The Red Sox came into LA to face the Dodgers and a lot of former teammates. John Lackey took the mound for the Sox and had himself another stellar outing, but it ended up being a loss since he got no run support at all. The Dodgers got 2 runs off of Lackey and that would be enough.
The game ended up being a pitchers duel between Lackey and Nolasco. Lackey kept the game scoreless until the 4th inning when he made his only mistake of his outing. I had a feeling that one of the many former Sox who now play for the Dodgers would end up coming up big to hurt us and I was mistaken. The former Sox that did the damage was Hanley Ramirez when he hit a 2 run homerun to give the Dodgers the lead. Other than that, Lackey was pretty spectacular. He pitched 8 strong innings and was able to limit the Dodgers to just 2 runs. Unfortunately, Lackey didn't get any run support from his teammates and would get his 11th loss of the season. He'll never say it, but I am sure Lackey is growing quite tired of the lack of run support he is getting in his outings. The Sox bats were only able to get 2 hits off Nolasco and they weren't able to crack the scoreboard.
The Rays beat the Yankees yesterday, so the Sox are once again sharing 1st place in the AL East.
Red Sox 0 Dodgers 2 BOXSCORE
WP: Nolasco (10-9) LP: Lackey (8-11) SV: Jansen (22)
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