The Red Sox released statements from three players, former manager Terry Francona and CEO Larry Lucchino late Tuesday night, refuting a report that cited team employees as saying pitchers Josh Beckett, John Lackey and Jon Lester drank beer in the dugout during games. "I cannot let this allegation go without response; enough is enough," Beckett said in the statement. "I admit that I made mistakes along the way this season, but this has gone too far. To say that we drank in the dugout during the game is not true." Lester admitted earlier in the week that the players drank beer in the clubhouse, but his statement was similar. "The accusation that we were drinking in the dugout during games is completely false," Lester said. "Anonymous sources are continuing to provide exaggerated and, in this case, inaccurate information to the media." The employees cited as sources in the report by WHDH-TV said that Beckett, Lackey and Lester would leave the dugout around the sixth inning, walk back to the clubhouse and fill cups with Bud Light. They would then return to the dugout and watch the game while drinking beer. One Red Sox employee told the station that the pitchers were "bored on nights they weren't pitching and this is how they entertained themselves." Francona, whose eight-year tenure as manager of the Red Sox ended when the team did not exercise a two-year option on his contract on Oct. 7, said he never witnessed the players drinking. "In 32 years of professional baseball, I have never seen someone drinking beer in the dugout," Francona said in the statement.