The Texas Rangers were up 5-0 after six yesterday afternoon at Fenway but wouldn't ya know, their god-awful bullpen couldn't hold the lead as the Red Sox eventually won 6-5.
Boston (13-7) got two in the seventh and four in the eighth before Jonathan Papelbon recorded his seventh save on seven pitches.
Kevin Millwood stifled the Sox for six innings before giving up two in the seventh. He gave up ten hits, two runs (both earned) with two walks and seven strikeouts.
Tim Wakefield (2-0) surprisingly picked up the win after going eight innings, giving up seven hits, five runs (all earned) with five strikeouts. Wakefield gave up a solo shot to Ian Kinsler in the first and then a three-run homer to everybody's favorite head-case Milton Bradley in the sixth.
Kevin Youkilis had three hits (he leads the AL in batting average) while Jacoby Ellsbury (2 stolen bases), Jed Lowrie, David Ortiz and Sean Casey managed two hits apiece.
The biggest plays in the eighth were a pinch-hit RBI double by Dustin Pedroia and then a bases-loaded walk by Casey. Rangers closer C.J. Wilson (who had given up one hit coming in) couldn't record an out, giving up two hits, two runs and three walks.
Boston goes for the sweep today with the early Patriot's Day start time of 11:05 a.m.
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