CSN: Rough fourth spells doom for Sox vs. Rays

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The first game of the Red Sox road trip began with such promise. It soon went downhill, quickly.
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A three-run homer from David Ortiz gave the slumping Sox a 3-0 lead against undefeated Matt Moore just four batters into the game, but the Boston offense was almost entirely shut down thereafter in a dispiriting 5-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.
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The loss was the 9th in the last 11 games for the Red Sox.
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The Red Sox had just one hit after Ortiz's belt -- a one-out double from Stephen Drew in the fifth.
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John Lackey (1-4) retired the first seven hitters in succession, but after working out of a two-out bases-loaded jam in the third, things fell apart for the Red Sox starter in the fourth.
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A bloop, opposite-field double from Luke Scott scored one and Jose Molina drove in two others with a single to center. It all came unraveled when a two-out routine pop-up fell between first baseman Mike Napoli and second baseman Dustin Pedroia as two more runs crossed the plate.
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Lackey was gone in the fifth. Four Red Sox relievers combined to provide 3 2/3 scoreless innings, but with the Sox unable to muster anything offensively after the first, it didn't much matter.

STAR OF THE GAME: Matt Moore??? ?
After allowing three runs before he could record his second out, Moore found himself and blanked the Red Sox through the sixth inning to improve to 7-0.

HONORABLE MENTION: Jose Molina??? ?
Molina had a big two-run single in the five-run fourth and also added a single in the third, a sacrifice in the sixth and a double in the eighth.
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GOAT OF THE GAME: Mike Napoli???? ?
Napoli was 0-for-4 at the plate with three strikeouts, but his biggest failing came in the field when he couldn't find a two-out pop-up against the Tropicana Field roof, resulting in two runs scoring for the Rays.
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TURNING POINT: John Lackey was an out away from getting out of the fourth in a 3-3 tie, but the routine pop-up down the first base line dropped in, delivering the final two runs of the night for either team.

BY THE NUMBERS: The Rays scored more runs in the fourth inning (five) than they did in the entire three-game series (three) in Boston back in mid-April.

QUOTE OF NOTE: "That's a play I should have made and I didn't. I feel bad because John (Lackey) made the pitch he wanted and got the guy to pop up. It's a tie ballgame (then) and he probably would have pitched a little longer.'' Mike Napoli on failing to catch the pop-up by Matt Joyce in thge fourth inning.

Source: http://www.csnne.com/blog/red-sox-talk/fourth-inning-does-red-sox-lackey

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