Boston Red Sox defeat Texas Rangers, 6-5

ARLINGTON, Texas -- This time it was Mark Teixeira, the young Texas slugger playing the role occupied by Derek Jeter, Miguel Tejada, and Javy Lopez before him.

Keith Foulke on the mound, game at stake, ball flying out of the yard.

Yesterday, unlike April 5 (Jeter) and April 26 (Tejada, Lopez) the late homer didn't cost the Sox the game -- it turned a 6-3 win into a 6-5 win -- and this time Jason Varitek, captain that he is, pointed the finger at himself.

"I made a se...