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August 12, 2009

Lowell lifts BoSox after Youkilis brawls (AP)

Detroit Tigers'  Placido Polanco(notes), left, reacts after striking out to end the baseball game as Boston Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek(notes) strides toward the mound after the Red Sox's 7-5 victory at Fenway Park in Boston, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009.

The benches emptied, and Mike Lowell stuck around to really put a hurt on the Detroit Tigers. After entering the game when Kevin Youkilis was ejected for charging the mound, Lowell hit two home runs on Tuesday night to lead the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 7-5. "He starts out there watching and pretty quickly he's down there stretching and he ends up having a huge impact on the…

Lowell leads BoSox after Youkilis brawls (AP)

Boston Red Sox Mike Lowell(notes) reacts to cheering fans as he comes up to bat against the Detroit Tigers in the seventh inning of their baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. Lowell had previously hit two homers in the game.

Mike Lowell, who entered the game after Kevin Youkilis was ejected for charging the mound and inciting a bench-clearing scuffle, hit two home runs to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 7-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night. Lowell hit a solo homer in the third to break a 3-3 tie, then added a two-run shot in the fifth to make it 6-3.

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