Beckett Slams, and Gets Slammed

It was a mixed bag for the Red Sox on Sunday afternoon in Philadelphia for the finale of the series against the defending World Series champions. But it was ultimately a dissatisfying result in the end.Rocco Baldelli and Nick Green belted back-to-back homers off J.A. Happ in the second inning, and the Sox scored four times to give Josh Beckett a 4-1 lead. The way Beckett's been pitching of late, it looked lights out and a sweep was coming.But the Phillies got to Beckett in the fifth, scoring four times, concluded by a Ryan Howard two-RBI double.Beckett returned to the dugout rather miffed he surrendered those runs, and took matters into his own hands, blasting a home run midway into the left field bleachers on the first pitch to tie the game again. It was his third MLB home run, and second at Citizens Bank Park. (I had the pleasure of witnessing the other live in person, in 2007.)But by the seventh, the wheels came off. Beckett allowed a leadoff home run to Jimmy Rollins and aft...