| You would think that allowing 8 hits, 4 walks and 6 runs over 6 innings would earn Josh Beckett his first loss of the year. However, you would be wrong! The Red Sox offense turns a 6-1 deficit into a 9-6 advantage, and Beckett ends up with his 16th win of the season. Beckett was not sharp through the first 4 innings, although 2 of his runs allowed were unearned due to errors by Mike Lowell and Jason Varitek. The Red Sox comeback started in the bottom of the 4th, when the Sox loaded the bases with no outs and got a sac fly from Eric Hinske that turned into 2 runs when Chicago centerfielder Jerry Owens misplayed the ball. They would get a third run on a Julio Lugo single. They would get the 2 runs to tie it in the 5th off one swing by JD Drew with Big Papi on base by way of the walk. At this point, the Sox had tied the game, assuring Beckett would not take the loss. Beckett was up around 95 pitches and I debated whether to bring him back out for the 6th. I decided to leave him in, and he struck out the side! The Sox hitters responded by scoring 3 more runs in the bottom of the inning to make Beckett the pitcher of record for the win. Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon preserve the lead, although Paps gave up a homer to Jim Thome. The Sox were active on the basepaths today, with 4 steals. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Chicago (AL) White Sox At 2007 Boston Red Sox 7/20/2007
White Sox AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
J.Owens CF 4 1 0 0 .309 C.Crisp CF 5 1 3 1 .264
T.Iguchi 2B 5 0 1 2 .284 D.Pedroia 2B 5 1 1 2 .325
J.Thome DH 5 1 3 2 .285 D.Ortiz DH 2 1 1 0 .314
P.Konerko 1B 4 1 2 2 .294 M.Ramirez LF 3 1 1 1 .307
A.Pierzynski C 5 0 1 0 .252 J.Drew RF 3 2 1 2 .278
J.Dye RF 4 1 1 1 .259 M.Lowell 3B 4 1 2 0 .306
R.Mackowiak LF 2 1 0 0 .275 J.Varitek C 4 1 1 0 .248
J.Fields 3B 3 1 1 0 .364 E.Hinske 1B 2 1 0 1 .200
J.Uribe SS 2 1 0 0 .239 J.Lugo SS 4 0 1 1 .228
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Totals 34 7 9 7 Totals 32 9 11 8
White Sox....... 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 7 9 2
Red Sox......... 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 - 9 11 2
White Sox (47-48) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Contreras LOSS(5-7) 5 1/3 10 9 7 2 1 1 109 5.08
D.Day 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 7.71
R.Bukvich 2 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 33 6.91
Totals 8 11 9 7 4 1 1
Red Sox (72-24) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Beckett WIN(16-0) 6 8 6 4 4 8 2 122 1.80
H.Okajima HOLD(11th) 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 25 1.70
J.Papelbon SAVE(29th) 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 17 1.63
Totals 9 9 7 5 5 12 3
ATTENDANCE- 37,166 DATE- Friday, July 20th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Mark Carlson, Larry Young, Angel Hernandez, Ted Barrett
T- 3:10
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 7 Red Sox: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 2 Red Sox: 2
ERRORS- J.Owens, T.Iguchi, M.Lowell, J.Varitek
DOUBLES- T.Iguchi(28th), A.Pierzynski(13th)
HOME RUNS- J.Thome(21st), P.Konerko(26th), J.Dye(16th), J.Drew(6th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Crisp-2(18th), D.Pedroia(2nd), J.Lugo(11th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Owens
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Uribe
SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Hinske
WALKS- J.Owens, P.Konerko, R.Mackowiak, J.Fields, J.Uribe, D.Ortiz-2, M.Ramirez,
J.Drew
HIT BY PITCH- R.Mackowiak, E.Hinske
STRIKE OUTS- J.Owens-2, T.Iguchi, J.Thome-2, P.Konerko-2, A.Pierzynski, J.Dye,
R.Mackowiak-2, J.Fields, D.Pedroia
GIDP- A.Pierzynski, J.Fields, J.Drew, J.Varitek
WILD PITCHES- D.Day
In a two run game the strong Boston Red Sox got by the Chicago (AL) White Sox
by the score of 9 to 7.
Josh Beckett(16-0) contributed a pedestrian performance to earn the win. He
surrendered 8 hits and 4 walks in 6 innings. Beckett struckout 8 Chicago
(AL) batters and was touched for 2 homeruns. Due to a poorly pitched
ballgame, scoring in 5 different innings was still not enough for Chicago
(AL) to come away with the victory.
Jonathan Papelbon recorded the save, his 29th. Jose Contreras(5-7) took the
loss. He was touched for 10 hits and 2 walks in 5 and 1/3 innings.
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