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CLEVELAND — Manny Ramirez hit a long RBI single that the Red Sox argued should have been a homer, and Boston led the Cleveland Indians 2-1 after three innings in Game 5 of the AL championship series Thursday night.
The Indians led the best-of-seven series 3-1 and were trying to clinch a pennant at home for the first time. Boston ace Josh Beckett was trying to send the series back to Fenway Park.
After David Ortiz drew a two-out walk from C.C. Sabathia in the third, Ramirez hit a drive to deep center field where Grady Sizemore leaped at the wall. The ball appeared to hit the yellow line on top of the wall before bouncing back on the field.
Ramirez jogged to first base as Ortiz raced around to score, and umpires ruled the ball was in play. Jacobs Field ground rules state that a ball is a home run if it travels over the yellow line on top of the wall on a fly.
Ramirez and Red Sox manager Terry Francona contended it should have been a homer. Bench coach Brad Mills came out to escort Francona, who was becoming more animated, back to the dugout.
Beckett and Sabathia faced each other in a rematch of Game 1, won by the Red Sox 10-3. The Indians took the next three games.
If a sixth game is necessary, Curt Schilling will pitch in Boston on Saturday night against Fausto Carmona.
Kevin Youkilis homered for Boston in the first and Sizemore scored for Cleveland in the bottom of the inning.
Youkilis' homer came with one out before Ortiz struck out. Ramirez hit a fly ball, but left fielder Kenny Lofton took a bad angle and the ball rolled past him into left-center field for a double.
Then the Indians were bailed out by another poor judgment, by Boston third base coach DeMarlo Hale.
Mike Lowell flared a single to right and Hale waved Ramirez around third. Strong-armed Franklin Gutierrez threw the ball on a fly to catcher Victor Martinez. He tagged Ramirez, who was several feet from the plate and didn't bother to slide after flipping his helmet off halfway down the line.
Cleveland tied it quickly as Sizemore led off the first with a double, took third on Asdrubal Cabrera's single and scored on Travis Hafner's double-play grounder.
Beckett has three postseason shutouts, the latest in the opener of Boston's three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels in the first round.
Then he allowed two runs in six innings of the ALCS opener. Sabathia, lacking an aggressive approach and struggling with his control, gave up eight runs in just 4 1-3 innings in that game.
In the second inning Thursday, each started walked one batter and struck out two. It was the first walk issued by Beckett in the playoffs, a span of 16 2-3 innings.
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That's the kind of attitude I like to see in the Red Sox.
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#2 - Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:45 PM EDT{"commentId":1110570,"authorDomain":"finalcut"}
Well I thought it was nice to see an athlete put what he does in perspective. It really isn't that big of a deal.
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