The Red Sox have their longest winning streak since the 2006 season as Jason Bay’s 3-run homer led them to an 11th straight victory on Monday night against the Cleveland Indians. Jonathan Papelbon struggled in a save opportunity and surrendered a run but the BoSox held on to win 3-1.

This was Bay’s 5th home run on the season, and he’s been doing a lot to make up for the lack of home run power from slugger David Ortiz, who is still waiting on his first home run of the season. Ortiz has had several doubles off the Green Monster in the past week.

Also of note in this game is Tim Wakefield’s performance against 2008 AL Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee. Lee was brilliant, but Wakefield matched him through 7 innings, giving up just 1 hit. Wake didn’t even get the win because the game was a scoreless tie when he was taken out for Delcarmen, but we’ll remember this game when we look back at his record this season. It was probably one of his most masterful performances in several years, right up there with the no-hit bid he had going a few weeks ago.

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