BOSTON – If Tim Wakefield has found the fountain of youth, he’s not telling. But surrounded by 20-something starting pitchers on the Red Sox staff, the 42-year-old Wakefield has been the elixir the team has needed throughout the early part of this season.Last night at Fenway Park, after a discouraging 2-4 West Coast trip, facing the team with the American League’s most potent offense, Wakefield (5-2, 3.59 ERA) did what he’s been doing for most of the season. This time, he beat the Blue Jays, 2-1, allowing one run on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts in eight innings. Using an efficient 97 pitches, Wakefield led the Sox to their quickest game of the season, 2 hours and 13 minutes.”He was great,” Sox manager Terry Francona said. “I think it’s obvious we think he’s pitching that way when we leave him in in the eighth with runners on because he was so good.””He’s been tough on us over the years,” said Toronto manager Cito Gaston. “He wasn’t any different (last night). He was tough. We got some chances to beat him – one more hit, two more hits, and we win that ballgame. Good ballgame, especially for them. But we didn’t play that bad.”Indeed, Toronto starter Brian Tallet nearly matched Wakefield, allowing two runs on four hits and two walks with five strikeouts in six innings.The Sox’ most dependable starter, Wakefield has posted four of his wins after a loss, as he did last night.”He’s been our most consistent guy,” said Jason Bay. “As a defensive player he’s great to play behind because he works quick. Good days, bad days, whatever it is, you’re keeping people involved, there’s not a lot of down time in between pitches, as you can see by the length of games we’ve played when he’s started. Those games are fun to play in.”We kind of needed somebody. Everybody’s got that one or two, most teams just that one stopper on their staff, and right now we kind of have been searching around for that one guy. And then Wake’s been it for us. He’s been that guy that when the bullpen’s needed rest, he’s gone eight innings. Or when we need a big win, he’s gone out there and put up zeros. And that’s what makes him our most consistent guy.”In his second start of the season, in Oakland April 15, Wakefield had a no-hitter through 8 1/3 innings on his way to a four-hit complete-game win, the day after the bullpen was used for 10 2/3 innings after Daisuke Matsuzaka lasted just one inning in his only start before going on the disabled list. That outing by Wakefield launched the Sox’ 11-game win streak last month.”I don’t know that we’ve ever gone out there and felt like we haven’t needed a win,” Francona said. “It seems like he has responded to some times when things aren’t going perfect, though.”Both of Wakefield’s losses this season have come in Anaheim – his first start April 10, and May 13. He has posted quality starts in six of his eight outings, including the first start in Anaheim, allowing three runs on six hits and five walks in six innings. The only start that has been out of the norm for him this season was his previous outing, May 13, allowing seven runs on 11 hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings, when he was unable to hold a four-run lead.Wakefield worked on mechanical adjustments since that start, the benefits evident last night.”For my last start, obviously the line was horrible and I wasn’t throwing a lot of strikes,” Wakefield said. “I still had some movement on my pitches. Just a matter of making the adjustments, getting in the strike zone. I was able to do that early in the game (last night) and they were swinging. As you noticed, the second time through the lineup they started to swing really early. Once I established that I’m going to throw strikes, they have to be aggressive.”Wakefield has averaged better than 6 1/3 innings in his starts. Taking the two losses out of his total, his ERA improves to 2.36. With the win last night, Wakefield improved his record at Fenway to 3-0 with a 1.71 ERA in three starts.”He’s been pit