FORT MYERS, Fla. — Josh Beckett was solid for 32/3 innings in his first start since getting hit in the head by a line drive, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Houston Astros 3-2 Tuesday in a split-squad game.

Roger Clemens, the former star pitcher for the Red Sox and Astros, watched from a suite as his minor league son Koby went 0 for 4 as Houston’s first baseman.

Boston’s spring training sellout streak at City of Palms Park dating to 2003 ended at 109. This game was a late addition to the Grapefruit League schedule.

Beckett, who had been out since getting struck in the left temple during batting practice on Feb. 28, allowed one run on three hits and a walk and struck out four.

“My curveball was good,” he said. “We changed a couple of things in my delivery and we’re still making adjustments with it. The adjustment came faster with the breaking ball. I threw some good change-ups.”

Red Sox Manager Terry Francona was pleased.

“Pretty good,” he said. “I thought he threw his fastball downhill. Stayed out of the middle. Especially coming off a missed outing. He looked pretty strong.”

Dennys Reyes earned the win, pitching a scoreless eighth inning. Matt Fox got the save, with three swinging strikeouts in the ninth.

The Red Sox scored the go-ahead run in the eighth when Nate Spears singled home Paul Hoover.

Aneury Rodriguez started for the Astros, going three scoreless innings and giving up four hits and a walk.

JACOBY ELLSBURY went 3 for 4 with a double and a Red Sox split squad scored four runs in the eighth inning to slip past St. Louis 8-7 at Jupiter, Fla.

Ellsbury also drove in a run, scored a run and stole a base before heading to the clubhouse following a sixth inning strikeout.

“You want it to all come together, so it’s nice to put the overall game together,” Ellsbury said. “I felt pretty good from Day 1, but you want to see as many pitches as you can and you want to get that timing down.”

Two of Ellsbury’s hits came off St. Louis starter Jamie Garcia, who looked sloppy at times in his second start of the spring.

Ellsbury appeared to have the Red Sox primed for a big first inning, leading off with an infield single then stealing second base.

Walks to David Ortiz and Oscar Tejada loaded the bases with two outs, but Garcia induced a come-backer from Lars Anderson.

With the Red Sox trailing 7-4 entering the eighth, Alex Hassan hit a two-run double to right-center field.

Three pitches later, Ryan Lavarnway homered to left to give the Red Sox their margin of victory.

After allowing two runs in the first inning, Boston starter Stolmy Pimentel didn’t make it out of the second. He retired the first two batters before surrendering back-to-back singles to Matt Carpenter and Ryan Theriot.

Tommy Hottovy relieved Pimentel and struck out Colby Rasmus to end the threat.

The Cardinals scored five runs in the fifth inning, batting around against reliever Jason Rice. St. Louis led off the inning with four hits, taking a 4-3 lead on Gerald Laird’s RBI single through the right side of the infield. The Cardinals got three more runs before Rice got Shane Robinson to hit into a double play.

Carpenter continued a strong spring by going 3 for 3 with an RBI. He also started a double play in the second and made a nifty over-the-shoulder catch of Anderson’s foul pop in the third.