Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 12, Texas 7
When: 4:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 3, 2011
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 85°
Umpires: Home - Gary Darling, 1B - Bruce Dreckman, 2B - Paul Emmel, 3B - Rob Drake
Attendance: 37806

Carl Crawford belted a grand slam and Jarrod Saltalamacchia added a two-run homer in an eight-run fourth inning as the Boston Red Sox outslugged the Texas Rangers 12-7 Saturday at Fenway Park.

Erik Bedard (5-9) notched his first win in six starts as a member of the Red Sox. The veteran lefty, who is 1-2 in his time at Boston, allowed three runs on five hits in six innings.

Boston trailed 3-1 before breaking the game open in the fourth.

Saltalamacchia began the scoring with a two-run shot, his 14th, off Colby Lewis (11-10). Following an RBI single by Mike Aviles, Crawford cleared the right field bullpen with a grand slam.

Dustin Pedroia added a three-run double in the sixth inning for Boston, which trails the New York Yankees by a half-game in the American League East. Josh Reddick had four of Boston’s 16 hits in the game, a day after managing just two hits in a 10-0 loss on Friday night.

Lewis allowed four runs on seven hits in 3 1/3 innings. Texas saw its lead cut to 3 1/2 games over the Los Angeles Angels atop the AL West.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Texas   Boston
Colby Lewis Player Erik Bedard
Loss W/L Win
3.1 IP 6.0
3 Strikeouts 6
7 Hits 5
10.80 ERA 4.50
Hitting
Texas   Boston
Josh Hamilton Player Josh Reddick
3 Hits 4
1 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 5
.600 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Texas 11 1 16 .324 14 7 7 4 0 0
Boston 16 2 26 .410 20 8 12 6 1 1