BOSTON – Erik Gagne. Do we really need to see more of him? Is there any way he can pull a Roger Clemens and hurt his hamstring?That way, at least, the Red Sox can do one of those emergency dispensation things, the way the New York Yankees did when The Rocket – who was set to get blasted into orbit last Sunday night by the Cleveland Indians, grimaced, tweaked his hammie, and went limping off into the sunset.Something tells me that Red Sox nation could stand to see the same thing happen to Gagne, especially after last night’s simply awful outing in the 10th inning, which paved the way for a 13-6 defeat in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series.Back in July, when the Red Sox got Gagne to provide bullpen depth, we all sat around shaking our hands at what a wonderful pickup this was. Except it wasn’t. He’s been a disaster.And so it was that last night, Gagne came in to pitch in the 10th, after closer Jonathan Papelbon pitched two scoreless innings to keep the Sox poised to break a 6-6 tie. But they couldn’t – even when Kevin Youkilis, after putting up a 13-pitch at-bat against Rafael Betancourt in the ninth, lined sharply to center with Jacoby Ellsbury on second.Gagne got Casey Blake on strikes to start the inning, but it went downhill in a hurry. Grady Sizemore singled on the first pitch and Asdrubal Cabrera walked.That would be all for Gagne, who left amid a chorus of boos and stared vacantly from the dugout as the inning absolutely fell apart.As if all of this wasn’t bad enough, there stood Trot Nixon – in because the Indians pinch-ran for Travis Hafner earlier in the game. Nixon is still revered in Boston for his gritty play – a quality that stands in stark contrast to his replacement, J.D. Drew, who shows all the emotion of a robot. It hasn’t helped any that Drew has been just as invisible in this series – so far – as he was through most of the season.Javier Lopez took over for Gagne, and Nixon pounced on his third pitch and roped a single that scored the tiebreaking run.If that’s all that happened, maybe the Sox would have had a chance against Cleveland closer Joe Borowski, who certainly didn’t wow the Red Sox in the bottom of the inning.But Lopez threw an absolutely horrible wild pitch that brought home Cleveland’s eighth run, and, well, everything that could go wrong went wrong after that.It always seems worse when one of your own does you in, and the Red Sox have seen plenty of ghosts from their past come back to haunt them. Twice this year, Clemens stood them on their heads as the Yankees to five of six late-season games against them and propelled themselves back into the playoff race.Johnny Damon routinely kills them. Even Sparky Lyle, dating back to the 60s, used to frustrate them to no end.But Nixon’s hit hurt, because when he was with the Red Sox he was positively clutch. And that’s not an adjective you’d use to describe Drew.Or Gagne, for that matter.Sad to say, playing with Gagne on your team is like playing with 24 players instead of 25. There is no way the Red Sox can use him unless they’re 10 up or 10 down.And if they had any doubts ? or any optimism ? they ended last night.On to Game 3.Steve Krause is sports editor of The Item