It was like pulling teeth for 4 hours and 25 minutes
May 15, 2008 | 08:57 AM

Pay-back's a #&@*!

Baltimore Orioles' Jay Payton (16) is greeted at home plate by teammates Freddie Bynum and Brian Roberts (1) after hitting a grand slam home run off of Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Hideki Okajima (below left) in the seventh inning of their MLB American League baseball game in Baltimore, Maryland May 14, 2008
(Reuters Photo | Inset: AP Photo)

Jay 'Playing Time' Payton Slams Reeling Roadsters
5 Losses in Last 6 Games for Sinking Sox

Box: Orioles 6, Sox 3
Globe: Sox Trip on Okajima's Slip
Getting the Last Word In: Jay Payton Releases a Bomb on Former Team
Pedroia Opens the Floodgates, But Gets a Mulligan for the Bad Hop
Everyman's Base Hit: Congratulations to John Van Every
Chokajima: ERA Aside, 11 of the 14 Inherited Runners Have Scored
The Bus Is Gassed Up and Waiting to Take Hansen Home
Bright Side: Lowell and 'Tek Drive the Ball Deep
A Good Start Spoiled: Lester Deserved More

"We've been playing better than the losing. We just need to find a way to grind out a win."
-- 5.14.08, Jason Varitek giving the Josh Beckett generic speech after a loss

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Home run makes Red Sox walkoff winners > Red Sox have winning ingredient > Youklis wakes up Fenway Park > Another solid Red Sox bullpen effort keeps things in check > Lester keeps dealing > Jays break through for Cito

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