The Phils avoid being no-hit before they lose to the Bosox, 5-0.

A single by Juan Castro in the bottom of the eight, with two men out, breaks up a no-hit bid by  Daisuke Matsuaka, before the Phils fall to the Bosox, 5-0.

The Bosox took the lead in the fourth as, with two men on base, and with one man out, Jeremy Hermida hits a sacrifice fly, knocking in David Ortiz, who had earlier been safe on a force out, 3-6, wiping out J.D. Drew at second, who had earlier singled, and had gone to third on Adrian Beltre’s double, giving the Red Sox a 1-0 lead. The Bosox then broke it open in the fifth as, with runners on the corners, and with two men out, Drew hits an RBI single, knocking in Marco Scutaro, who had earlier doubled, and had gone to third on Daisuke Matsuaka’s sacrifice bunt, giving the Bosox a 2-0 lead, while sending Jacoby Ellsbury, who had earlier walked, on to second base. One batter later, with still two men out, Ortiz hits an RBI double, knocking in Ellsbury, giving the Bosox a 3-0 lead, while sending Drew on to third. One batter later, and still with two men out, Beltre hits a two-run double, scoring both Drew and Ortiz, making it a 5-0 Bosox lead. That would be all the scoring as Matsuaka would shut down the Phils, not giving up a hit until the bottom of the eighth, when, with two out, Juan Casto got a two out single, breaking up the no-hit bid, before Daniel Bard came in to pitch a 1-2-3 ninth.

Kyle Kendrick took the lost as he last only four and two-thirds innings, giving up five runs on eight hits and two walks, while striking out two. His record is now 2-2 with a 5.66 ERA. Antonio Bastardo, Nelson Figueroa and David Herndon pitches a combine four and a third scoreless innings, giving up just one hit (Figueroa) and a walk (Herndon), while striking out four (3 (Bastardo), 1 (Figueroa)). Daisuke Matsuaka gets the win as he pitches eight shut out innings, giving up just one hit and four walks, while striking out five. His record is now 3-1 with a 5.76 ERA. Daniel Bard pitches a 1-2-3 ninth.

The Phils had only one hit, a single by Juan Castro, as he breaks up Matsuaka’s no-hitter.

The Phils (26-16, 1st NL East) will conclude their interleague series with the Red Sox (23-21, 4th AL East) with an afternoon game, already in progress.