Once again, David Price stumbles when Red Sox need him to soar

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SEATTLE — Once again, the Price was wrong for the Boston Red Sox.

For seven innings Tuesday night, David Price absolutely dominated the Seattle Mariners. He gave up three hits and didn’t issue a walk, the hardest contact coming when Luis Sardinas’ comebacker struck him on the right quadriceps in the sixth inning. Price threw only 89 pitches, had a four-run lead, and was working on a scoreless streak that reached 15 innings dating to Thursday night against the Los Angeles Angels.

“The way he was throwing the ball,” manager John Farrell said, “I’m thinking he was probably looking at a potential shutout.”

After Tuesday’s stunning loss, the Red Sox dropped to a dismal 11-12 in games started by David Price. Joe Nicholson/USA TODAY Sports

But almost nothing has gone Price’s way in his terribly disappointing first season with the Red Sox. Sure enough, when he went out to pitch in the eighth inning, he gave up a leadoff homer to Mike Zunino and three consecutive soft singles to cut the lead to 4-2 and bring the go-ahead run to the plate.

There are bad losses and there are Abad losses. And when lefty reliever Fernando Abad, acquired from the Minnesota Twins before Monday’s trade deadline, marked his Red Sox debut by giving up a three-run homer to Seattle slugger Robinson Cano, a 5-4 “gut punch,” in the …

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