Double trouble by Jared Carrabis
Red Sox knock 8 doubles in 12-run rout


Forty-seven years, six months, twenty-three days, one-plus inning, nine hits, nine earned runs, one walk, one strikeout and one home run.

That's the extended method of describing veteran left-hander, Jamie Moyer. The short way: awful.

With a fastball topping out at a high school sophomore-style 82 MPH, the Red Sox wasted no time showing Moyer to the showers. After walking the first batter of the game, later in the inning, Victor Martinez started a string of four straight extra-base, RBI hits.

A double for Martinez, a two-bagger for David Ortiz, a two-base hit for Adrian Beltre and a two-run blast for Mike Lowell put the Red Sox out in front 5-0 before Moyer could blink an eye.

Not to be out-done by a five-run first, the Boston bats went back to work in the second frame. Having batted around in the first, Marco Scutaro got things going with a base hit. With Scutaro aboard, Dustin Pedroia rocketed his 20th double of the season to center to bring home another run.

Martinez's second double in as many innings brought home Pedroia, while Ortiz kept the trend going by knocking an RBI double to left. Make that three consecutive RBI doubles for the Red Sox.

Ortiz's second RBI double of the game chased Moyer in the second, having not recorded a single out. After two innings, the Red Sox had themselves a comfortable 9-0 lead.

A string of three straight singles by Mike Cameron, Darnell McDonald and Scutaro plated another Boston run, while later in the inning, Ortiz drove a two-out single to right field that brought home a pair.

After three innings, Ortiz was 3-for-3 with 4 RBI.

The Red Sox failed to score another run for the rest of the game, but with a twelve-run lead, another run would not be necessary.

John Lackey recorded his second consecutive outing of at least seven innings, while keeping the opposition to two earned runs or less. It was just the fourth time in thirteen starts that Lackey lasted at least seven innings, while holding opponents to two earned or less.

Most notably, it was the first start of the 2010 season that Lackey did not issue a walk. Oddly, the big right-hander was lifted after seven innings, having only thrown 86 pitches.

Boof Bonser redeemed himself after two innings of scoreless relief, having entered the game with an ERA of infinite.

Final score: Phillies 2, Red Sox 12
WP: John Lackey (7-3)
LP: Jamie Moyer (6-6)

Game notes: Bill Hall was the only starter without a hit, while the remainder of the entire lineup had at least one hit by the third inning. Six of the Red Sox' nine starters had at least one RBI. As a team, the Red Sox hit 8 doubles through nine innings, come just four doubles short of the major league record, held by the Red Sox, who hit 12 doubles against the Detroit Tigers on July 29 of 1990. The record was later tied by the Cleveland Indians in 1996.

-Jared Carrabis

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Published on June 12, 2010

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