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Josh Beckett continued to live up to the four-year, $68 million deal given to him by the Boston Red Sox prior to the season. Heaping sarcasm consumes that statement, as after his offense scored four runs in the third inning to take a 5-0 lead, the Red Sox's so-called ace promptly gave up six runs in the bottom of the inning to the Toronto Blue Jays. In the fourth inning, it was more of the same. After Marco Scutaro scored on a wild pitch and a reborn Jason Varitek knocked two in with a single, Beckett walked the only two batters he faced in the bottom of the inning. He was relieved by Scott Atchison, who allowed those two runners to score on a two-out triple by former Red Sox Alex Gonzalez. Beckett’s final line? Three-plus innings, nine hits, eight runs, and three walks, raising his ...

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