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Offense can’t overcome Wright’s shaky start
- Updated: July 27, 2016
BOSTON — The relentless Red Sox offense erased two substantial deficits on a hot and steamy Tuesday night at Fenway Park, and it still wasn’t enough to prevent a 9-8 loss to the Tigers.
As impressive as manager John Farrell’s lineup has been this season, the club might be asking it to do too much, too often.
All-Star knuckleballer Steven Wright has done the job many times this season, but Tuesday was not one of those occasions. The Tigers scored four runs through two innings, but the Boston bats — fueled by a three-run homer from David Ortiz — turned a 4-0 deficit into a 5-4 lead in the fourth.
Out came Wright for what proved a thoroughly frustrating fifth inning in which he walked the first two batters and gave up four runs.
“This is a tough loss for me because I feel like if you can get eight runs, you should get the team a win,” said Wright, who allowed eight earned runs over 4 2/3 innings. “You can’t keep asking the offense to score eight, …
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