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BOSTON (AP) -- Javier Vazquez nearly matched Pedro Martinez, but
the Montreal Expos didn't have anyone to answer Darren Lewis.
|  | | Pedro Martinez notched his first victory since June 8 on Tuesday. |
Martinez struck out 12 to earn his first victory since June 8,
and Lewis broke a seventh-inning tie with a suicide squeeze Tuesday
night to give the Boston Red Sox a 3-1 victory over Montreal.
"He (Lewis) really had a nice game all the way around," Red
Sox manager Jimy Williams said after Lewis made a tough catch in
the outfield, singled to help score Boston's first run and then
bunted home the go-ahead run.
Nomar Garciaparra went 1-for-3 to see his major league-leading
batting average drop from .400 to .399. Martinez (10-3) allowed
five hits and three walks in eight innings, and Derek Lowe pitched
the ninth for his 21st save.
"We scored. We did something a lot of big league teams don't
do," Expos manager Felipe Alou said. "We scored against Pedro."
It was 1-1 when Bernard Gilkey doubled to lead off the seventh,
then moved to third on Ed Sprague's fly ball to right. Javier
Vazquez (7-5) threw the next pitch at Lewis' eyes, but he pushed it
to the right of the mound as Gilkey, running all the way, scored
easily.
"I tried to make a high pitch so he'd foul it or pop it up, but
he made a great play," said Vazquez, who allowed three runs on
nine hits and one walk, striking out five for his first complete
game of the season.
Lewis also made a catch against the wall in left-center to
retire Michael Barrett and end the second inning.
"I'll do whatever I have to do to help my team win," Lewis
said. "That's the way I've played the game for nine years and I'm
not going to change."
Martinez started the season 9-2 before posting one loss and
three no-decisions sandwiched around a trip to the disabled list.
The 1999 AL Cy Young winner still leads the league in strikeouts
(162) and the majors in ERA (1.49).
He gave up a double to Peter Bergeron on the first pitch of the
game, but then didn't allow another hit until the fifth.
The Red Sox took a 1-0 lead in the third when Sprague, Lewis and
Jose Offerman hit consecutive singles. The Expos tied it 1-1 in the
seventh when Geoff Blum tripled and scored on Fernando Seguignol's
double.
The Red Sox added an insurance run in the eighth when
Garciaparra and Troy O'Leary hit consecutive doubles. O'Leary, who
went 3-for-4, is batting .388 with 14 RBI in 12 games since
returning from the disabled list.
Game
notes
Martinez has recorded 10 or more strikeouts nine times this
season, 36 times with the Red Sox and 63 times in his career. ...
Red Sox pitcher Bret Saberhagen made a rehab start for Single-A
Lowell against Auburn and went three innings, striking out five and
walking none while allowing just one hit. He threw 28 of his 36
pitches for strikes before leaving with a 1-0 lead. ... Paxton
Crawford threw a seven-inning no-hitter for Triple-A Pawtucket at
Ottawa, striking out seven and walking one. ... The Expos are 3-12
without Rondell White in the starting lineup. ... Everett was given
the night off because of an injury to his right hand. "He said it
was bothering him a little bit," manager Jimy Williams said.
X-rays were negative. Everett is waiting to hear how long his
suspension will be for head-butting an umpire on Saturday. ...
First baseman Mike Stanley (shoulder) was eligible to come off the
15-day disabled list, but he wasn't ready, Williams said. ...
Vladimir Guerrero is the only Expo to play in every game this
season.
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