The Red Sox continued their cold streak today, extending their losing streak to eight games. The starter Allen Webster, gave up three runs on five hits in just the first inning in today's ballgame at Fenway. The Sox once again have bad news about their designated hitter, David Ortiz who in the 4th inning hit a ball off of his right foot and dropped to the ground in very bad pain. He did stay in the game however, blasting a ball of the wall in his next at bat. The hit should have been a double, but Big Papi limped to first and the trainers came out to check on him. Ortiz was then removed from the game with right foot contusion. This is Ortiz's second game in a row that he had to be subbed out because of an injury. Yesterday, he had to be taken out of the game because of a HBP(Hit By Pitch) on his right elbow, and now because of his right foot. This is a terrible time for these injuries to come for David Ortiz, because he has been locked in at the plate and has been carrying this offence, reaching base 20 out of 26 at bats and batting .412 in the past twelve games. There was some positive news though for the Sox today as their offence was excellent. The Boston bats were led by young star and new Red Sox addition, Yoenis Cespedes who had another fantastic game, going three for four with an RBI. Will Middlebrooks had a great game as well, going two for five with 3 RBI's. The Sox's offence dominated Mariners starter Hisashi Iwakuma with five runs on six hits, only pitching 2 1/3 innings. That is Iwakuma's shortest outing of the season by far and his ERA against the Red Sox in four career starts is 10.20 ERA, which is his highest against any team.
After getting swept by the Seattle Mariners, the Red Sox will try to get something going and break their eight game losing streak in their 10-game road trip against three AL East rivals, the Blue Jays, Rays, and Yankees. The road trip will start in Toronto tomorrow with Clay Buchholz (5-8, 5.94 ERA) on the mound against Blue Jays starter, J.A. Happ (8-8, 4.39 ERA) in an American League East showdown at the Rogers Centre.
Source- ESPN Boston
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