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June 3, 2008
When Mike Lowell singled home Kevin Youkilis in the eighth inning last night at Baltimore, it gave the Red Sox a 3-2 lead. It was a lead they couldn't hold, of course, thanks to Hideki Okajima's meltdown. But it continued a season-long trend of Lowell coming through for the Sox in tight situations.
In "late and close" at-bats -- those that come in the seventh inning or later, with the game tied or the hitting team ahead by one or with the tying run at least on deck -- Lowell is 10 for 24 on the season, a .417 batting average, best in the American League. Click here to see the full list of leaders in the category, from STATS Inc.
In the 24 at-bats, Lowell has two home runs and two doubles, raising his slugging percentage to .750.
Had last night's eighth-inning lead held up, it would have been the second game-winning RBI of the Baltimore series for Lowell; he drove in the game-winner Friday night in the 13th inning.
Posted by Mike McDermott 
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