patriots beat texans?

no, it wasn't the patriots beating the texans in a pre-season football game down in foxboro ... that 19-17 score you saw scroll across your television screen was really a baseball game ... an all-hit, no-pitch baseball game between the boston red sox and texas rangers at fenway ... and what could have been an embarrassing loss for the red sox instead was a captivating late inning comeback win ... a 10 run first inning by the red sox turned into a 10 run blown lead when the rangers scored their 15th run in the 6th inning to go ahead 15-14 ... but kevin youkilis' 2nd home run of the game ... a 3-run blast in the 8th inning ... put the red sox ahead to stay at 19-16

for the red sox, stars of the night were many ... several deserve mention

• pd had 5 hits in 6 at-bats ... scored 5 runs ... knocked in 2 runs
• big papi had 3 hits in 4 official at-bats ... walked twice ... scored 4 runs ... drove in 6 runs ... the first 2 of papi's 3 hits were a pair of 3-run big flies in the 1st inning
• youk had 2 hits in 5 official plate appearances ... walked once ... scored 2 runs ... knocked in 5 runs ... both of kevin's hits were home runs ... the second being a game winning 3-run shot over the monster seats and onto lansdowne street in the 8th
• okie pitched 1.2 innings of hitless and scoreless relief ... shutting down the rangers offense thru the 7th and 8th innings on a night when no pitcher from either side was shutting down much