Quotes, notes and stars from the Red Sox’ 8-5 loss to the Dodgers:
QUOTES
* “He’s more than impressed in the games he’s played so far.” John Farrell on Andrew Benintendi.
* “That’s the worst I’ve commanded the baseball in a game in a long time. Just made some really good pitches and didn’t make some good ones. They waited me out and had some good takes.” David Price on his outing.
* “Any time you give a team an extra out -- and in back-to-back innings – it’s going to come back to haunt you. And today it did. ”John Farrell on Boston to fielding miscues behind Price.
* “I’m not worried about myself personally. But, we know that we’re a better team than how we’ve played here lately. It’s always good to finish up road trips like this and just to head home.” Price on finishing the road trip.
NOTES
Boston Red Sox
* The Red Sox finish the west coast road trip 5-6 and drop to 3-4 to start August.
* Jackie Bradley Jr. finished the 11-game road trip 6-for-40 (.150) with one double and one RBI off his lone home run.
* Adrian Gonzalez launched his 300th career home run off of Junichi Tazawa in the seventh inning. Gonzalez had 42 of those homeruns in a Boston uniform.
* Xander Bogaerts also looks forward to going home after 9-for-46 (.196) with 11 strikeouts.
STARS
1) Rob Segedin Segedin made his MLB debut and went 2-for-3 with four RBI against David Price.
2) Adrian Gonzalez Gonzalez launched his 300th career home run against his old team -- earning himself another three-hit day.
3) Andrew Benintendi Benintendi notched his first career three hit day, while also knocking in the first two runs of his career and swiping his first bag.