G154: Red Sox 7, Blue Jays 1

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Julian Tavarez pitched a complete game (9-7-1-1-1, 99). His pitch count by innings:

6-21-11 12-8-13 11-8-9 = 99

It was his second career CG; he threw his first for the Rockies, on September 5, 2000.

Sexy Lips recorded 19 outs on ground balls. He was in a bit of trouble in the second inning. Three singles and a walk had loaded the bases with one run in. Reed Johnson drilled a line drive right at Mike Lowell, who got an easy unassisted double play to end the threat.

After that, Toronto managed only three base runners: Lyle Overbay's 2-out double in the 3rd (which fell between Wily Mo Pena and Gabe Kapler and should have been caught), Alex Rios's leadoff single in the 4th, and Vernon Wells's infield hit in the 9th.

Lowell clubbed a two-run home run to get the Sox on the board in the second; Alex Gonzalez doubled twice and drove in three runs, Kapler and Mark Loretta each had two hits.

David Ortiz, who is one home run shy of tying Babe Ruth's record for road HRs in a season (32, 1927), was 0-for-3 with two walks.

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Julian Tavarez (4.89) / Ted Lilly (4.44), 7 PM

Pedroia, 2B     Johnson, LF
Loretta, 1B     Catalonotto, DH
Ortiz, DH       Wells, CF
Youkilis, LF    Overbay, 1B
Lowell, 3B      Glaus, 3B
WM Pena, RF,    Rios, RF
Mirabelli, C    Molina, C
Kapler, CF      Hill, 2B
Gonzalez, SS    Adams, SS