Final: Red Sox 4, Yankees 0

Josh Beckett threw eight strong innings of shutout ball, recording 10 strikeouts for the first time since 2009, and made a 1-0 lead stand until the Sox erupted pushed across a pair of runs in the seventh on Marco Scutaro's double to left to record a rousing 4-0 victory over the Yankees before a Fenway Park crowd of 37,861.

Mike Cameron gave the Sox a 1-0 lead in the third when he hit an RBI infield hit off Yankees starter CC Sabathia, scoring Dustin Pedroia from third.

Scutaro's 2 RBI double in the seventh gave the Sox breathing room and David Ortiz's RBI double to center in the eighth provided the winning margin as Jonathan Papelbon came in and close it out with a pair of strikeouts in the ninth.

The Sox, who improved to 2-7 after taking two out of three in this home-opening set against the Yanks, will host the Tampa Rays Monday night.

Bottom of eighth: Sox 4, Yankees 0

David Ortiz hits a towering double to center off Freddy Garcia that nearly left the yard, scoring Kevin Youkilis (walk). Jonathan Papelbon now in the game to close it out.

Middle of eighth: Sox 3, Yankees 0

Beckett has now retired 14 consecutive batters, recording his 10th strikeout in the eighth. It is the first 10K game for Beckett since punching out 10 July 27, 2009 vs. Oakland. His last shutout came in a 6-0 blanking of the Royals July 12, 2009. Through eight strong innings, he has thrown 103 pitches, 68 for strikes. Papelbon is up in the pen warming up.

Bottom of seventh: Sox 3, Yankees 0

Joba Chamberlain loads the bases after giving up a single to Jason Varitek. Marco Scutaro, who walked his first two at-bats before reaching on a sharply-hit single to center, delivers a two-run double down the line to left, scoring David Ortiz (lead-off walk) and J.D. Drew (walk). LHP Boone Logan is now in the game and just induced Carl Crawford to ground out to second for the second out of the inning.

With two out, Logan intentionally walked Pedroia to load the bases for Gonzalez, who flied out to left. The Sox have now scored three runs on 11 hits, but have stranded 15 runners.

Middle of seventh: Sox 1, Yankees 0

Beckett making it rain ... making the Yankees weep. Through seven, he has now retired 11 consecutive batters after another 1-2-3 inning. The last batter he allowed to reach base was Robinson Cano (single to right) in the fourth inning. He has now thrown 95 pitches, 62 for strikes.

Bottom of sixth, two out: Sox 1, Yankees 0

Yankees make pitching change. With two out and the bases loaded for Kevin Youkilis, New York manager Joe Girardi summons Joba Chamberlin to relieve Sabathia (117 pitches). Chamberlin gets out of the jam when he induces Youkilis to ground to third. The Sox, who have scored 1 run on 9 hits, have now stranded 12 men on base.

Top of sixth: Sox 1, Yankees 0

Beckett continues to dominate. Another 1-2-3 inning against the Yanks. Gardner: 4-3. Jeter: 4-3. Teixeira: K (fastball, 94).

Bottom of fifth: Sox 1, Yankees 0

Sox threatened when Adrian Gonzalez reached after getting hit on the right hand by Sabathia and Ortiz singled to right off him with one out. The Sox stranded two more runners, though, when Mike Cameron, who drove in Boston's first run in the third on an RBI infield hit, flew out to right and J.D. Drew went down swinging on Sabathia's 83-mile-per-hour slider. Sabathia has now thrown 98 pitches, 57 for strikes.

Middle of fifth: Sox 1, Yankees 0

Beckett shows no signs of faltering. Another 1-2-3 inning for him as he records his seventh strikeout of the game. He has allowed two hits in five scoreless innings with one walk and seven strikeouts. He has now thrown 78 pitches, 49 for strikes.

Bottom of third: Sox 1, Yankees 0

After the Sox had an apparent run scored by Dustin Pedroia taken off the board by an interference call on Kevin Youkilis, Mike Cameron wound up driving home Pedroia with an RBI infield hit.

The Sox loaded the bases against Sabathia when Pedroia and Adrian Gonzalez reached on singles, Pedroia advancing to third on Gonzalez's hit to right. Youkilis walked to load the bases for David Ortiz, who hit into a 4-6-3 double play that scored Pedroia.

However, Pedroia and Gonzalez were ordered to return to their bases after Youkilis was called for interference for running outside the base line on his slide into second. The double play was upheld, bringing Cameron to the plate with two out and men in scoring position.

After stranding two men in each of their first two innings, the Sox still managed to score Pedroia from third when Cameron delivered his RBI base hit.

Middle of third: Sox 0, Yankees 0

After retiring the first seven batters he faced, four by strikeout, Beckett allowed Eric Chavez to reach base on a single to center. He then hit catcher Russell Martin with a pitch to put two men aboard with one out. Beckett got a huge defensive lift from second baseman Dustin Pedroia who turned a spectacular double play on Brett Gardner's hit to the hole. Pedroia, ranging to his right, snagged the ball and made the force at second on Martin, then turned against his body to turn two with his put-out at first on Gardner.

Bottom of second: Sox 0, Yankees 0

Sox strand two more baserunners after J.D. Drew reaches on a 1-out single to right and Marco Scutaro draws a two-out walk. Carl Crawford, who entered the game 1-for-10 for the series, wound up flying out to center to end the inning. The Sox have now left four men on base after two innings.

Top of second: Sox 0, Yankees 0

Josh Beckett looking strong through first two innings of work. After recording a tidy 1-2-3 first, sandwiching strikeouts of Brett Gardner and Mark Teixeira around a ground out to short by Derek Jeter, Beckett threw another 1-2-3 inning in the second, getting out of the inning by striking out Nick Swisher with the curveball.

End of first: Sox 0, Yankees 0

The Sox threatened when they put men on the corners after Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis each reached on singles to right. They wound up getting stranded, however, when CC Sabathia induced David Ortiz to hit a broken-bat ground out to second to end the inning.

Pregame

Greetings from Fenway Park, where the Red Sox will host the Yankees in the third game of this 10-game homestand. The Sox, who dropped a 9-4 game on Saturday afternoon to fall to 1-7, will send Josh Beckett to the mound to oppose CC

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