Game 146: Sox 1, Rays 9

Sox get swept and their wild card lead dwindles to 3.5 games. That was bad enough but it was particularly hard to take this loss with Lester on the mound. But Lester could only last 4 innings throwing 111 pitches. Four earned runs on 8 hits, 3 walks, and only 2 Ks. Bowden gave up 3 runs in 2/3 of an inning, although they all came after he left and Albers gave up a grand slam to BJ Upton.

On the other side of the diamond, Sox just couldn’t get anything going against Shields who nearly threw another complete game. The Sox only run came from a solo home run from Scutaro. Sox were able to collect 7 hits and 3 walks but just couldn’t turn those into runs.