Red Sox rally from seven runs down
BOSTON -- From seven runs down to seven runs up, just like that.
Mike Lowell had four hits and Kevin Youkilis delivered a bases-loaded triple during a six-run sixth inning Tuesday night as the Boston Red Sox rallied from a seven-run deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 16-10.
“It didn’t start out looking that great; 8-1 is not really the formula,” Red Sox Manager Terry Francona said. “But we made them go to the bullpen, and then we made them continue to go to the bullpen. We didn’t abandon what we were trying to do, and we were rewarded for it.”
Pitching against a team he has dominated throughout his career, Tim Wakefield was tagged for seven runs in three-plus innings as the Devil Rays jumped ahead. But Boston scored four in the fourth and three in the fifth before taking the lead in the sixth and making it 16-9 in the seventh on solo homers by David Ortiz and J.D. Drew.
Rookies Jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia also homered for Boston.
“It was exciting to be a part of,” said backup catcher Kevin Cash, who ended an 0-for-12 slump with a two-run single in the fourth.
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