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John Lackey twisted his ankle, came back out to pitch, and struck out 10. But that still wasn't enough to get the Red Sox a win at Minute Maid Park tonight. Boston was shut down on five hits and
beaten 2-0 by the immortal
Brett Oberholtzer and two relievers. The Red Sox stranded eight baserunners in the loss, and saw their AL East lead shaved to a razor-thin 1/2 game over idle Tampa Bay. Only
Dustin Pedroia had more than one hit on the night—and one of those was of the infield variety. This was a real stinker of a loss to a team that can barely field more than three Quadruple A players. All in all, the Carmine Hose were about as robust as the U.S. Space Program—in other words, essentially grounded.
