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John Lackey struck out a season-high 12 batters, and his teammates kept their hitting shoes on, as
Boston defeated the Rockies again—this time, 5-3. In perhaps his best outing of the year, Lackey went a strong seven innings, giving up just two runs on eight hits. Brand spanking new closer
Koji Uehara pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to cement the 47th victory of the year for the Carmine Hose. Boston—
the first team in MLB to score 400 runs—pounded out 10 hits, with
Shane Victorino (3) and
Dustin Pedroia (2) getting half of them.
Daniel Nava drove in two runs on the afternoon—upping his impressive RBI total to 48. So, the Red Sox swept this mini-series with the Rockies, and now move on to face the recently raging bulls of the AL East—the Toronto Blue Jays.
