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Shields retired the first four batters before Ross' broken-bat single off the pitcher's glove. The next six Red Sox made outs before Gonzalez singled to left. He was erased on a double-play grounder in the fourth.
Shields walked Nick Punto with two outs in the fifth, allowed singles to Pedroia in the sixth and Ross in the seventh and walked Pedroia in the ninth.
Bard gave up three hits through six innings and set down the first two batters in the seventh. Then he lost his control.
Sean Rodriguez walked, Desmond Jennings singled and Pena walked, loading the bases. Pitching coach Bob McClure visited Bard and left him in the game. The move backfired as Bard walked Longoria with his 111th pitch. That's when Valentine went to the mound to lift Bard and was booed on the walk back.
"Mac came out and said, 'Do you want this guy?' I wanted him," said Bard, a converted reliever making his second major-league start. "In hindsight, probably I was tired."
Thomas ended the threat by retiring Luke Scott on a fly to right.
NOTES: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney attended the game. He chatted with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft ... Youkilis sat out the game with a minor groin injury. ... In 1968, the Red Sox began the tradition of playing a single game with a morning start on Patriots' Day. The Rays are 3-0 in those games. ... Ryan Sweeney was 0 for 3 after hitting safely in the other seven games he played for Boston.
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