But, Suarez's outing against Boston might've been affected by him tipping his pitches. He blew the save, allowing the Red Sox to tie the game in the ninth inning, forcing the game into extra innings, where the Padres came out on top on a walk-off from Ramon Laureano.

SAN DIEGO — In a 6-2 loss to the Padres on Sunday, the Red Sox received a reminder: Sound, solid starting pitching — so critical to their midsummer resurgence — can be precarious.

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Dylan Cease was impressive for six innings before San Diego's All-Star-laden bullpen got into and out of trouble in the seventh and the Padres beat the Boston Red Sox 6-2 on Sunday.

Romy did techincally drive in the only two Red Sox runs of the game but otherwise, not much was happening there. Brayan Bello wasn’t outright terrible, but it was a pretty bang average game. It felt a lot like Monday against the Royals where he worked himself into difficult situations—but today, he couldn’t work himself out of them.