It only took four pitches last night for you to figure out that Red Sox ace Jon Lester didn't have his best stuff.
Rickie Weeks and Corey Hart hit a pair of solo homers in the span of the first four pitches of the game as the Milwaukee Brewers (40-32) won 4-2 over Boston (42-28) at Fenway Park.
The Red Sox tied it up in the second as Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Mike Cameron had RBI singles off Brewers starter Randy Wolf.
Former Red Sox backup catcher George Kottaras hit a solo homer in the third and Casey McGehee added an RBI single.
Like John Lackey the night before, Lester (9-3) lasted eight innings but this time, Boston's offense wasn't able to bail him out. He gave up four runs (three earned) on seven hits with three walks and eight strikeouts.
In a matchup that seemed to clearly favor the Red Sox, Wolf (5-4) surprisingly came out on top. He went seven innings, allowing two earned runs on nine hits with a walk and three strikeouts.
Kevin Youkilis and Marco Scutaro both had two hits apiece.
Brewers setup man Kameron Loe pitched a 1-2-3 eighth and closer John Axford had a clean ninth (with a strikeout) for his 19th save of the season.
Milwaukee star Yovani Gallardo takes on Tim Wakefield this afternoon in the series finale and the rubber match.
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