Yikes. Sox can't get anything going against Lee while the Phillies are the definition of efficient against Beckett. Sox only end up getting two hits (Scutaro single and McDonald double) and two walks (Pedroia and Youkilis) all game. Granted, with the left handed pitcher, the Sox didn't trot out their most explosive lineup today. McDonald and his 0.122 BA was batting 5th after all. The Sox did also seem to hit several line drive atom balls that might have resulted in something if they could have gotten a break.
The Phillies got their breaks though. They tagged Beckett for 5 ER but only on 5 hits. Two home runs helped but they only had 1 LOB until Jenks stranded 2 in the 8th. On a day when the Sox weren't going to score any runs (let alone get past 2nd base), there wasn't much room for error from Beckett.
Oh well. We've lost 5 of the last 6 but we know from the start to this year that baseball is a game of highs and lows. Let's start getting to one of those
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