October 18, 2008
Crime Does Not Pay, Finally
Dioner Navarro singles leading off the fifth. With one out, however, he's caught stealing on a busted hit and run play. It's the first time in 18 tries that the Boston catcher threw out a Rays stealer (there was a pickoff caught stealing). That's the kind of base running a sabermetrician can love.
The timing of the CS was poor, however, as Jason Bartlett homers to left to tie the game at two. Bartlett hit one home run in the post season, and Beckett has now allowed seven in the playoff this year.
Update: That's all the Rays get. According to the broadcast, Beckett's seven home runs allowed ties a post-season record.
Update: Eric Show in 1984, Scott Garrelts in 1989 andAndy Pettitte in 1996 all allowed seven home runs in a post season.
Nice spinner by Becket - ususally you see those from guys and next thing you see is their name in the transactions