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Boston Red Sox\u00a0left-hander Ranger Suarez gave his former team fits Thursday night, but the\u00a0Philadelphia Phillies\u00a0pulled away late for a 3-1 win at Fenway Park. Suarez, making his first appearance since May 3 after missing a start with a strained hamstring, tossed 5 1\/3 scoreless innings and struck out eight while stretching his scoreless streak to 19 consecutive innings.<\/p>\n
Pitching on 10 days of rest, Suarez looked sharp from the opening inning. He retired the first 11 batters he faced and did not allow a hit until Alec Bohm singled to begin the fifth. Philadelphia threatened later in that inning by loading the bases with two outs, but Suarez escaped the jam by striking out Edmundo Sosa. He exited in the sixth inning after throwing 76 pitches, with wet weather conditions and his recent hamstring issue factoring into the decision.<\/p>\n
The outing was the fifth time in eight starts this season that Suarez has not allowed a run, tying Jose Soriano for the most such starts in MLB this year. Despite facing the organization where he spent his entire major league career before signing a five-year, $130 million contract with Boston in January, Suarez insisted\u00a0there was no added motivation.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot really,\u201d said Suarez. \u201cI went out there like (it was) another game. They had their plans and now I\u2019m here in Boston and I\u2019m happy here.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Across the diamond,\u00a0Jesus Luzardo\u00a0matched Suarez inning for inning. Luzardo rebounded from a sluggish previous start by allowing four hits and one walk over six shutout innings while striking out four. The Phillies signed Luzardo to a five-year, $135 million extension earlier this season after allowing Suarez to leave in free agency.<\/p>\n
The game remained scoreless until the eighth inning when\u00a0Kyle Schwarber\u00a0crushed a two-run homer off reliever Tyler Samaniego. The 417-foot blast, Schwarber\u2019s MLB-leading 18th homer of the season, gave Philadelphia control for good. Schwarber has now homered seven times in his last seven games, becoming the first Phillies player since Trea Turner in 2023 to reach that mark over a seven-game stretch.<\/p>\n
Boston avoided the shutout on\u00a0Wilyer Abreu\u2019s RBI single in the eighth, but the Red Sox still dropped two of three games in both their series against the\u00a0Tampa Bay Rays and Philadelphia during the homestand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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