Oswalt 0-2, looks for luck to change

IT WAS A rough return to Fenway Park for the Colorado Rockies.

Roy Oswalt didn't fare much better in his encore, either.

Oswalt struggled early in his first career start against Boston and the Red Sox completed a two-game sweep of the Rockies with a 5-3 victory yesterday.

Michael Cuddyer hit two solo home runs for Colorado, which was making its first visit to Boston since losing the first two games of the 2007 World Series.

After an 11-4 loss on Tuesday, the Rockies managed just two runs off Boston's John Lackey in losing for the 10th time in their last 14 games. Colorado fell to 3-12 in interleague games this season.

Oswalt, the 35-year-old righthander who was a Phillie in 2010 and '11, signed a minor league contract May 2 and returned to the majors last Thursday, striking out 11 in five innings in a 5-1 loss to Washington.

Oswalt (0-2) gave up five runs on nine hits in six innings against the Red Sox. He struck out five and walked one.

He previously had faced the Red Sox only once during his 13-year career, surrendering four runs in 1 1/3 innings of a relief appearance with Texas on Aug. 8, 2012.

"I felt like both starts [this season] actually were better than what they turned out to be," Oswalt said. "Maybe the next two starts I get some lucky breaks. It seems like the first two I've had a couple of breaks here and there that didn't really fall my way, but I'm going to keep throwing strikes and make them hit the ball and see what happens."

Lackey struck out a season-high 12 over seven strong innings and Daniel Nava drove in two runs for Boston. Shane Victorino had three hits and Dustin Pedroia added two for the Red Sox.

In other interleague games

* At Kansas City, Alex Gordon singled in the winning run in the 10th inning as the Royals beat the Atlanta Braves, 4-3.

* At Seattle, Jordy Mercer hit a go-ahead single with two outs in the ninth inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Mariners, 4-2. Raul Ibanez hit his team-leading 18th home run for Seattle.

* At Chicago, Shaun Marcum (1-9) pitched eight shutout innings and Eric Young Jr. had three hits and drove in a run to lead the New York Mets to a 3-0 victory over the White Sox.

* At Oakland, A.J. Griffin (6-6) pitched a two-hitter for his first win in more than a month, Josh Donaldson hit a three-run homer and the Athletics beat the Cincinnati Reds, 5-0, for a sweep of their two-game series.

* At Miami, Placido Polanco homered for the first time in more than a year and Jeff Mathis hit his first since last August, helping the Marlins overcome a three-run deficit in a 5-3 win over the Minnesota Twins. Miami is 13-9 this month following a 14-41 start.

* At Houston, Erik Bedard (3-3) pitched six effective innings and the Astros used a four-run fourth inning to beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-3.

At Detroit, Mike Trout homered and drove in three runs, and Erick Aybar's two-run shot gave Los Angeles the lead for good as the Angels beat the Tigers, 7-4.

* At New York, Nelson Cruz homered and the Texas Rangers got consecutive two-run doubles from Adrian Beltre and A.J. Pierzynski in an 8-5 victory over the Yankees.

* At St. Petersburg, Fla., R.A. Dickey (7-8) pitched a two-hitter for his first complete game of the year, Jose Reyes returned from a 2-month layoff and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Tampa Bay, 3-0.

* At Baltimore, Cleveland scored two ninth-inning runs on fielder's choices off Orioles closer Jim Johnson to pull out a 4-3 victory.

At Washington, Jordan Zimmermann (11-3) dominated after a shaky start and rookie Anthony Rendon had three hits as the Nationals defeated Arizona, 3-2.

* At Milwaukee, Scott Feldman (7-6) pitched six solid innings, Anthony Rizzo had a key two-run single and the Chicago Cubs held on to beat the Brewers, 5-4.

Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira will have season-ending surgery on his right wrist to repair a torn tendon sheath.

* Already out 2 1/2 weeks with a neck injury, Boston's Clay Buchholz cut short a bullpen session and was scheduled for a medical scan.

* Mets manager Terry Collins says rookie Zack Wheeler is tipping his breaking pitches and the problem will be addressed in a bullpen session today.

* Baltimore pitcher Dylan Bundy will have Tommy John surgery today.