It took eight innings but the Red Sox and thier slumping bats woke up and defeated the Brewers 11-5 on Wednesday. Down 4-0 after three, the Sox plated 3 in the fourth and 2 more in the fifth frame to take a 5-4 lead. The Brewers tied it in the bottom of the sixth with an unearned run, but reliever Mike Hartmann was able to strand runners on second and third with just one out. With literally a minute left in the time limit Hartmann finished up the Crew in the seventh to force an extra inning.

In the eighth the wheels fell off for the Brewers. Starting pitcher Blake Molketine had reached his allotted innings limit forcing the Brewers to go to the pen. RBI singles by Dustin Reck and Mark Dimatteo and a 2 run single by Robert Decker lead a six run inning. The bottom of the eighth was capped by a highlight reel catch by rookie Macario Greenwood. Reck and Mark Suminski each collected 3 hits and the Sox (10-5)  hold on to a slim one game margin for second place over the Cardinals and the Yankees.