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 BOSTON (AP) - Daisuke Matsuzaka got the run support he's been lacking — and from an unlikely source.
Julio Lugo went 2-for-3 with two RBIs to break an 0-for-33 slump, and Matsuzaka pitched eight shutout innings on Tuesday night to lead Boston to a 4-1 victory over Tampa Bay. It was the Devil Rays' ninth straight loss.
"I think you could see him take that deep breath," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said after Lugo recorded his first hit since June 14 and first RBI since June 8. "The two runs he drove in were huge, not just for him to feel good about himself, but for our ball club to have a little cushion."
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