Sox continue to slam Phils pitchers

Ty Hampton
Sox Swagger

After splitting a 4-game series with the lowly Indians, the Sox came out firing against the great Jamie Moyer and the Phillies in and overpowering 12-2 interleague win at Fenway on Friday night.

Moyer got rocked over 1+ inning as Boston put up 9 runs on the board on 9 hits. In the first 2 innings the Sox got doubles from Victor Martinez(2), David Ortiz(2), Adrian Beltre and Dustin Pedroia on top of a Scutaro single and a 2-run blast from Mike Lowell – who was giving Youk (back spasms) the night off at firstbase.

Basically this one was over before it started, with the Sox bats rockin' from the get-go and John Lackey turning in a clean performance for the easy win. Substitutes from both squads were reportedly called into the game as early as the 4th to give the starters a rest for today's day game.

However Lackey (7-3, 4.54 ERA) persevered through the 7th inning for 6 hits, 2 runs, 3 K's and no walks – the best performance he has had in his last 3 showings.

Red Sox Record: (36-27, 4 games back from 1st place Rays)
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Yay's:
- Dustin Pedroia had an MRI on his knee on Thursday and checked out all the way around. Pedey said soreness in the knee had been hindering him on the base paths in May and the team took the right precautions to make sure their standout 2-bagger, team leader and mighty mouse slugger would not have to undergo the knife with a looming injury.

Pedey was given the full go ahead and actually placed back in the lineup Friday night.

- After coming off a rough road trip in Cleveland, Big Papi snapped out of a 1-for-27 slump and went 3-5 with 2 doubles, 2 runs and 4 RBIs.

Nay's:
- It appears Jeremy Hermida is going to miss time also after last week's collision, having been placed on the 15-day DL to rest and take a closer look at some bruised ribs that he incurred in a collision with Beltre in early June. Sound familiar? Starting left-fielder Jacoby Ellsbury is still out with no return date set after colliding with Beltre on a sliding catch in April that created a hairline fracture across 4 of his ribs.

Pretty disconcerting stuff as Hermida had stepped up and helped the Sox with his bats in May with Ells and Mike Cameron missing time and the Boston outfielder options now dwindling. The positive side? Beltre is the hottest of the 3 players involved in these collisions and hasn't appeared to have any effects, slugging like a true all-star leading the Sox in hitting in 2010.

- Youkilis' back spasms that caused him to miss action Friday appear to minor in nature and he just needed a night off to recover, but with Ellsbury, Hermida, Cameron and Beckett out and V-Mart playing with a nagging toe injury – the last thing we need right now is for Kevin Youkilis to be on the DL.

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