the 19th.
The last was struck by Iguchi, who had begun Chicago's scoring with a solo home run off Schilling, then twice blew bunt chances in extra innings before punching a single between third baseman Alex Cora, who had entered in the 11th and wound up with four at-bats -- his last, a drive to the track that Dye ran down with a terrific catch to end the top of the 19th -- and shortstop Alex Gonzalez.
``So many things happened," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. ``Crazy inning, the one that Timlin pitched. Bodies flying all over the field, going in different directions, a crazy game."
David Ortiz, who had homered eight times in his previous eight games but was limited to a broken-bat RBI single in his first at-bat yesterday, expressed the general feeling in a Red Sox clubhouse in which players had expected to be on their way home for the All-Star break long before they were able to vacate the premises.
``I'm DHing and I'm exhausted," said Ortiz, who is being counted upon by Major League Baseball to show up fresh tonight as the marquee attraction in tonight's Home Run Derby in Pittsburgh. ``There gets to be a part of the game where you can't take it anymore mentally."
Ortiz said he caught some of the World Cup final on television yesterday, which was decided on penalty kicks, Italy prevailing.
