Diamondbacks get Soxed

The Boston Red Sox faithful made an impressive showing Friday night, arriving early and cheering loudly, turning Chase Field into Fenway Lite. The players they came to see weren’t too shabby either.

J.D. Drew went 3-for-5 with two homers and seven RBIs and Josh Beckett allowed two earned runs (three total) in eight innings of five-hit ball as Boston steamrolled the Diamondbacks 10-3 in front of 40,435 fans.

Boston’s 39-21 record is the best in the majors, and Beckett improved his record to 9-0 on the season.

“We’ve got to come out playing better (against) a team like that,” Arizona first baseman Conor Jackson said. “We need to come out (today) and show we can play with those guys.”

Arizona starter Doug Davis (4-7) looked shaky, giving up five runs in four innings and walking five. He gave up a leadoff home run to Julio Lugo and a blast to Drew.

“He was just out of sync today, as far as his command with all his pitches,” D-Backs manager Bob Melvin said.

Davis’ lack of control was his undoing. A two-out walk to Dustin Pedroia in the fourth proved costly when David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez followed with singles to score him.

“It was just one of those days I couldn’t even come close to where I wanted to throw it,” Davis said. “And when I did, they were just teeing off.”

The big blast came in the third inning, when Drew hit a three-run homer to left-center field to give the Red Sox a 4-0 cushion.

“With Beckett on the mound, you give him a lead like that, it’s not a real good recipe,” Melvin said. “He’s a tough guy to come back on.”

Drew turned the contest into a laugher in the sixth when he hit his second three-run shot, this one off Edgar Gonzalez, to make it 9-1. He drove in his career-high seventh run by doubling in the seventh to make the score 10-2.

“Once it got going in that direction, it was kind of tough to stop,” Melvin said. “(It is only) one game though.”

The poor outing by Davis halts an impressive run by the Arizona starting pitchers.

In the 13 games prior, the starters were 10-1 with a 1.79 ERA.

Davis himself had been 2-0 with a 1.15 ERA in that span.

Jailen Peguero pitched a perfect ninth for Arizona in his major league debut.

A play in the bottom of the third inning epitomized the game for the D-Backs.

Alberto Callaspo singled to start the inning and Chris Snyder followed with another hit. Callaspo thought about trying for third base but decided against it and dove back into second under Lugo’s tag.

But Lugo held the ball and waited to see if Callaspo would get off the base. He did briefly and Lugo made the tag for the first out of the inning.

“Kind of the way the day went,” Melvin said.