Bottom of 8th: Red Sox 9, Yankees 5
Stick a fork in 'em. The Yankees are done for the night. Jason Varitek saw to that with his 2-run homer into the Sox bullpen off Luis Ayala. The Yanks aren't likely to answer against Jonathan Papelbon, who has entered the ninth to close it out.
Top of 8th: Red Sox 7, Yankees 5
The beneficiary of some fine defensive glove work (by Marco Scutaro and Dustin Pedroia) Bard mows 'em down in 1-2-3 order.
Bottom of 7th: Red Sox 7, Yankees 5
Boone Logan departed the game after striking out David Ortiz, and turned it over to Luis Ayala, who walked Jed Lowrie and then induced Carl Crawford to hit into an inning-ending 3-6-3 double play.
Daniel Bard will pitch for the Sox in the 8th in relief of Beckett (7 innings, 5 runs, 4 earned, 6 hits, 3 walks, 8 strikeouts).
Top of 7th: Red Sox 7, Yankees 5
A routine 1-2-3 inning for Beckett, who rang up his eighth strikeout of the game in the frame. He has now thrown 111 pitches (72 strikes), so it's doubtful we'll see him in the eighth. Time to let Daniel Bard and Jonathan Papelbon go to work.
Bottom of 6th: Red Sox 7, Yankees 5
The Sox rallied to regain the lead with three runs on three hits, including a big 2-run homer by Jacoby Ellsbury off reliever Boone Logan that broke a 5-5 tie. The Sox tied it with one out on Jason Varitek's RBI double down the line to left on what appeared to be a delayed swing at a 74 curveball from Hughes. Varitek's hit scored Josh Reddick, who atoned for a fielding error that enabled the Yankees to tie it then take a 5-4 lead in the top of the frame. After getting behind in the count against Hughes, 0-and-2, Reddick drew a walk and scored from first on Varitek's hit. Ellsbury came in to face Logan and cranked a 2-1 pitch into the Monster Seats for his 24th homer of the season (83d and 84th RBI) to give the Sox a two-run lead.
Top of 6th: Yankees 5, Red Sox 4
