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May 30, 2007
BOSTON _ For one of the few times all season, Red Sox pitching was pounded last night, more than hard enough to put an end to the team’s winning streak.
Cleveland pounded Daisuke Matsuzaka for 12 hits, six for extra bases, in 5 2/3 innings on the way to a 8-4 triumph over the Sox.
The 12 hits mark the first time Matsuzaka has given up double-figures in that department. It also equals the most given up by any Red Sox pitcher all season. Curt Schilling also was tagged for 12 hits against the Yankees last week. In all Cleveland pounded 18 hits, equaling the most Boston has allowed.
The Sox led 2-0 after four, thanks for single runs in the second and fourth. Mike Lowell’s double set up an unearned run in the second off Cleveland starter Paul Byrd. It was the 22nd straight Fenway game in which Lowell has had a hit.
Kevin Youkilis extended his overall hitting streak to 22 games with a single in the third. Doubles by Manny Ramirez and Jason Varitek accounted for the run that put Boston up 2-0 in the fourth.
After that, the Indians were the team with the doubles. They had five off Matsuzaka. The Tribe also received a two-run homer from Grady Sizemore into the Cleveland bullpen in the sixth, the blow that knocked Matsuzaka out of the game.
Boston loaded the bases with no outs in the seventh but did not score. David Ortiz lined out to end it, one pitch after pulling a potential grand slam about 10 feet foul in right. Lowell hit a two-run homer, his 10th, into the Monster seats in the eighth. Kelly Shoppach had four of Cleveland’s 18 hits, including his second home run of the season.
The result ended Boston’s winning streak at five games.
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