This is the first time that the Red Sox have been shutout in back-to-back games since 2009.
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“I didn’t know where my breaking ball or my cutter was going to be”, said Santiago, 3-0 with a 1.13 ERA and 30 strikeouts in his last five starts. “I was trying to go a little bit more outside on that pitch“. In short, he was delivering on his promise as the best Red Sox pitching prospect since Buchholz. In fact, that is Boston’s only run through three games in the second half of this season.
The game was to begin at 5 p.m. At that point, and for a good long while, the stadium was under quite a downpour. Left-hander Andrew Heaney (3-0, 1.32) will start the nightcap for the Angels with Steven Wright (3-2, 4.15) going for the Red Sox.
Shields ran his record to 8-3 with his first win since being 7-0 on June 3. Boston is in last place in the East and are 7.5 games behind division leading New York, while the Halos took over the lead in the west on the last day before the break and have now increased that lead to 1.5 games over the Astros.
“Everything that happened was because of the location of the pitches”, Rodriguez said.
“Wade was outstanding”, Red Sox manager John Farrell said.
CJ Wilson was on the mound for the Angels 1-0 victory solidifying his position as the Angels ace.
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Richards allowed just one Boston runner to reach third base, retiring 22 of 23 overall to end a tidy evening for the rangy right-hander rediscovering his best form.
Rodriguez, who had command issues early, was shelled for a two-run double by No. 9 hitter Daniel Robertson, a two-run homer to Kole Calhoun – his third homer in the last two games – and a mammoth solo shot to Albert Pujols.
PHILADELPHIA – Pinch hitter Jeff Francoeur capped a four-run eighth inning with a three-run homer as Philadelphia snapped a five-game losing streak. “Whether you’re in elementary school or high school, I hope you look at Mike Trout and say that’s the way you should play the game, because I want the next generation of ballplayers to all play as hard and as well as he does”.
Rodriguez has a 3.59 ERA in nine starts in the majors this season, but he’s already thrown a combined 101 innings between the minors and majors.
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Pedroia, who returned from a hamstring strain on Friday, said he envisions playing both games in the doubleheader.
