Boston Red Sox's Jacoby Ellsbury, right, steals second base as the ball gets away from Milwaukee Brewers' Rickie Weeks, left, during the fifth inning in the second game of their day-night baseball doubleheader, Saturday, May 17, 2008, in Boston.
(AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
Red Sox sweep Brewers in day-night doubleheader
Boston Red Sox's Jacoby Ellsbury, right, steals second base as the ball gets away from Milwaukee Brewers' Rickie Weeks, left, during the fifth inning in the second game of their day-night baseball doubleheader, Saturday, May 17, 2008, in Boston.
(AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)
BOSTON—Mike Lowell hit a two-run homer and doubled in a pair of runs, and the Boston Red Sox survived a battle of bumbling infielders to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 on Saturday and complete a sweep of their day-night doubleheader.
The teams' infielders combined for seven errors in the nightcap -- four by the Brewers -- the most in a game this season. None was by Boston first baseman Kevin Youkilis, who had the go-ahead single and played his major league record 222nd straight game at first without an error.
In the opener, Daisuke Matsuzaka held Milwaukee to a pair of unearned runs pitching into the seventh inning, and David Ortiz hit a three-run homer to help the Red Sox beat the Brewers 5-3.
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