Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 7, Texas 6
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 62°
Umpires: Home - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Brian O'Nora, 2B - Phil Cuzzi, 3B - Chris Guccione
Attendance: 37614

Darnell McDonald’s game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning carried the Boston Red Sox to a much-needed 7-6 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.

The win snapped a five-game losing streak for the Red Sox, while sending the Rangers to their fifth consecutive defeat.

McDonald, who was called-up from Triple-A on Monday, came on to pinch-hit in the eighth inning and subsequently drilled a game-tying two-run home run over the left-centerfield wall off Rangers left-hander Darren Oliver to even the score at 6-6.

With the game tied going into the ninth, Boston first baseman Kevin Youkilis led off with an infield single and advanced to second on a passed ball. Bill Hall then bunted Youkilis to third and Mike Lowell was intentionally walked.

Adrian Beltre followed with an ill-timed infield popup, which sent McDonald to the plate with two away and the winning run on third. McDonald came through and ripped an 0-1 fastball off of Rangers reliever Frank Francisco (2-3).

Red Sox closer Jonathan Papalbon (1-1) worked the ninth for the win. Jeremy Hermida homered in the fourth inning as Boston overcame a 5-1 deficit.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Texas   Boston
Colby Lewis Player Tim Wakefield
No Decision W/L No Decision
5.0 IP 6.0
5 Strikeouts 3
5 Hits 7
5.40 ERA 9.00
Hitting
Texas   Boston
Nelson Cruz Player Victor Martinez
2 Hits 3
1 RBI 1
0 HR 0
3 TB 3
.500 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Texas 8 0 10 .235 16 5 5 9 9 1
Boston 13 2 22 .342 16 7 7 5 0 0