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As the baseball drifted toward him down the line in shallow right field, J.D. Drew geared up to make the perfect throw. He felt that was the only thing that could send Game 2 of the American League Championship Series into the 12th inning.
With speedy Fernando Perez tagging from third base, Drew planted, fired and cringed.
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The throw wound up short, and on the third-base side of home plate. Perez slid in to land the Red Sox a gut-wrenching 9-8, 11-inning loss to the Rays on Saturday.
So instead of going back to Boston with a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series, the Red Sox instead settled for a split after a game that took five hours and 27 minutes. The contest came to an end at 1:36 a.m. ET on Sunday.
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It was a wild game, one in which the teams combined for seven home runs to set an ALCS record and tie the postseason record. It was also one in which the two starting pitchers -- Josh Beckett for the Red Sox and Scott Kazmir for the Rays -- struggled, putting both bullpens into the spotlight.
"It's just one of those games," said Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon. "It could have gone either way. It's one of those games where nobody really deserved to lose. It was a hard-fought battle by both clubs and we came out on the short end of the stick. What can I say?"
Did Drew think he had a shot on what proved to be a walk-off sacrifice fly off the bat of B.J. Upton?
"I did, but I knew I had to be super quick getting it out of my glove," Drew said.
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