Price, Rays blank Red Sox
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David Price threw eight shutout innings, giving 0 in game series Wednesday.
B.J. Upton and Evan Longoria hit solo home runs for the Rays, who won the last two games of this three-game series after capturing the nightcap of doubleheader on Tuesday.
Stifled by good starting pitching, the Red Sox had three hits or fewer in each of the three games.
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Price (11-10) was the latest to stifle baseball's highest-scoring offense entering the game, allowing three walks and striking out six to earn just his third win since June 22.
Kyle Farnsworth pitched a perfect ninth inning to finish off the shutout, sending Boston to its fourth loss in five games and dropping them a full game behind the New York Yankees for first place in the AL East.
The Yankees play in Kansas City later with a chance to take a 1 1/2-game lead.
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John Lackey (11-9) suffered his first loss since July 4 after giving up four runs -- three earned -- on six hits in 6 2/3 innings. The right-hander, who struck out seven and walked three, had won each of his last six decisions.