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John Farrell must have had a hunch—or maybe it was just that
Jonny Gomes was 4 for 7 lifetime against
Brett Cecil. Anyway, the Boston manager sent up Gomes to pinch hit in a key spot in the seventh inning and he delivered a go-ahead single in
a 7-5 Sox win. Young
Allen Webster pitched well through four innings, then came unhinged in the fifth. He ended up going six full, yielding four earned runs. He would have ended up with the win had not
Andrew Bailey coughed up a game-tying home run in the seventh to
Edwin Encanarcion. The Red Sox had big offensive nights from
Dustin Pedroia (3 for 5),
Jacoby Ellsbury (2 for 5, 2 RBIs),
Jose Iglesias (2 for 4) and
Stephen Drew (2 for 2, 2 RBIs)—who left the game with a tight right hamstring. After Bailey, the bullpen was solid—with
Andrew Miller and
Koji Uehara (4th save) closing it out.
