Did Julian Taverez's hamstring cost the Red Sox the game last night?

Tavarez held Seattle to two hits - Richie Sexson's double and Ben Broussard's RBI single - through four innings. But as he finished striking out Jose Vidro in the fourth - his only strikeout of the game - Tavarez stumbled off the mound awkwardly.

Eight of his next nine pitches were balls. And in the next 1 1-3 innings, Tavarez allowed five runs and four hits with three walks.

"It hurt a little bit, you know, my hamstring," Tavarez said. "But ... it didn't affect me at all. Things just went wrong."

Sure. Meanwhile, Jeff Weaver didn't pitch great, but he held on long enough to get the win. He used a lot of pitches to get through 5 2/3 innings, throwing 104 to twenty seven batters. The Red Sox had their chances, but only scored two runs. Seattle takes the game 9-4 and picks up a game on the Angels.