Red Sox tie Records Last Night

At the conclusion of five innings, the Nos. 3-6 hitters -- Ortiz, Manny Ramirez, Trot Nixon, and Varitek -- were 15 for 16 with five home runs and a triple. Nixon singled in the seventh, for his fourth hit, marking just the sixth time in AL history that four teammates recorded four hits in the same game.

Ortiz homered twice (Nos. 45 and 46) and singled twice. Ramirez homered twice (Nos. 37 and 38) and singled twice as well. Nixon, after whiffing in the first, homered, singled, and tripled through five innings, leaving him a double shy of the cycle with half the game to go. He'd later single and fly to left. Varitek had singled four times, giving him as many hits in five innings as he had in his preceding 13 games.