October 15, 2008 Collins: No more margin of error Play video

(NECN) - Chris Collins says that there will be no more margin of error when the Red Sox take the field Thursday night. They are now in a must-win situation, and are relying on Game 1 winner Daisuke Matsuzaka to extend the series and their season.

Evan Longoria hit his rookie-record fifth home run of the playoffs, and Carlos Pena and Willy Aybar also homered off aging knuckleballer Tim Wakefield on Tuesday night to give the Rays a 13-4 victory over the Red Sox that put the defending World Series champions on the brink of elimination.

Carl Crawford tied an AL championship series record with five hits and Andy Sonnanstine pitched 7 1-3 sharp innings as Tampa Bay took a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven playoff. Aybar had four hits and five RBIs.

"You could talk about everybody up and down the lineup, but Carl and Willy really set the tone for us," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "Right now it's kind of contagious. ... I don't want to see us do anything different."

Material from the Associated Press is included in this report.