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 Lackey (3-2) surpassed his previous season high of seven innings
and bounced back nicely from consecutive outings, including one
against the Yankees, in which he was charged with six runs in each
start. He struck out 11 hitters in this one — his previous season
high was six — and did not walk a batter, throwing 84 of 111 pitches
for strikes.
With Boston leading 2-0 in the second inning, Red Sox manager John
Farrell came out of the dugout in the middle of an at-bat by Grady
Sizemore and requested that plate umpire Gerry Davis inspect Pineda
(2-2). The umpires examined Pineda's glove and his hand before
spotting a foreign substance on the side of his neck, and the New
York right-hander was promptly ejected.
Four of the first six Red Sox batters recorded hits against Pineda,
including a leadoff triple by Sizemore, an RBI single by Dustin
Pedroia and a run-scoring hit by A.J. Pierzynski later in the
opening inning. David Phelps relieved Pineda in the second inning
and struck out Sizemore before Boston tacked on two more runs in the
third, fueled by an error by shortstop Derek Jeter.
Alfonso Soriano's sacrifice fly drew New York within 4-1 in the
sixth, but Lackey cruised through the rest of that frame, as well as
the next two. Brock Holt's RBI single provided additional cushion in
the eighth before Boston closer Koji Uehara struck out the side in
the ninth.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Pineda appeared to have a similar foreign substance
on his palm the last time he faced the Red Sox on April 10. However,
nobody in the Boston dugout complained to the umpires that night.
Entering Wednesday's action, the 25-year-old was 2-1 with a 1.00
ERA. ... Former Red Sox OF Jacoby Ellsbury went 0-for-4 with two
strikeouts after recording two hits, two runs and a pair of RBIs in
Tuesday's contest. ... 1B Mike Napoli had three hits for Boston and
Pedroia scored twice while DH Carlos Beltran and 2B Brian Roberts
each had two hits for New York.
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