The Red Sox got right back into the game in the bottom of the inning. Lefthander Brett Anderson -- who shut out the Sox on two hits when he faced them on July 6 -- walked Jacoby Ellsbury and Kevin Youkilis interspersed with strikeouts of Dustin Pedroia and Jason Bay. Mike Lowell, the one Soxer for whom the rookie Anderson has not been a mystery, lofted a 1-and-2 pitch into the last row of the Monster Seats in left-center, cutting Oakland's lead to 5-3. It was Lowell's second homer in three at-bats against Anderson this year and 11th of the season but first since June 10.
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