Beckett gets scratched from last night’s start for “flu like symptoms and a stiff neck.” I believe that injury report when it’s for Tek, but when it’s for Beckett let me translate: “I was out drinking waaaay to late on Lansdowne last night with Dustin, woke up with a nasty hangover and was puking all morning. Keeping my head over the toilet in that position for so long gave my neck a nasty cramp, so I thought it was better not to start.”

No matter, the Sox still enjoy to give everybody heart attacks. This time they fell behind 5-1 before clawing their way to a 6-5 lead, giving the lead back up, and eventually taking it for good in the bottom of the 8th. Clearly the player of the game honors go to Jacoby “I can probably outrun Danica Patrick in a car” Ellsbury, who went 3-5 with 2 HRs, and scored the go-ahead run from first on a ground ball to left. Remember, there’s a large green wall in left because it’s so short.

So for those of you keeping score at home, the Sox are now on a six game winning streak. In only two of those games have the Sox not trailed. In two more they trailed by a single run. And, here’s the amazing part, they were behind by five in one game and four in another.