Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 8, Texas 7
When: 7:10 PM ET, Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 63°
Umpires: Home - Brian O'Nora, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Chris Guccione, 3B - Jerry Crawford
Attendance: 37518

A night after Darnell McDonald made late-inning magic for the Boston Red Sox, Kevin Youkilis ended an extra-inning affair with the Texas Rangers by roping an RBI double in the bottom of the 12th-inning to lift the Red Sox to an 8-7 victory on Wednesday.

With the game tied at 7-7 going into the 12th, Red Sox pinch-hitter Jeremy Hermida struck out, but Marco Scutaro followed with a single. Scutaro advanced to second on a fly out by J.D. Drew and then Dustin Pedroia was intentionally walked. That brought up Youkilis, who drilled a 3-2 curveball off of Rangers reliever Dustin Nippert (0-2) into centerfield to bring in the winning run.

Hideki Okajima (2-1) earned the victory with an inning of perfect relief.

The Rangers built a 4-0 lead in the second inning, but the Red Sox answered with a solo home run from Mike Lowell in the bottom half. Then, Boston took the lead in the third at 5-4 when Drew belted a grand slam over the right-field fence.

The Red Sox extended their lead with a solo homer from McDonald in the fourth and an RBI single from Lowell in the fifth.

The Rangers responded in the seventh and evened the game on a three-run home run from Josh Hamilton.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Texas   Boston
Matt Harrison Player Josh Beckett
No Decision W/L No Decision
4.0 IP 7.0
3 Strikeouts 4
5 Hits 7
13.50 ERA 9.00
Hitting
Texas   Boston
Josh Hamilton Player Mike Lowell
3 Hits 2
4 RBI 2
1 HR 1
6 TB 5
.750 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Texas 8 1 15 .200 9 10 7 5 3 0
Boston 9 3 20 .209 8 12 8 6 0 0