This Day in History: 2000-08-24

August 24, 2011: The Red Sox retake the lead for first place in the AL East from the New York Yankees with a 13-2 thrashing of the Texas Rangers at The Ballpark in Arlington, TX; the Red Sox offense is powered by two-run homers from Jacoby Ellsbury, Adrian Gonzalez, and Carl Crawford, who has 5 RBI in the game while the winning pitcher is Josh Beckett.