On the day Curt Schilling announced his retirement, one of the players dealt in the Schilling trade to Boston, experienced a day to forget Monday afternoon.

Lyon surrendered four consecutive home runs to the Red Sox in the sixth inning, in Boston's 7-6 win over the Tigers in Fort Myers.

Mike Lowell, Jason Bay, Chris Carter and Ivan Ochoa all went deep on Lyon.

Heard of four straight homers before? Of course you have. Boston hit four in a row off the Yankees' Chase Wright in a game that counted (in April of 2007). Lowell was part of that bashing - along with Manny Ramirez, J.D. Drew and Jason Varitek.

Lyon, a reliever, was one of four players Boston sent to Arizona after the 2003 season, to obtain Schilling (can you name the other three players? The answer below).

The four home runs gave Boston a 7-0 lead, but three Sea Dogs relievers almost gave it away. Detroit scored three runs in the eighth on no hits and six walks (5 issued by T.J. Large and 1 by Jose Vaquedano).

The Tigers got to reliever Mike James for 3 runs (1 earned) in the ninth on 3 hits.

Carter, by the way, went 3-for-4 and is batting .353 this spring. If his glove proves adequate, Carter could get the temporary back-up first baseman/outfielder spot on the roster ... until Mark Kotsay comes off the DL.

Carter is competing for the spot with Jeff Bailey and Brad Wilkerson. Carter is the only one of the three on the Red Sox 40-man roster.

Now for the answer to the trivia question on the Schilling trade. The Red Sox traded Lyon, and fellow pitcher Casey Fossum and Jorge De La Rosa (former Sea Dogs starter) and minor league outfielder Michael Goss.

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