Reeling Red Sox Fall to Blue Jays for 7th Loss in 8 Games
BOSTON – Even on a night when the Red Sox get a decent effort – and a quality start – from their starting pitcher, the outcome has become all too familiar – a loss. The Sox fell to the Jays, 4-2, at Fenway Park Tuesday night, stretching their losing streak to five games against Toronto.
Righthander Rubby De La Rosa took the fall this time, going six innings, giving up three runs on nine hits, including a home run, and two walks with one strikeout. His record fell to 3-4, while his ERA rose from 3.54 to 3.64. De La Rosa threw 112 pitches, 66 for strikes. But the Jays swung and missed at just four pitches. He faced 28 batters, throwing first-pitch strikes to 13, 10 of which were called, with two put in play, and one fouled off. It was his first loss at Fenway, where he had been 3-0 with a 1.38 ERA.
Jays rookie righthander Marcus Stroman got the win, improving to 7-2 (3.03). He went seven innings, giving up one run on six hits and two walks with eight strikeouts.
Stroman, who kept the Sox scoreless on one hit over seven innings last week in Toronto, now has a three-start winning streak, including the last two against the Sox.
Colby Rasmus opened the scoring with a solo home run, his 14th of the season, to straightaway center field in the second inning off De La Rosa.
The Sox tied the game when second baseman Dustin Pedroia's two-out double in the third off Stroman scored Brock Holt, who had singled.
But the Jays went ahead in the fourth when Anthony Gose's two-out double scored Juan Francisco and Rasmus opened the inning with consecutive singles.
Edward Mujica and Andrew Miller each pitched a scoreless inning for the Sox, but Junichi Tazawa gave up a run in the ninth.
Xander Bogaerts led off the ninth with his eighth home run off Casey Janssen, but that was all the Sox would get as they fell to 1-7 over their past eight games.
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