Didn't bother him one bit when country singer Danielle Peck performed Thursday night.
"I don't make those (expletive) decisions," Beckett said after pitching Boston past the Cleveland Indians 7-1. "Thanks for flying one of my friends to the game so she could watch it for free."
Kenny Lofton, well, that was a different story.
Beckett took exception to Lofton's antics at the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning of Game 5 of the AL championship series, screaming at him and prompting both benches and bullpens to clear. No punches were thrown and nobody was ejected, and both teams left the field after a few minutes of milling about.
Beckett stayed sharp after the brief skirmish, limiting the Indians to one run over eight innings. He struck out 11, walked one and allowed five hits.
"There was just a little verbiage back and forth. Nothing happened," Cleveland manager Eric Wedge said. "Both teams ran out, looked at each other, ran back."
Pitching to keep the Red Sox alive, Beckett was thrown a curveball before the game even started. The Indians brought Peck, an Ohio native, in to sing the national anthem and "God Bless America."
"An incredible coincidence," Indians vice president Bob DiBiasio said. "Honestly."
Peck was simply filling in for Taylor Swift, another country star who was originally scheduled to handle the singing duties.
"(Peck's) record company called and said she's got Ohio ties and we said, 'Perfect,"' DiBiasio said.
And it didn't bother him, Beckett said. Honest.
"She's a friend of mine," he said.
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