Rays Win Marathon

When Josh Beckett and Scott Kazmir take the hill you know you are in for a close game. What you would not expect however is a 9-8 final score.

It started as a shootout, but ended as a pitchers duel. Two so called aces looked more like deer in headlight rookies combining to allow an ALCS record tying seven homeruns in five innings of work.

After the fifth inning it was a whole new ball game. Over the remaining six innings the two teams combined to score a mere three runs. But it was the Rays who scored when it counted. With the bases loaded in the 11th BJ Upton hit a sacrifice fly to right to plate pinch runner Fernando Perez evening the series at a game a piece.

The series now shifts to Boston for three game beginning Monday. Jon Lester and Matt Garza will take the hill for the Sox and Rays respectively.