Behind the seemingly unstoppable Josh Beckett, the Red Sox won Game 5 of the ALCS:
CLEVELAND (AP) — He blocked out everything: the screaming crowd, Kenny Lofton’s chirping, even his ex-girlfriend singing only a few feet away.
Josh Beckett, standing tall as ever on the mound, rose above it all — October’s biggest star.
Beckett dominated the Cleveland Indians for the second time and Manny Ramirez drove in the go-ahead run with a 390-foot single as the Boston Red Sox stayed alive in the AL championship series with a 7-1 win Thursday night in Game 5.
Back to Fenway Park they go. Just the Red Sox being the Red Sox. They have plenty of practice at these postseason comebacks.
I’m still picking Cleveland to win this, probably on Saturday.
