BOSTON – After giving up just three earned runs over 14 2/3 innings in his previous two starts, it seemed that quite possibly the old Josh Beckett – the one who put together a Cy Young-candidate campaign in 2007 – was beginning to reemerge just in time for the stretch run.Instead, the Beckett who showed up at Fenway Park yesterday was shellacked for six runs before his team even got a turn to bat, as the Red Sox were pummeled by the Blue Jays, 15-4.Beckett lasted just 2 1/3 innings, giving up eight runs (all earned) on eight hits, one home run, a walk, and a hit batter, striking out three. The six runs in the opening frame were the most he’s allowed in an inning this season. He had given up nine total first-inning runs in his previous 22 starts.”It was a bad day,” Sox manager Terry Francona said. “The fastballs he threw ran back over the middle. They were elevated. We spent the majority of the day doing that. (The Blue Jays) were pretty consistent in scoring. We threw a lot of fastballs that caught way too much of the plate today.””I think I missed a couple of times off the plate and they didn’t offer at them,” Beckett said. “The balls that they hit were definitely left over the plate. I guess your defense would probably tell you that they’d rather you miss over the plate. At least, they got the chance to make a play if they hit the ball. But if you’re out there just walking guys, they can’t defend a walk. It just so happened that the way they were hitting the ball or how they were hitting the ball, they couldn’t really defend those, either.”Catcher Jason Varitek expressed little concern about his team’s ace, saying it was a combination of a potentially good-hitting team (although hitting just .258, 12th in the American League) and Beckett mistakes that led to the right-hander’s early exit.”Those things cycle through a team,” Varitek said. “Josh had a great outing that allowed us to manufacture runs in his last one. We just had a tough day. We got shelled.”He hasn’t really had one of those this year. Like where it’s been where he had a real tough time with everything, whether he made a pitch it goes out for a home run, or he doesn’t. So, as far as is this going to ruin Josh for the year? No.”It’s actually been more than a year since Beckett had a linescore like yesterday’s. The outing was Beckett’s shortest since lasting just 1 1/3 innings against the Yankees in New York June 5, 2006, when he faced 13 batters and gave up eight runs (seven earned) on seven hits, including two home runs, and two walks, striking out one. The eight earned runs yesterday were the most he has allowed since giving up the same amount Sept. 27, 2006, to Tampa Bay, in 6 2/3 innings.”Just a bad day all the way around,” Beckett said. “It was frustrating. I gave up eight runs. It was pretty frustrating.Likely frustrating, too, after his previous two outings, both strong performances that notched wins for the Sox staff ace. On Aug. 5 at Kansas City, he went 6 2/3 innings, allowing two earned runs on four hits and two walks, striking out seven, on 90 pitches (58 strikes), with the Sox winning, 8-2. With the win – his first on the road since July 4 in New York – he snapped a personal three-game losing streak. On Aug. 11, facing the White Sox in Chicago, he threw 104 pitches (67 strikes), going eight innings, giving up one earned run on seven hits without walking a batter, striking out eight, as Boston won, 5-1.But in his last Fenway start, July 30 against the Angels, Beckett struggled, going 5 1/3 innings, giving up eight runs (seven earned) on 11 hits, matching a season high, with a walk and eight strikeouts on 100 pitches (68 strikes).This season has been anything but similar to the campaign he put together last year, compiling a record of 20-7 with a 3.74 ERA, leading the majors in wins and leading the Sox to the World Series. With the loss yesterday, Beckett’s record fell to 11-9 in 23 starts. It is the most losses he’s recorded since he went 16-11 in 33