44-year-old Wakefield oldest to win for Red Sox

BOSTON (AP)—Tim Wakefield(notes) became the oldest pitcher to win for Boston, and the Red Sox backed their 44-year-old knuckleballer with five home runs Wednesday night to rough up the Tampa Bay Rays 11-5.
Marco Scutaro(notes) hit two homers and Adrian Beltre(notes), David nfl jerseys
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warm temperatures on a late-summer night helped the ball carry out of Fenway Park. Four of the shots came off Matt Garza(notes) (14-8).
Wakefield (4-10) surpassed Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley, who was 43 when he got his last win for the Red Sox.
The Rays dropped to 2 1/2 games behind the AL Indianapolis Colts jersey
East-leading Yankees. Boston is nine behind New York