Thanks to Manny's two homeruns (nos. 494 and 495 in the second and third, respectively), the Sox beat the Yankees 7-5 last night. And Beckett was throwing fire, almost for an entire game. Over the course of eight innings, he allowed six hits and three runs, walked one and struck out five.
Yankee reliever Kyle Farnsworth (who came in for Mussina) almost hit Manny with a pitch at the top of the seventh, but it went behind his back. I guess that was payback for Aardsma hitting A-Rod the night before.
Even still, Manny was able to pass Lou Gehrig and Frank McGriff landing in 24th place on the all-time homerun list. Getting in shape has really paid off for Manny, who's batting .343 so far.
Other runs were scored by Ellsbury, Ortiz, and Youkilis (2).
Beckett got the win, Mussina got the loss (what a shame).
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