Guardians 2 - 4 Red Sox
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Beckett looks to continue hot start upon return from DL

May 29, 2007 - 1:46 PM Cleveland (31-18) at Boston (35-15) 7:05 pm EDT

BOSTON (Ticker) - Not that they needed the help, but the Boston Red Sox are getting back one of the best pitchers in the American League.

Josh Beckett returns from the disabled list Tuesday as the Red Sox continue a three-game series against the Cleveland Indians.

The Red Sox, whose 11 1/2-game division lead is more than double of any division leader, will send Beckett (7-0, 2.66 ERA) to the mound. The righthander, who had the most wins in the majors before going on the disabled list with a finger injury, was activated on Monday and will look to put his short history against the Indians aside.

Beckett is 0-2 with a 13.97 ERA in two starts - both last season - against Cleveland.

In the outing that led to his eventual 15-day absence, Beckett yielded two hits and two runs with seven strikeouts over four frames before tearing some skin on his right middle finger against Baltimore on May 13.

Jeremy Sowers (1-4, 6.29) will serve as the opposition and look to build on the success of his last outing, as he allowed one run over seven innings in a 10-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals. The lefthander had been winless and posted a 7.13 ERA in his eight previous starts.

Sowers did not factor into the decision in his only start against the Red Sox last season.

Curt Schilling worked seven strong innings as the Red Sox posted a 5-3 victory in the series opener Monday.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 0
    BOSTON 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 x 4 7 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: CLE - JEREMY SOWERS, FERNANDO CABRERA (6TH), RAFAEL PEREZ (7TH) AND
    VICTOR MARTINEZ
    BOS - JOSH BECKETT, BRENDAN DONNELLY (8TH), JAVIER
    LOPEZ (8TH), HIDEKI OKAJIMA

    May 29 10:10 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY VICTOR MARTINEZ SCORED TRAVIS HAFNER.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 2
    BOSTON 4 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: T NIXON (.279, 0-FOR-2)

    Guardians vs. Red SoxMay 29 9:11 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY TRAVIS HAFNER SCORED JHONNY PERALTA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, T HAFNER ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 1
    BOSTON 4 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR CLEVELAND: V MARTINEZ (.311, 0-FOR-2)

    Guardians vs. Red SoxMay 29 9:09 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    BASES LOADED WALK TO DUSTIN PEDROIA SCORED MIKE LOWELL.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, D PEDROIA ON FIRST, W PENA ON SECOND, J
    VARITEK ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 0
    BOSTON 4 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J LUGO (.231, 1-FOR-3)

    Guardians vs. Red SoxMay 29 8:59 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY KEVIN YOUKILIS (8) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 6TH OFF JEREMY SOWERS.
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 0, BOSTON 3
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M RAMIREZ (.266, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Guardians vs. Red SoxMay 29 8:43 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JASON VARITEK (5) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 5TH OFF JEREMY SOWERS.
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 0, BOSTON 2
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: W PENA (.246, 0-FOR-1)

    Guardians vs. Red SoxMay 29 8:30 PM


  • AL
    AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY KEVIN YOUKILIS SCORED JULIO LUGO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K YOUKILIS ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CLEVELAND 0
    BOSTON 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M RAMIREZ (.267, 8 HR, 31 RBI)

    Guardians vs. Red SoxMay 29 8:15 PM

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