Victor Martinez homered and drove in four runs and the Boston RedSox completed a four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels with an11-6 win Thursday night. 

 

 

 

BOSTON (AP) -- John Lackey pitched two-hit ball over seveninnings against his old team, David Ortiz hit a solo homer and the Boston Red Soxsent the Los Angeles Angels totheir sixth straight loss, 3-1 Wednesday night. 

Wednesday May 5, 2010 BOSTON (AP) -- John Lackey pitched two-hit ball over seveninnings against his old team, David Ortiz hit a solo homer and the Boston Red Soxsent the Los Angeles Angels totheir sixth straight loss, 3-1 on Wednesday night. 

 

 

David Ortiz' season-long slump hit another pothole last nightwhen the Red Soxdesignated hitter struck outtwice and grounded into two double plays, the second coming withthe bases loaded and in the eighth inning of a tie game. 

THE BIG PICTURE: David Ortiz and the Red Soxoffense used to be mentioned inthe same breath, without a second thought. 

In both the big and little pictures, the situation appearedpretty dire. 

RED SOX5, ANGELS 1 THE BIG PICTURE: After putting up way more runs than needed (17)on Monday night, the Red Soxwaited until they needed toscore the most last night and wound up with a 5-1 victory over theLos Angeles Angels.