BOSTON — Before the second inning at Fenway Park, the scoreboard camera zoomed in on Jake Peavy and the Red Sox flashed a message welcoming him back. Peavy took his cap off as the crowd roared for a player who was part of the 2013 championship team, and for a while it looked like Peavy's return would be a huge success.Peavy was dominant early on in his first start at Fenway since July 6, 2014, but he gave up two homers and that was the difference. The lineup went silent once again and the Giants fell 4-0 in their first game here in nine years. They have lost the first four on this three-city road trip. Oakland Weighs Forming Independent Police Commission Peavy retired the first eight, striking out three straight at one point. Brock Holt ended that run by lining an elevated fastball into the Red Sox bullpen. The early success included one massive scare — a David Ortiz fly ball to center that went 388 feet but was caught. In his second at-bat, Ortiz didn't mess with the big part of the yard. He got a first-pitch cutter that didn't cut and he blasted it 442 feet to right. The no-doubter was Ortiz's 23rd homer of the year and brought three runs across.The Ortiz homer just...
Giants Bats Go Silent in Loss to Red Sox
Published July 19, 2016 at 8:40 PM
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