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Given
multiple opportunities from the 9th inning forward, the Red Sox proved incapable of plating the winning run in
an excruciating 7-4 extra-innings loss to the Dodgers. With runners in scoring position, Boston gagged away chance after chance to win the series and keep pace in the AL East. But
un-timely hitting and
another horror show bullpen performance by
Hector Velazquez gave the game away to their 2018 World Series rivals. The Red Sox had valiantly tied the game at 4-4 in the bottom of the eighth inning—with back-to-back solo home runs by
Xander Bogaerts and
J.D. Martinez. But, this year's version of
The Carmine Hose is just not that good—and their record shows it. Velazquez came on in the 12th inning and delivered this pitching line: 1 inning, 3 runs, 2 hits, 2 walks, error. Brilliant. Hello, Pawtucket! The loss puts Boston a full
10 games behind The Evil Ones in the AL East. Selling time at the deadline?
