BOSTON -- David Price has been pitching well for the Boston Red Sox for weeks, but to many he still needed that signature performance to validate his status as the staff ace. That performance came Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park.
Price limited the Seattle Mariners to one run -- a solo home run by Franklin Gutierrez that barely snuck around the foul pole in right -- in a 2-1 win. Price capped the outing with back-to-back shutdown innings, the kind of statement frames that have eluded the left-hander most of the season.