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Price, Sox return frustrated from long trip
- Updated: August 8, 2016
LOS ANGELES — In the clubhouse after the Red Sox’s 8-5 loss to the Dodgers on Sunday, you could almost hear a pin drop. No music was playing and barely anyone was talking.
The loss marked the end of an 11-game road trip in which the team finished 5-6 and fell three games behind the Orioles in the American League East.
“We’d like to have played better, but it is what it is,” Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia said. “We are just trying to grind every day and find a way to win. Today we didn’t do that.”
It wasn’t how anyone envisioned the trip going, especially Sunday’s starter David Price. The left-hander, who bookended the road trip, began with a flash of brilliance against the Angels, allowing seven hits in eight innings on July 28.
He followed that up with another no-decision against the Mariners, before Sunday’s start got away. After rolling through three innings, Price (9-8) faced 15 batters over the next two innings, ultimately finishing …
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