The Red Sox had a tough time getting anything going in their 4-2 loss to the Indians. Jason Varitek belted a two run homer in the seventh inning but that was the extent of the Red Sox offense. They outhit the Indians 7-6, they just had a tough time pushing those runners across the plate.
Dice-K didn’t have his best stuff and he was responsible for all four Indians runs. He did strike out six in 4 2/3 innings but a two run homer to Kenny Lofton put the Indians on the board and then he was tagged for two more runs in the fifth. The pen did a nice job and three relievers held the Indians scoreless for 3 1/3 innings but the closest they could get was 4-2.
Game four is tonight and it’ll be Paul Byrd going up against Tim Wakefield. The National League is already wrapped up with the Rockies sweeping the Diamondbacks so they’ll have to wait it out until someone wins this series.
