May 19, 2007: Red Sox 8 braves 7 (11)

Posted by spooky at 10:16 PM




The Red Sox start out interleague play with a 9th inning comeback and winning a game with some NL-style small ball. The Sox got into an early hole thanks to a very ineffective Daisuke Matsuzaka, who gave up 9 hits and 7 runs through 3 and 1/3, getting knocked out when Kelly Johnson and Chipper Jones both took him deep. Kyle Snyder entered with a 7-3 deficit and pitched 3 2/3 impressive innings of one hit ball, during which time the Red Sox made it 7-5 on a Mike Lowell double with 2 men on. JC Romero pitched a scoreless 8th and the Sox loaded the bases in the bottom of the inning, but JD Drew grounded to short to end the inning. Joel Pineiro gave the Sox a 1-2-3 9th and then the rally started. Lowell single, Varitek walk, Crisp fielder's choice followed by a steal, and then Julio Lugo comes through with a single to score 2 runs and tie the game! This was Lugo's first game in the 9 hole...I figured it didn't make sense for a .350+ hitter to be hitting 9th and a sub-.200 hitter to be hitting leadoff, so I swapped Lugo and Pedroia about a month earlier than the real 2007 Sox did. Of course, the real 2007 Dustin Pedroia started out much more slowly, hitting around .250 in mid-May.

Back to the action...Lugo gets caught trying to steal 2nd for the 2nd out, but the aforementioned Pedroia walks. Youk gets an infield single which is misplayed to put runners on 2nd and 3rd for Big Papi, who is intentionally walked. That loads them for Manny, but he grounds out to send us to extra frames.

Fast forward to the bottom of the 11th...Coco Crisp leads off with a walk, the 8th of the game for the Sox hitters. Julio Lugo again comes through, this time with a single to send Coco to 3rd. So with a good bunter up in Pedroia and a fast runner on third in Crisp, should I dare try the squeeze play? I do, and Pedroia lays it down to perfection to score Crisp with the game winner!


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2007 Atlanta Braves At 2007 Boston Red Sox                5/19/2007
 
  Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  K.Johnson 2B        5  2  2  1 .246     D.Pedroia 2B        4  1  1  1 .360  
  E.Renteria SS       4  2  2  1 .273     K.Youkilis 1B       6  1  3  2 .290  
  C.Jones 3B          5  2  3  2 .349     D.Ortiz DH          5  0  2  0 .290  
  A.Jones CF          6  1  2  1 .183     M.Ramirez LF        5  1  1  0 .331  
  B.McCann C          5  0  2  2 .241     J.Drew RF           5  2  1  0 .221  
  J.Francoeur RF      5  0  0  0 .279     M.Lowell 3B         6  1  3  3 .300  
  S.Thorman 1B        4  0  0  0 .211     J.Varitek C         4  0  1  0 .244  
  M.Diaz DH           5  0  0  0 .275     C.Crisp CF          5  2  2  0 .271  
  W.Harris LF         4  0  0  0 .345     J.Lugo SS           6  0  2  2 .205  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      43  7 11  7                 Totals      46  8 16  8
 
 
Braves.......... 2 0 3  2 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 -  7 11  2
Red Sox......... 0 0 3  0 0 0  2 0 2  0 1 -  8 16  0
 
Braves (21-21)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
A.Lerew                   6 1/3   9   5   5   3   6   1 109   4.67
M.McBride HOLD(1st)       1 1/3   3   0   0   1   1   0  36   7.00
C.Paronto HOLD(2nd)       0 1/3   1   2   2   1   0   0  15   6.97
B.Wickman L(0-3) BS(2nd)  2       2   1   1   3   0   0  42   3.38
T.Yates                   0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   7   2.33
Totals                   10 1/3  16   8   8   8   7   1
 
Red Sox (32-9)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Matsuzaka               3 1/3   9   7   7   3   2   2  97   3.99
K.Snyder                  3 2/3   1   0   0   1   2   0  46   4.26
J.Romero                  1       1   0   0   1   0   0  26   4.32
J.Pineiro WIN(2-0)        3       0   0   0   1   5   0  36   1.74
Totals                   11      11   7   7   6   9   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 37,791 DATE- Saturday, May 19th 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- John Hirschbeck, Wally Bell, Laz Diaz, Bill Welke
T- 3:59
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 9  Red Sox:16
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 0  Red Sox: 0
ERRORS- K.Johnson-2
DOUBLES- K.Johnson(4th), E.Renteria-2(16th), B.McCann(10th), D.Pedroia(10th),
         D.Ortiz-2(7th), M.Lowell(8th)
TRIPLES- J.Drew(2nd)
HOME RUNS- K.Johnson(9th), C.Jones(9th), K.Youkilis(5th)
STOLEN BASES- K.Johnson(3rd), C.Crisp(9th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Lugo
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Pedroia
WALKS- K.Johnson, E.Renteria-2, C.Jones, S.Thorman, W.Harris, D.Pedroia-2,
       D.Ortiz, M.Ramirez, J.Drew, J.Varitek-2, C.Crisp
STRIKE OUTS- K.Johnson, C.Jones, A.Jones, J.Francoeur-4, M.Diaz-2, D.Ortiz-2,
             M.Ramirez, J.Drew, C.Crisp-2, J.Lugo
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Edgar Renteria robbed Julio Lugo of a base hit.
          Bot 7th: Jeff Francoeur robbed David Ortiz of a Homerun!
 
37,791 fans watched an exciting game at Fenway Park.  The Boston Red Sox
topped the Atlanta Braves by the slimmest of margins, 8 to 7.
 
The score was tied at 7 after nine.  Boston came out on top in the 11th
inning.  Coco Crisp drew a walk.  Julio Lugo followed and he stroked a
single.  Lugo took second on the throw.  Dustin Pedroia then worked the
squeeze play to perfection making Boston victorious to the delight of the the
home town crowd.  Boston out-hit Atlanta for the game, 16 hits to 11.  
 
Joel Pineiro(2-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 3 innings and allowing
no runs. Bob Wickman(0-3) was given the loss in relief.








 

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