Game 152: Rays 8, Sox 5

Sox lose their 6^th straight series and are only 2 games up on the Rays now. Sox literally knock Price out of the game when Aviles hit a line drive off his chest. But 6 runs from Wakefield (of which only 2 were earned) put the Sox in too deep of a hole. Miller came in and gave up 2 more runs in 1 inning for good measure. It was a messy game with 2 errors on Aviles, 4 passed balls from Saltalamacchia, and 2 wild pitches. When things are going poorly, they seem to go very poorly.

Most of the offense came from Aviles as he hit a three run home run in the 7^th to make it a three run game. Ellsbury had a multi-hit game too but the 8 runs allowed were too many for the offense to make up (story of the month).