Ell's bells

Ellsbury certainly isn't taking his at-bats out to left field with him. He made a nice catch of Yuniesky Betancourt's sinking liner for the inning's first out. Then, when Coco Crisp got a late break on Johjima's liner, Ellsbury came streaking across from left to make a running catch in front of Coco, who might not have gotten there in time.

Oki just walked pinch-hitter Miguel Cairo; Tito has gone to Manny Delcarmen to face Willie Bloomquist. Not a real vote of confidence in Oki, to be sure.