BOSTON (AP) Red Sox starter Ryan Dempster received plenty of support from his manager Wednesday night. What would really help is if he got a little more help from Boston's hitters.
Dempster allowed three runs over six innings, but lost for the fourth time in six starts as the Red Sox mustered just seven hits in a 6-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.
"I just wish we were winning more of the games that I'm starting," said Dempster, who fell to 4-8 after allowing eight hits with two walks and three strikeouts. "That's all I care about, is the day I pitch that we win and we're not winning those right now.
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