In the first two games of their series against the Phillies, the Red Sox amassed at least 10 runs and 16 hits, something they hadn’t done on consecutive days since 2004. But Boston could not sustain that offensive momentum in the series finale on Sunday, as the Red Sox were stifled for most of the day by Philadelphia starter Cole Hamels in a 5-3 loss.

WHAT WENT WRONG FOR THE RED SOX

–Cole Hamels was on the mound. The left-hander is the only Phillies pitcher to a claim a win in his team’s six games against the Sox, allowing one run in each. Hamels struck out eight and walked two, getting touched only by a solo homer in his day of work. Hamels logged seven innings and allowed five hits.

–The Sox went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position, including a pair of double-play balls with two runners aboard. The Sox, who entered the day having grounded into the fifth most double plays in the American League, have now hit into 60 twin-killings this year.

–Though Tim Wakefield delivered what the Sox needed — chiefly, innings (more on that in a moment) — he continued to enjoy little success at Fenway this year. On the season, he is 0-4 with a 6.86 ERA at home, and he has set a new career high with eight straight starts at home without a win. Wakefield is 2-1 with a 3.62 ERA on the road in 2010.

WHAT WENT RIGHT FOR THE RED SOX

–Adrian Beltre produced the Sox’ offense against Phillies starter Cole Hamels, hammering a second-inning homer against the left-hander. It was Beltre’s ninth homer of the 2010 season (in his 255th plate appearance), giving him one more round-tripper this season than he had in 477 trips to the plate in 2009. Beltre also started a pair of double plays for the Sox.

His day, however, had also had a pair of blemishes. In the bottom of the sixth, with runners on first and second and none out, he followed a Victor Martinez walk (more on that in a moment) with a three-pitch strikeout.Then, with runners on the corners and one out in the eighth, he smashed a grounder that was converted into a 5-4-3 double play.

–Dustin Pedroia had a three-hit game, his first since May 24. He is now 8-for-17 (.471) over his last four games, following a 14 at-bat hitless stretch.

–Victor Martinez produced an epic at-bat that seemed to prime the Sox for a rally. In the bottom of the sixth, after Dustin Pedroia led off with a double to right that clanged off the glove of Phillies outfielder Jayson Werth, Martinez engaged in an epic showdown with Hamels. After falling behind, 0-2, Martinez fouled off nine two-strike pitches, including six in a row in one stretch, en route to a 15-pitch walk. It was the longest at-bat by a Red Sox since Alex Cora negotiated a 15-pitch walk against Paul Byrd, then with the Indians, on April 27, 2006.

The rally, however, quickly died, with Beltre striking out, David Ortiz grounding into a fielder’s choice and Mike Lowell flying out to right.

–The Red Sox were thin in the bullpen one day after Daisuke Matsuzaka had landed on the disabled list just prior to the start of Saturday’s game, leaving an assembly line of relievers (Scott Atchison, Manny Delcarmen, Ramon Ramirez, Hideki Okajima) to assume significant workloads. The team needed starter Tim Wakefield to offer a reprieve.

“We could use Wake,” said Sox manager Terry Francona before the game, “to have a good outing.”

Wakefield did just that, with the exception of a four-run, fourth-inning stumble. Aside from that one inning when he lost his feel for his knuckleball, Wakefield pitched a strong game, and one that spared his bullpen from being taxed too heavily. He logged 7 1/3 innings, allowing seven hits (five in the fourth) and four runs, walking one and striking out three.