BOSTON – The scores of fans who left Fenway Park in the top of the seventh inning last night were likely begging to be let back in for the bottom of the inning as the Sox mounted the biggest comeback in ALCS history, coming from seven runs down to beat the Rays, 8-7, and pull within a game, 3-2, of the ALCS.The Sox are now 8-0 in ALCS elimination games since holding off the Yankees in Game 6 of the 2003 series.This was no ordinary win.It was the biggest comeback in an ALCS history, surpassing the previous high when Toronto erased a five-run deficit to Oakland in Game 4 of the 1992 ALCS, and second-largest in postseason history to the Philadelphia A?s 10-8 defeat of the Cubs after trailing in 1929 World Series.?Considering a lot of things, I mean a loss and we stay home,” said Sox manager Terry Francona. “I?ve never seen a group so happy to get on a plan at 1:30 in the morning in my life.?I can?t say the game was exciting because the first six innings we did nothing. They had their way with us every way possible. And then this place came unglued, and we?ve seen that before. But, because of the situation we?re in, it just, that was pretty magical.”Indeed, for the first six innings the Sox looked deflated, lifeless, listless, anemic and all the other soul-crushing adjectives that tell you the season is quickly coming to a close after the Sox gave the Rays a seven-run lead, mustering just two hits of their own and none since the third inning.But the Sox cut the deficit to three runs in the bottom of the seventh on four hits. Jed Lowrie opened the inning with a walk from Rays? reliever Grant Balfour before Jason Varitek and Mark Kotsay flied out to center. Coco Crisp single to left put runners at the corners, with Lowrie scoring on Dustin Pedroia?s single.It was at that point the lethargy that had taken over the team began to turn into something else n a feeling the game could be won.?I think once Pedey drove in that run,” Varitek said. “Our bench was phenomenal. Everybody?s pulling in the same direction. A big part of our momentum was our bench. And we finally got our crowd involved.”The Sox capped the inning with a three-run homer off the bat of David Ortiz, a bat that had been asleep for most of this postseason, entering last night?s Game 5 of the ALCS hitting just .161 in the playoffs with just one hit in 15 at-bats in this series. It was Ortiz?s first postseason home run in 15 games and 61-at-bats, going back to Game 4 of the 2007 ALCS against Cleveland.?I?ve been swinging, I?ve been missing a lot of pitches,” Ortiz said. “I?ve been dealing with that all year round. That?s what makes it different. I don?t want to put too many things in my head about my swing because my swing is not the problem. I?m missing balls by half an inch. That?s part of hitting the ball. I?ve got to correct that. “It feels good, dog, it feels good. I?m not going to lie to you. Especially the way we?ve been going. We haven?t been hitting that well. I know this ballclub counts on me a lot.”The Sox tied the game in the bottom of the eighth on four hits off Dan Wheeler, including a two-run home run from J.D. Drew. Jason Bay opened the inning with a walk, setting the stage for Drew?s blast, pulling the Sox within a run. With two outs, Kotsay doubled to center, the ball glancing off B.J. Upton?s glove. Coco Crisp tied the game with a single to left, drawing a throw to second, getting tagged out after Kotsay scored.”It was a fastball,” Crisp said of the pitch he got. “I knew I hit it good, and I saw that it was going to fall in. I didn’t know if it would drive in the run. All those guys have such tremendous arms. But I don’t think he threw his best ball in this case. I just kept yelling, ‘C’mon, Kots. C’mon, Kots.? But he has good speed. But, like I said, I don’t think he made the throw he probably would have liked to make.”In the ninth, J.P Howell got two quick outs for the Rays, getting Pedroia to ground out and striking out Ortiz, before giving up an single