Sunday, March 4, 2012

Brewers' flubs help Red Sox; Dice-K sharp in opener; Boston sweeps twin bill.(Sports)

Byline: Associated Press

Red Sox 5-7

Brewers 3-6

BOSTON - Mike Lowell hit a two-run homer and doubled in a pair of runs, and the Boston Red Sox survived a battle of bumbling infielders to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 on Saturday and complete a sweep of their day-night doubleheader.

The teams' infielders combined for seven errors in the nightcap - four by the Brewers - the most in a game this season. None was by Boston first baseman Kevin Youkilis, who had the go-ahead single and played his major league-record 222nd straight game at first without an error.

In the opener, Daisuke Matsuzaka held Milwaukee to a pair of unearned …

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