Indians vs Red Sox (5/28-5/30)

Game 1: Curt Schilling figured out what had been wrong over his past three starts. He held the Cleveland Indians to 1 ER over 7 innings and struck out 10. Meanwhile, the Red Sox were able to get to Cliff Lee for 3 runs in his 5 innings of work.

The Red Sox received nice offensive contributions from Julio Lugo (2/4), Kevin Youkilis (2/4), and Dustin Pedroia (3/3). Pedroia now sits at a very respectable .298 on the season. Youkilis had an inside the park homerun.

J.C Romero gave up a run in relief as did Jonathan Papelbon. Papelbon closed out with multiple fist pumps after 2 very clutch outs to end it. Javier Lopez and Brendan Donnelly combined for a scoreless 8th.

Game 2: Josh Beckett returned from the DL on Wednesday night and it was as if he never left. Beckett was brilliant as he faced the minimum number of batters through his first 6 innings of work. He ended up with 7 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, and 7 K as he picked up his 8th win of the season. Beckett is now 8-0.

Kevin Youkilis and Jason Varitek hit homeruns off of Jeremy Sowers to help the Red Sox to an early lead. Youkilis collected 2 more hits extending his streak of games with multiple hits to nine.

Brendan Donnelly, Javier Lopez, and Hideki Okajima combined for a scoreless 8th and 9th inning. Okajima picked up his 4th save. Mariano Rivera currently has 3.

The Yankees lost their 5th straight by falling to Toronto 3-2. The Red Sox now hold a 14.5 game lead over them.

Game 3: Daisuke Matsuzaka struggled for his 2nd consecutive start. He allowed 12 hits and 6 runs over just 5 innings and the Red Sox were unable to recover from his poor performance.

The Red Sox got 2-hit games from Jason Varitek, Mike Lowell, and Dustin Pedroia but it wasn't enough as the Indians scored 8 runs and the Red Sox were only able to put 4 on the board.

On Deck: The Red Sox will begin a 3-game series with the Yankees on Friday night. Tim Wakefield will take on Chien-Ming Wang in the opener.