SCANNING THE CROWD Phillies' fans in full force at Fenway Park Saturday

It was almost like playing a home game for Philadelphia.
THE HARTFORD COURANT
BOSTON -- The Phillie Phanatic did not make the trip to Fenway Park this weekend. The fury green mascot that loves to taunt opposing teams would have been in his glory.
However, the Phillies fanatics did show up and in record numbers.
Sitting in the bullpen, Red Sox reliever Alan Embree had no trouble hearing the red-clad fans Saturday in the ninth inning as the Phillies were putting the finishing touches on a 9-2 victory at Fenway Park.
From every corner, "Let's Go Phillies!" was loud and clear.
"A dose of our own medicine," Embree said, referring to the ubiquitous "Let's Go Red Sox!" chants whenever they play on the road.
Phillies second baseman Jimmy Rollins said, "It was kind of weird to come up to Boston and hear so many of your fans chanting like that. I turned around and smiled."
Boston fans leave early
A large number of empty seats vacated by Red Sox fans in the late innings only made the contingent of Phillies fans seem larger and much louder. It may not have been a sea of red, but there were definitely large ponds.
"That's not a position we want to put our fans in and have them leave early," Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek said.
The first question asked to Phillies manager Larry Bowa in his post-game interview: How did it feel to play in front of the home crowd?
"We had a lot of Philly people here," Bowa said. "We sort of let them down [Friday] night. We got a redeemer today."
Red Sox third baseman Kevin Youkilis was surprised by the Philly invasion.
"It's kind of hard to get tickets here," Youkilis said. "I guess some people knew some people or paid a lot of money for these tickets. But it's great.
"It's good for the Phillies. Good for them and the fact that they have good fans behind them. I've heard they have some rough fans behind them too in Philly. But we kind of got a little bit of how other teams felt."
Errors costly to Red Sox
The Red Sox didn't give their fans any reason to stick around until the end, paving the way for the massive premature exits by making a season-high four errors that gave them 61, the second most in the American League. They allowed five unearned runs to pad their total to 54, tops in the majors.
"Today we kicked the ball around and it really affected the outcome of the game," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said.