PHILADELPHIA (AP) — If he keeps this up, Josh Beckett won’t have to worry about hearing boos anymore.

Beckett pitched 7.2 strong innings and Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a three-run homer to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 5-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.

Mike Aviles also homered and drove in two runs for Boston, which has won eight of 10 games overall after taking the final two of this threegame series.

Beckett (4-4) was booed off the mound May 10 when he allowed seven runs in 2.1 innings following news that he had played golf while skipping a start to rest a strained lat muscle — but he has been spectacular since.

After shutting out Seattle in a home win on May 15 by pitching seven scoreless innings and giving up four hits with nine strikeouts and two walks, Beckett allowed one run on seven hits Sunday while striking out five and walking two.

“I was making pitches when I needed to and the defense was unbelievable, everybody contributed,” Beckett said. “I was keeping the ball down and I threw a few changeups, or I got ground balls. It’s nice to keep the ball in this ballpark.”

His only blemish was Juan Pierre’s sacrifice fly in the eighth that gave Philadelphia its only run.

“His stuff was really moving today,” Boston manager Bobby Valentine said of Beckett. “He was aggressive in the strike zone and he looked like he wanted it.”

Adrian Gonzalez went 2 for 4 and now is 9 for 16 lifetime against Phillies lefty Cliff Lee. Lee (0-2), making just his sixth start of the season after spending time on the DL with a strained oblique, had his worst start of the year. In seven innings, he allowed five runs on nine hits — both season highs. He struck out six and walked one.

Beckett was in total command against a Phillies lineup that had 15 hits the previous night. Other than the third inning, the right-hander allowed just two runners to reach second base prior to the eighth.

Notes: A day after making a sensational catch in center field, Boston’s Ryan Sweeney didn’t play. Valentine said he would be evaluated further on Monday, mentioning a possible concussion. … Boston OF Cody Ross didn’t play for the second straight game after fouling a ball off his left leg on Friday. … The crowd of 45,586 was the 225th straight sellout and 241st counting postseason play. … Philadelphia RHP Kyle Kendrick (0-3, 5.96), filling in for injured right-hander Vance Worley (elbow), is scheduled to face Washington left-hander Gio Gonzalez (5-1, 2.22) tonight.