The Red Sox have broken a scoreless tie thanks to Kevin Youkilis‘ sacrifice fly, plating Jacoby Ellsburyfrom third. Ellsbury had reached on an infield single, followed by what was originally ruled another infield hit from Dustin Pedroia and then changed to an error. 

Another case of super timing on the behalf of WEEI.com, with Alex Speier writing a tremendous blog entry on Ellsbury almost becoming an Tampa Bay Ray.

Youkilis deserves kudos for what was a seven-pitch at-bat, hanging in on a Sonnanstine curveball long enough to drive it for the RBI.

By the way, speaking of fly balls in Tropicana Field, a couple of the Red Sox were in the dugout before the game noting that this field was actually tougher than Minnesota’s roof in terms of fly balls, partly because the presence of a sea of wires and catwalks. I still say Japan was the worst, especially considering they built it so the setting sun would shine through the roof and directly into the outfielders’ eyes.