| Despite being outhit, the Red Sox hold on for the 3-2 win in game 1 of a day-night doubleheader with the Angels. Clay Buchholz gets the win in his major league debut, allowing 7 hits but just one run over 6 innings. The game was tied at 1 when Buchholz finished the 6th, but the Sox rally in the bottom of the 6th by loading the bases with 2 outs before Coco Crisp singles to put the good guys up by 2. Eric Gagne would try to give it away in the 8th, but the Angels would get only one and couldn't get a runner past 2nd in the 9th. Jonathan Papelbon earns his 36th save. This is the Red Sox 90th win of the year, which puts them on pace for 120 wins. They have a 26 1/2 game lead over the 2nd place Yankees and may clinch the division before September 1st. Their magic number is 15. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Los Angeles(AL) Angels At 2007 Boston Red Sox 8/17/2007
Angels AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
C.Figgins 3B,2B 5 0 1 0 .334 D.Pedroia 2B 4 1 1 0 .304
O.Cabrera SS 5 0 0 0 .288 K.Youkilis 1B 4 0 1 0 .282
V.Guerrero RF 3 1 2 1 .339 D.Ortiz DH 3 0 0 0 .304
G.Anderson LF 4 0 2 0 .238 M.Ramirez LF 4 1 1 1 .306
G.Matthews Jr DH 4 0 1 0 .274 J.Drew RF 3 1 1 0 .287
C.Kotchman 1B 2 0 0 0 .311 M.Lowell 3B 2 0 0 0 .322
E.Aybar 2B 3 0 1 0 .318 C.Crisp CF 3 0 3 2 .271
A-M.Izturis PH,3B 1 0 1 0 .245 D.Mirabelli C 3 0 0 0 .260
J.Mathis C 3 0 0 0 .168 A.Cora SS 3 0 1 0 .261
B-N.Haynes PR 0 0 0 0 .278
R.Willits CF 3 1 3 0 .259
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 33 2 11 1 Totals 29 3 8 3
A-Pinch Hit For Aybar In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Mathis In 9th Inning
Angels.......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 11 0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 3 8 0
Angels (69-51) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Lackey LOSS(11-10) 8 8 3 2 3 3 0 124 3.36
Totals 8 8 3 2 3 3 0
Red Sox (90-31) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Buchholz WIN(1-0) 6 7 1 1 1 4 0 99 1.50
H.Okajima HOLD(15th) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 20 2.37
E.Gagne HOLD(7th) 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 23 3.05
J.Papelbon SAVE(36th) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 18 2.08
Totals 9 11 2 2 3 8 1
ATTENDANCE- 38,078 DATE- Friday, August 17th 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Larry Young, Angel Hernandez, Ted Barrett, Mark Carlson
T- 3:09
LEFT ON BASE- Angels: 9 Red Sox: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Angels: 2 Red Sox: 3
DOUBLES- V.Guerrero(32nd), G.Anderson(23rd), R.Willits(14th)
TRIPLES- A.Cora(4th)
HOME RUNS- V.Guerrero(30th)
STOLEN BASES- R.Willits(24th)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Crisp
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Willits
WALKS- V.Guerrero, C.Kotchman, J.Mathis, D.Ortiz, J.Drew, M.Lowell
HIT BY PITCH- C.Kotchman
STRIKE OUTS- C.Figgins, O.Cabrera-2, G.Matthews Jr, E.Aybar-2, J.Mathis-2,
D.Pedroia, D.Ortiz, M.Ramirez
GIDP- C.Figgins, O.Cabrera, J.Mathis, D.Ortiz, D.Mirabelli
PASSED BALLS- J.Mathis
Coco Crisp had 3 base hits and 2 RBI as the Boston Red Sox topped the Los
Angeles(AL) Angels by a score of 3 to 2 at Fenway Park.
Clay Buchholz(1-0) earned his pay with a solid performance for Boston. He
allowed 7 hits and 1 walk in 6 innings. Boston won despite being out-hit by
Los Angeles(AL) 11 hits to 8.
Buchholz was helped out by Jonathan Papelbon who recorded his 36th save. John
Lackey(11-10) was given the loss. Boston continued their winnings ways
improving their record to a division leading 90-31. They are 9-1 in their
last ten games. With the loss, the Los Angeles(AL) ballclub's record is
69-51.
| This looked like it was going to be another Nats loss, but Brett Myers entered in the 8th and it all fell apart for the Phillies. The Nats score 5 runs in the inning and go on to win, 7-5. The 8th: *** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 *** SUBSTITUTE P - Brett Myers 0 N.Logan 4- 6 4 Walk b-1 0 1 1 Stolen Base 1-2 SUBSTITUTE PH- Ryan Langerhans 0 2 R.Langerhan 5- 8 6 Strike Out b-0 1 2 F.Lopez 5-10 4 Single 2-3 b-1 1 1 3 1 Stolen Base 1-2 1 23 R.Belliard 5 Sac Bunt 3-H 2-3 b-0 2 3 R.Zimmerman 1-10 2 5 Single 3-H b-1 2 1 D.Young 1 Wild Pitch 1-2 2 2 D.Young 4- 8 3 4 Single 2-H b-2 2 2 A.Kearns 5- 7 5 Single 2-H b-1 2 1 R.Church 2- 6 5 Double 1-H b-3 2 3 J.Flores 3- 3 4 Walk b-1 2 1 3 N.Logan 4-11 9 5 Fly Out b-0 |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Philadelphia Phillies At 2007 Washington Nationals 8/16/2007
Phillies AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
J.Rollins SS 4 1 3 0 .312 F.Lopez SS 4 1 1 0 .255
T.Iguchi 2B 3 0 0 0 .276 R.Belliard 2B 3 0 0 1 .271
P.Burrell LF 5 0 1 1 .265 R.Zimmerman 3B 3 1 1 1 .264
R.Howard 1B 4 0 0 0 .297 D.Young 1B 4 1 1 1 .295
A.Rowand CF 3 1 0 0 .291 B-B.Schneider C 0 0 0 0 .239
J.Werth RF 3 2 1 0 .327 A.Kearns RF 4 2 2 2 .236
C.Ruiz C 2 1 1 1 .266 R.Church LF 4 1 2 1 .208
A.Nunez 3B 2 0 0 1 .193 J.Flores C 3 0 1 0 .205
C.Hamels P 3 0 0 0 .078 C.Cordero P 0 0 0 0 ----
B.Myers P 0 0 0 0 .000 N.Logan CF 2 1 0 1 .333
D-C.Coste PH 1 0 0 0 .250 J.Hanrahan P 2 0 1 0 .444
C.Schroder P 0 0 0 0 .000
A-R.Langerhans PH 1 0 0 0 .174
C-R.Fick 1B 0 0 0 0 .164
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 30 5 6 3 Totals 30 7 9 7
A-Pinch Hit For Schroder In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Young In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Langerhans In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Myers In 9th Inning
Phillies........ 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 5 6 0
Nationals....... 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 - 7 9 0
Phillies (59-61) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Hamels 7 4 2 2 1 7 1 93 3.59
B.Myers LOSS(4-3) BS(4th) 1 5 5 5 2 1 0 50 7.71
Totals 8 9 7 7 3 8 1
Nationals (67-54) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Hanrahan 6 5 4 4 5 7 0 111 3.52
C.Schroder WIN(2-2) 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 30 2.67
C.Cordero SAVE(25th) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 4.66
Totals 9 6 5 5 6 9 0
ATTENDANCE- 42,568 DATE- Thursday, August 16th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Mike Reilly, Jeff Kellogg, Eric Cooper, Andy Fletcher
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 7 Nationals: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 1 Nationals: 1
DOUBLES- J.Rollins(31st), J.Werth(7th), C.Ruiz(20th), R.Church-2(23rd)
HOME RUNS- A.Kearns(10th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Rollins(20th), F.Lopez(23rd), N.Logan(21st)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Belliard
SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Nunez, N.Logan
WALKS- J.Rollins, T.Iguchi-2, C.Ruiz-2, A.Nunez, R.Zimmerman, J.Flores, N.Logan
HIT BY PITCH- A.Rowand, J.Werth
STRIKE OUTS- P.Burrell, R.Howard-4, A.Rowand, J.Werth, A.Nunez, C.Hamels,
F.Lopez, R.Belliard-3, D.Young, R.Church, J.Flores, R.Langerhans
GIDP- A.Nunez
WILD PITCHES- B.Myers, J.Hanrahan-2, C.Schroder
WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Cole Hamels robbed Ryan Church of a base hit.
Austin Kearns homered and had 2 RBI as the Washington Nationals defeated the
Philadelphia Phillies by a score of 7 to 5 at RFK STADIUM.
Washington came through with the game-winning runs in the bottom of the 8th
inning when they scored 5 runs on 5 hits. Washington had 9 hits for the game
and Philadelphia had 6.
Chris Schroder(2-2) was the winner allowing 1 run in 2 innings. Schroder was
helped out by Chad Cordero who recorded his 25th save. Brett Myers(4-3)
suffered the loss in relief. He pitched 1 inning and surrendered 5 hits and
2 walks.
| The Nats fall to the Phillies by a 6-3 score. The Phils are in third place, 6 1/2 games back of the first place Nats after the win. The Mets are in 2nd, a game and a half back. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Philadelphia Phillies At 2007 Washington Nationals 8/15/2007
Phillies AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
J.Rollins SS 5 0 0 0 .309 F.Lopez SS 5 0 2 1 .255
T.Iguchi 2B 4 1 2 0 .277 R.Belliard 2B,1B 4 1 2 0 .273
P.Burrell LF 3 2 1 2 .266 R.Zimmerman 3B 3 1 0 0 .263
R.Howard 1B 5 1 1 0 .301 D.Young 1B 3 0 1 1 .296
A.Rowand CF 3 2 2 2 .293 J.Rauch P 0 0 0 0 .000
W.Helms 3B 4 0 1 0 .232 D-R.Langerhans PH,LF 1 0 1 0 .175
B.Myers P 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Kearns RF 3 0 0 0 .234
J.Werth RF 4 0 2 2 .327 R.Church LF 4 0 0 0 .205
C.Coste C 4 0 1 0 .252 R.King P 0 0 0 0 ----
T.Gordon P 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Rivera P 0 0 0 0 ----
E-G.Dobbs 3B 0 0 0 0 .284 B.Schneider C 3 0 1 0 .239
K.Kendrick P 3 0 0 0 .091 N.Logan CF 4 1 1 0 .336
C-C.Ruiz C 1 0 1 0 .264 T.Redding P 1 0 0 0 .143
A-R.Fick PH 1 0 0 0 .164
L.Ayala P 0 0 0 0 ----
C.Schroder P 0 0 0 0 .000
B-D.Jimenez PH,2B 1 0 0 0 .313
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 6 11 6 Totals 33 3 8 2
A-Pinch Hit For Redding In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Schroder In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Kendrick In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Rauch In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Gordon In 9th Inning
Phillies........ 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 - 6 11 1
Nationals....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 3 8 1
Phillies (59-60) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
K.Kendrick WIN(5-6) 6 2/3 7 2 2 2 3 0 119 5.02
T.Gordon 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 37 2.63
B.Myers SAVE(4th) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.44
Totals 9 8 3 3 4 3 0
Nationals (66-54) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
T.Redding LOSS(1-3) 5 7 4 4 4 3 0 107 2.98
L.Ayala 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 18 2.66
C.Schroder 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 2.56
J.Rauch 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 1.52
R.King 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.46
S.Rivera 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.72
Totals 9 11 6 6 5 5 1
ATTENDANCE- 45,142 DATE- Wednesday, August 15th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Paul Nauert, Gerry Davis, Brian Gorman, Mike Everitt
T- 3:33
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 9 Nationals: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 2 Nationals: 1
ERRORS- J.Rollins, F.Lopez
DOUBLES- R.Howard(28th), A.Rowand(38th), R.Belliard(22nd), D.Young(32nd),
N.Logan(13th)
HOME RUNS- P.Burrell(26th)
WALKS- T.Iguchi, P.Burrell-2, A.Rowand, W.Helms, R.Zimmerman, A.Kearns,
B.Schneider, D.Jimenez
HIT BY PITCH- A.Rowand
STRIKE OUTS- R.Howard, J.Werth, C.Coste-2, K.Kendrick, R.Church, R.Fick,
D.Jimenez
GIDP- P.Burrell, R.Belliard, A.Kearns
WEB GEMS- Bot 1st: Jimmy Rollins robbed Austin Kearns of a base hit.
Bot 4th: Jimmy Rollins robbed Austin Kearns of a base hit.
The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Washington Nationals by a score of 6 to
3 at RFK STADIUM.
In the top of the 5th inning Philadelphia scored 3 runs when they had 3 base
hits. The big moment was provided by Aaron Rowand who silenced RFK STADIUM
as he lined a single bringing in two baserunners. Washington was out-hit by
Philadelphia, 11 hits to 8.
Kyle Kendrick(5-6) went 6 and 2/3 innings allowing 2 runs for the victory.
Kendrick got help from Brett Myers who was credited with his 4th save. The
losing pitcher was Tim Redding(1-3). He surrendered 4 runs in 5 innings and
saw his ERA increase from 2.49 to 2.98.
| The Red Sox outlast the Devil Rays in a 17 inning marathon to stay perfect against them on the year. The Sox were down 3-1 in the bottom of the 8th when Manny Ramirez tied it with a 2-run homer. That score would hold up until the 17th, when Carlos Pena would go deep for the 2nd time in the game and give the Rays a 4-3 lead. Thankfully, the Sox would pull of a winning rally when Kevin Youkilis walked, David Ortiz singled, and Manny singled to bring in both runners for the win. The Sox had 9 doubles in the game, including 3 by Youkilis. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays At 2007 Boston Red Sox 8/15/2007
Devil Rays AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
A.Iwamura 3B 8 1 3 0 .267 D.Pedroia 2B 6 0 0 0 .305
C.Crawford LF 8 1 2 0 .326 A-D.Mirabelli C 2 0 1 0 .267
B.Upton CF 7 0 0 0 .284 K.Youkilis 1B 7 1 3 0 .283
C.Pena 1B 6 2 2 4 .289 D.Ortiz DH 7 3 3 0 .306
D.Young DH 8 0 2 0 .284 M.Ramirez LF 8 1 3 4 .306
B.Harris 2B 6 0 1 0 .320 J.Drew RF 6 0 2 0 .287
J.Gomes RF 7 0 3 0 .245 M.Lowell 3B 6 0 1 1 .324
D.Navarro C 5 0 1 0 .204 J.Varitek C 4 0 1 0 .237
B.Zobrist SS 6 0 1 0 .218 B-A.Cora 2B 2 0 0 0 .260
C.Crisp CF 7 0 2 0 .265
J.Lugo SS 7 0 0 0 .224
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 61 4 15 4 Totals 62 5 16 5
A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Pedroia In 13th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Varitek In 13th Inning
Devil Rays...... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 15 0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 16 0
Devil Rays (51-69) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
A.Sonnanstin 7 1/3 7 2 2 2 7 0 114 4.28
A.Reyes BS(3rd) 3 3 1 1 0 4 1 42 2.26
G.Glover 3 1/3 3 0 0 1 2 0 43 3.77
S.Dohmann 2 1/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 23 3.60
D.Wheeler L(4-5) BS(4th) 0 1/3 2 2 2 1 0 0 16 4.47
Totals 16 1/3 16 5 5 5 13 1
Red Sox (89-31) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Matsuzaka 7 7 2 2 2 12 1 103 3.90
H.Okajima 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 15 2.42
M.Timlin 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 27 3.37
M.Delcarmen 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 27 3.57
K.Snyder 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 48 3.59
E.Gagne 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 19 2.91
J.Papelbon WIN(2-2) 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 11 2.12
Totals 17 15 4 4 6 21 2
ATTENDANCE- 27,136 DATE- Wednesday, August 15th 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Tony Randazzo, Charlie Reliford, Larry Vanover, Greg Gibson
T- 6:05
LEFT ON BASE- Devil Rays:13 Red Sox:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Devil Rays: 2 Red Sox: 2
DOUBLES- A.Iwamura(17th), J.Gomes-2(23rd), D.Mirabelli(3rd), K.Youkilis-3(24th),
D.Ortiz(25th), M.Ramirez(26th), J.Drew-2(28th), C.Crisp(23rd)
TRIPLES- C.Crawford(8th), J.Gomes(2nd)
HOME RUNS- C.Pena-2(43rd), M.Ramirez(24th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Crawford(41st)
CAUGHT STEALING- A.Iwamura, B.Upton
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Pena
WALKS- B.Upton, C.Pena, B.Harris, D.Navarro-2, B.Zobrist, K.Youkilis, D.Ortiz,
J.Drew, M.Lowell, J.Varitek
STRIKE OUTS- A.Iwamura-2, C.Crawford-2, B.Upton-4, C.Pena, D.Young-4,
B.Harris-2, J.Gomes-2, D.Navarro-2, B.Zobrist-2, D.Pedroia-2,
K.Youkilis, D.Ortiz-2, M.Ramirez-3, J.Drew-2, J.Varitek-2, J.Lugo
GIDP- A.Iwamura, C.Crawford, M.Ramirez, J.Lugo
WILD PITCHES- S.Dohmann, D.Matsuzaka
Left fielder Manny Ramirez cracked a homer and had 4 RBI and Daisuke Matsuzaka
struck out 12 batters as the dominant Boston Red Sox defeated the Tampa Bay
Devil Rays in 17 innings by the score of 5 to 4 at Fenway Park.
The score was tied at 3 after nine. Boston was victorious in the 17th inning.
After an out was recorded, Kevin Youkilis initiated the scoring spurt when
he drew a walk. David Ortiz next to the plate and he doubled. Ramirez then
lashed a single making Boston the winners and sending the 27,136 fans home
happy. Boston banged out 16 hits on the afternoon.
The winning pitcher was Jonathan Papelbon(2-2) who allowed 1 run in 1 inning.
Dan Wheeler(4-5) took the loss in relief. He allowed 2 hits and 1 walk in
1/3 of an inning.
| Shawn Hill makes his first start in 3 months for the Nats, and pitches 7 shutout innings on the way to a 2-0 win. The Nats took advantage of some Phillies mistakes in the 4th when they scored the 2 runs that would be the only runs scored in the game. Phils starter Kyle Lohse hit 2 batters in the inning, then Nook Logan singled. The runner on 2nd, Austin Kearns, tried to score on a 1-14 chance, but Phillies LF Pat Burrell throws the ball away to allow both runners to score. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Philadelphia Phillies At 2007 Washington Nationals 8/14/2007
Phillies AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG
J.Rollins SS 4 0 2 0 .312 F.Lopez SS 4 0 0 0 .254
T.Iguchi 2B 3 0 0 0 .275 R.Belliard 2B 4 0 1 0 .271
P.Burrell LF 4 0 1 0 .265 R.Zimmerman 3B 3 0 0 0 .265
R.Howard 1B 4 0 0 0 .302 D.Young 1B 4 0 1 0 .296
A.Rowand CF 3 0 0 0 .291 A.Kearns RF 2 1 0 0 .236
G.Dobbs 3B 4 0 1 0 .284 R.Church LF 3 0 0 0 .207
J.Werth RF 3 0 0 0 .322 B.Schneider C 2 1 0 0 .239
C.Ruiz C 2 0 0 0 .261 N.Logan CF 3 0 2 1 .338
K.Lohse P 2 0 0 0 .146 S.Hill P 2 0 0 0 .125
B-A.Nunez PH 1 0 0 0 .195 A-D.Jimenez PH 1 0 0 0 .319
T.Gordon P 0 0 0 0 .000 R.King P 0 0 0 0 ----
C.Cordero P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 30 0 4 0 Totals 28 2 4 1
A-Pinch Hit For Hill In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Lohse In 8th Inning
Phillies........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 3
Nationals....... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 0
Phillies (58-60) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
K.Lohse LOSS(4-5) 7 4 2 1 1 5 0 100 4.48
T.Gordon 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 2.49
Totals 8 4 2 1 1 6 0
Nationals (66-53) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Hill WIN(4-0) 7 3 0 0 3 4 0 96 2.43
R.King HOLD(8th) 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 1.47
C.Cordero SAVE(24th) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 4.75
Totals 9 4 0 0 3 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 43,872 DATE- Tuesday, August 14th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Paul Schrieber, Marty Foster, Tim McClelland, Fieldin Culbreth
T- 2:27
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 6 Nationals: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 1 Nationals: 1
ERRORS- J.Rollins, P.Burrell, K.Lohse
DOUBLES- J.Rollins-2(30th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Ruiz(3rd), N.Logan(20th)
CAUGHT STEALING- N.Logan
WALKS- T.Iguchi, A.Rowand, C.Ruiz, R.Zimmerman
HIT BY PITCH- A.Kearns, B.Schneider
STRIKE OUTS- T.Iguchi-2, P.Burrell, R.Howard-2, A.Rowand, F.Lopez, R.Belliard,
R.Zimmerman, A.Kearns, R.Church, N.Logan
GIDP- A.Rowand, R.Church
WILD PITCHES- C.Cordero
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Nook Logan robbed Pat Burrell of a Homerun!
Center fielder Nook Logan had 2 base hits at RFK STADIUM as the Washington
Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies by the count of 2 to 0.
Shawn Hill(4-0) was in control of the game from the outset. He gave up just 3
hits and 3 walks in 7 innings seeing his ERA drop from 2.77 to 2.43. The
pitchers took over after the 4th inning as neither team was able to score
again.
Chad Cordero was credited with his 24th save. Kyle Lohse(4-5) was the losing
pitcher. He pitched 7 innings allowing only 4 hits and 1 walk.
| Two dominant lefties face off in a game in which both had their out pitch working. Through 6 innings, both pitches had combined for 22 strikeouts (11 each) and allowed just 7 hits (2 for Lester, 5 for Kazmir). Unfortunately for Jon Lester, both of those hits had led to runs, and he was facing a 2-0 deficit. The 7th inning was a different story, however. Lester once again put the Devil Rays down 1-2-3, adding 2 K's to his strikeout total. Kazmir got the first 2 outs, including his 12th strikeout, but then allowed a single to Coco Crisp. Wirth big righty Wily Mo Pena due up, manager Joe Maddon goes to Gary Glover out of the pen. Glover allows a single to Pena, with Crisp advancing to third. This brings Grant Balfour out of the pen, but he allows a 3-run bomb to Julio Lugo, giving the Sox the lead. Eric Gagne would pitch the 8th, the Sox got an insurance run in the 8th, and Jonathan Papelbon gets his 35th save with a perfect 9th. Lester gets his first win of the season, and the Sox move to a perfect 8-0 against Tampa for the year. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays At 2007 Boston Red Sox 8/14/2007
Devil Rays AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
A.Iwamura 3B 3 0 1 1 .265 J.Lugo SS 4 1 2 3 .227
C.Crawford LF 3 0 0 0 .327 D.Pedroia 2B 4 0 1 0 .309
B.Upton CF 4 0 0 0 .290 D.Ortiz DH 4 0 0 0 .304
C.Pena 1B 4 0 0 0 .289 M.Ramirez LF 4 1 2 0 .305
D.Young RF 4 0 0 0 .284 M.Lowell 3B 4 0 2 0 .326
B.Harris SS 4 1 1 1 .322 K.Youkilis 1B 4 0 1 0 .280
J.Gomes DH 3 0 0 0 .241 J.Varitek C 4 0 1 1 .237
J.Wilson 2B 3 0 0 0 .226 C.Crisp CF 4 1 1 0 .265
J.Paul C 1 1 0 0 .222 W.Pena RF 3 1 1 0 .196
A-G.Norton PH 1 0 1 0 .238
B-D.Navarro C 0 0 0 0 .204
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 30 2 3 2 Totals 35 4 11 4
A-Pinch Hit For Paul In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Norton In 8th Inning
Devil Rays...... 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 3 0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 - 4 11 1
Devil Rays (51-68) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Kazmir 6 2/3 6 1 1 0 12 0 90 4.42
G.Glover 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 3.95
G.Balfour L(1-3) BS(4th) 0 2/3 3 2 2 0 1 1 18 7.20
J.Switzer 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 7.88
Totals 8 11 4 4 0 14 1
Red Sox (88-31) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Lester WIN(1-1) 7 2 2 2 2 13 1 108 4.13
E.Gagne HOLD(6th) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 2.98
J.Papelbon SAVE(35th) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 1.97
Totals 9 3 2 2 2 16 1
ATTENDANCE- 38,842 DATE- Tuesday, August 14th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Jeff Nelson, Jim Wolf, Tim Tschida, Jim Joyce
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Devil Rays: 4 Red Sox: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Devil Rays: 0 Red Sox: 0
ERRORS- J.Lugo
HOME RUNS- B.Harris(14th), J.Lugo(8th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Paul(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Iwamura
WALKS- C.Crawford, J.Paul
STRIKE OUTS- C.Crawford-3, B.Upton-2, C.Pena, D.Young-3, B.Harris-2, J.Gomes,
J.Wilson-3, J.Paul, J.Lugo-2, D.Pedroia, D.Ortiz-3, M.Ramirez-2,
M.Lowell, J.Varitek-2, C.Crisp, W.Pena-2
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Coco Crisp robbed Carlos Pena of a Homerun!
Jon Lester struck out 13 batters as the mighty Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa
Bay Devil Rays by a score of 4 to 2.
Lester(1-1) was very good in the win. He surrendered only 2 hits and 2 walks
in 7 innings lowering his ERA from 4.64 to 4.13. Boston had 11 hits for the
game and Tampa Bay had 3.
Jonathan Papelbon got the save, his 35th. Grant Balfour(1-3) was the losing
pitcher in relief. Lester was pleased with his performance. He noted, 'I
had good zip on my pitches. Just as important, my location was right on.
The fans really got into the game too - that always helps me. Now, if I can
only do that again in my next outing.'
| A day after getting shut out by the DBacks, the Nats return the favor with a combined shutout from Mike Bacsik, Saul Rivera and Chris Schroder. Bacsik benefitted from 3 double plays turned by the Nats in his 6 innings of work. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Washington Nationals At 2007 Arizona Diamondbacks 8/12/2007
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Diamondbacks AB R H RBI AVG
F.Lopez SS 4 1 2 0 .256 C.Young CF 3 0 0 0 .241
N.Logan CF 5 0 0 0 .333 O.Hudson 2B 3 0 0 0 .305
R.Zimmerman 3B 4 2 2 2 .266 B.Lyon P 0 0 0 0 .000
A.Kearns RF 4 0 0 0 .237 E.Byrnes LF 4 0 2 0 .295
S.Rivera P 0 0 0 0 ---- C.Jackson 1B 3 0 1 0 .269
C-D.Young PH 1 0 1 1 .296 J.Upton RF 4 0 0 0 .171
D-D.Jimenez PR 0 0 0 0 .326 M.Reynolds 3B 3 0 1 0 .262
C.Schroder P 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Snyder C 3 0 0 0 .268
R.Church LF 5 1 1 0 .208 S.Drew SS 2 0 1 0 .226
R.Belliard 2B 3 1 0 0 .271 M.Owings P 2 0 0 0 .488
T.Batista 1B 3 0 1 0 .221 J.Kennedy P 0 0 0 0 .143
J.Flores C 3 0 2 2 .202 B-A.Ojeda PH,2B 1 0 0 0 .175
M.Bacsik P 2 0 0 0 .160
A-R.Langerhans PH,RF 2 0 0 0 .171
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 5 9 5 Totals 28 0 5 0
A-Pinch Hit For Bacsik In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Kennedy In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Rivera In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Young In 9th Inning
Nationals....... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 - 5 9 0
Diamondbacks.... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 2
Nationals (65-53) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Bacsik WIN(3-4) 6 5 0 0 2 1 0 78 3.84
S.Rivera HOLD(6th) 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 28 3.76
C.Schroder 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 2.64
Totals 9 5 0 0 4 4 0
Diamondbacks (58-61) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Owings LOSS(6-6) 6 2/3 5 3 2 4 2 1 119 5.72
J.Kennedy 1 1/3 2 1 1 1 1 0 30 5.38
B.Lyon 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 14 3.25
Totals 9 9 5 4 5 3 1
ATTENDANCE- 38,521 DATE- Sunday, August 12th 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Hunter Wendelstedt, Sam Holbrook, Randy Marsh, Bob Davidson
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals:10 Diamondbacks: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 4 Diamondbacks: 0
ERRORS- M.Reynolds, M.Owings
DOUBLES- J.Flores(3rd)
HOME RUNS- R.Zimmerman(16th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Flores
WALKS- F.Lopez, R.Zimmerman, R.Belliard-2, T.Batista, C.Young, O.Hudson,
C.Jackson, S.Drew
STRIKE OUTS- R.Zimmerman, A.Kearns-2, J.Upton, M.Reynolds, C.Snyder, M.Owings
GIDP- C.Jackson, J.Upton, C.Snyder, A.Ojeda
WILD PITCHES- B.Lyon, M.Owings
Ryan Zimmerman went deep and had 2 RBI at Chase Field as the Washington
Nationals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5 to 0.
Mike Bacsik(3-4) pitched well for Washington in their victory. He was reached
for 5 hits and 2 walks in 6 innings improving his ERA from 4.11 to 3.84.
Washington finished with 9 hits while Arizona ended up with 5.
Micah Owings(6-6) absorbed the loss. He gave up 3 runs and 5 hits in 6 and
2/3 innings. Washington now has a record of a division leading 65-53. With
the loss Arizona now has a record of 58-61.
| The Red Sox put up double digits on the Orioles for the 2nd straight day. Despite getting just one more hit than the Orioles (13-12), the Red Sox win by 9 runs thanks to 7 walks, 2 Oriole errors, 3 wild pitches, and 1 HBP. 5 different Red Sox players had 2 hits in the game - Kevin Youkilis, David Ortiz, JD Drew, Mike Lowell, and Alex Cora. Curt Schilling gets the win in his 2nd start back from a 2 month DL stint. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 Baltimore Orioles 8/12/2007
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Orioles AB R H RBI AVG
D.Pedroia 2B 5 2 1 0 .310 B.Roberts 2B 5 2 3 0 .274
K.Youkilis 1B 5 1 2 1 .281 C.Patterson CF 5 1 3 1 .247
D.Ortiz DH 5 2 2 2 .308 N.Markakis RF 5 0 2 1 .303
M.Ramirez LF 3 1 0 0 .302 M.Tejada SS 4 0 1 1 .325
A-W.Pena LF 0 0 0 0 .193 K.Millar DH 3 0 0 0 .301
J.Drew CF 4 2 2 3 .287 A.Huff 1B 3 0 0 0 .262
M.Lowell 3B 5 2 2 0 .324 M.Mora 3B 4 0 1 0 .285
J.Varitek C 2 2 1 2 .237 P.Bako C 3 0 2 0 .188
E.Hinske RF 3 0 1 1 .214 B-T.Redman PH 1 0 0 0 .111
A.Cora SS 5 0 2 1 .268 C-R.Hernandez C 0 0 0 0 .234
J.Payton LF 4 0 0 0 .257
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 37 12 13 10 Totals 37 3 12 3
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Ramirez In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Bako In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Redman In 9th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 2 0 7 0 2 1 0 0 - 12 13 0
Orioles......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 3 12 2
Red Sox (86-31) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Schilling WIN(9-4) 6 9 1 1 2 4 0 98 3.51
H.Okajima 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 21 2.33
M.Timlin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 3.62
Totals 9 12 3 3 2 4 0
Orioles (60-56) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Trachsel LOSS(8-9) 3 2/3 7 6 6 1 0 1 70 6.28
P.Shuey 3 4 6 5 5 2 1 63 9.51
J.Hoey 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 34 6.00
C.Bradford 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.72
Totals 9 13 12 11 7 4 2
ATTENDANCE- 46,544 DATE- Sunday, August 12th 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Tony Randazzo, Charlie Reliford, Larry Vanover, Greg Gibson
T- 3:50
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 7 Orioles: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2 Orioles: 2
ERRORS- A.Huff, P.Bako
DOUBLES- J.Drew(25th), B.Roberts-2(32nd), C.Patterson(20th)
HOME RUNS- D.Ortiz(27th), J.Varitek(15th)
STOLEN BASES- M.Lowell(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Hinske
WALKS- D.Pedroia, M.Ramirez, W.Pena, J.Drew, J.Varitek-2, E.Hinske, K.Millar,
A.Huff
HIT BY PITCH- J.Varitek
STRIKE OUTS- K.Youkilis, M.Ramirez, J.Drew, J.Varitek, N.Markakis, K.Millar,
M.Mora, J.Payton
GIDP- A.Cora, M.Tejada, A.Huff
WILD PITCHES- P.Shuey-2, J.Hoey
Designated hitter David Ortiz connected with a 'big fly' and had 2 RBI as the
incredible Boston Red Sox defeated the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 12
to 3 at Camden Yards.
Baltimore was unable to claim the lead after Boston went ahead in the top of
the 2nd inning scoring 2 runners on 3 hits. Boston rapped out 13 hits for
the afternoon.
Curt Schilling(9-4) picked up the victory, allowing 1 run in 6 innings. The
loss was charged to Steve Trachsel(8-9). He was not very effective,
surrendering 6 runs in 3 and 2/3 innings.
This win by Boston continues their recent hot streak. In their last ten
games, they have a record of 8-2. For the season, they are a division
leading 86-31. Baltimore can't seem to snap out of their recent 'funk'. Now
they have a miserable 2-8 record over the last couple weeks.
| Despite outhitting the D-Backs by an 8-5 margin, the Nationals fail to score any runs and fall by a 2-0 score. Brandon Webb scattered 7 hits over 7 2/3 innings, while Nats starter John Lannan allowed a 3rd inning home run to Orlando Hudson for the only run in his 7 innings of work. Arizona would add a 2nd run with an inside the park homer in the 8th by Justin Upton off Jon Rauch. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Washington Nationals At 2007 Arizona Diamondbacks 8/11/2007
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Diamondbacks AB R H RBI AVG
F.Lopez SS 5 0 1 0 .254 C.Young CF 4 0 0 0 .243
N.Logan CF 4 0 1 0 .341 O.Hudson 2B 3 1 1 1 .307
R.Zimmerman 3B 4 0 2 0 .265 E.Byrnes LF 4 0 2 0 .293
A.Kearns RF 4 0 1 0 .239 C.Jackson 1B 2 0 0 0 .269
R.Church LF 3 0 2 0 .208 A-T.Clark 1B 1 0 0 0 .261
R.Belliard 2B 4 0 0 0 .273 J.Upton RF 3 1 1 1 .194
B.Schneider C 3 0 1 0 .240 M.Reynolds 3B 4 0 0 0 .261
C-R.Langerhans PR 0 0 0 0 .173 C.Snyder C 3 0 1 0 .271
R.Fick 1B 3 0 0 0 .165 S.Drew SS 3 0 0 0 .225
D-D.Jimenez PH 1 0 0 0 .326 B-A.Ojeda SS 0 0 0 0 .179
J.Lannan P 3 0 0 0 .125 B.Webb P 2 0 0 0 .064
J.Rauch P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Valverde P 0 0 0 0 .000
E-D.Young PH 1 0 0 0 .294
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 35 0 8 0 Totals 29 2 5 2
A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Jackson In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Drew In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Schneider In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Fick In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Rauch In 9th Inning
Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 8 0
Diamondbacks.... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 5 0
Nationals (64-53) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Lannan LOSS(0-1) 7 4 1 1 4 2 1 108 2.19
J.Rauch 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 14 1.55
Totals 8 5 2 2 4 2 2
Diamondbacks (58-60) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Webb WIN(13-7) 7 2/3 7 0 0 2 9 0 114 2.73
J.Valverde SAVE(27th) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 2 0 19 3.44
Totals 9 8 0 0 2 11 0
ATTENDANCE- 48,939 DATE- Saturday, August 11th 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Mike Winters, Brian Runge, Mark Wegner, Bruce Froemming
T- 2:34
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals:10 Diamondbacks: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0 Diamondbacks: 0
DOUBLES- R.Zimmerman(30th), R.Church(21st), B.Schneider(18th), C.Snyder(12th)
HOME RUNS- O.Hudson(8th), J.Upton(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- E.Byrnes(45th)
WALKS- R.Church, B.Schneider, O.Hudson, C.Jackson, J.Upton, B.Webb
STRIKE OUTS- F.Lopez-3, N.Logan, A.Kearns-2, R.Fick, J.Lannan-3, D.Young,
C.Young, J.Upton
WEB GEMS- Bot 8th: Ronnie Belliard robbed Mark Reynolds of a base hit.
In a game for the baseball purist, Brandon Webb(13-7) and John Lannan(0-1)
squared off in a tense pitching duel, Arizona Diamondbacks finally emerged
victorious over Washington Nationals, 2 to 0.
Arizona took the lead for keeps in the 3rd inning scoring one runner. That
early run support was enough for Webb and Arizona. Arizona won despite being
out-hit by Washington 8 hits to 5.
Jose Valverde recorded his 27th save.
| Josh Beckett earns his 19th win as the Sox just squeak by the Orioles. LOL The game was a laugher from the start, as the Sox had a 7-0 lead before an out was even recorded in the 2nd inning. The 7-0 lead (and the death blow for O's starter Garrett Olson) was a Manny Ramirez grand slam home run, a feat he would duplicate in the 6th inning. Now you might be saying "wait a minute, didn't someone else just do that?" Correct, Wily Mo Pena did it just 2 days earlier in a 20-9 whupping of the Angels. Interestingly enough, Ryan Church of my Nationals also did it earlier this season. For the record, just 12 men have done it in major league history! (The last 2 were both Red Sox - Bill Mueller in 2003 and Nomar Garciaparra in 1999). Manny's 2 grand slams were part of a 3 for 5, 9 RBI day in which he scored 5 runs. Kevin Youkilis went 3 for 5 and scored 4 times, while David Ortiz and Dustin Pedroia both scored 3 times. In fact, those 3 men scored on both of Manny's slams - the first one was Pedroia walk, Youk HBP, Papi walk; the second went walk/single/walk. The Orioles issued 12 walks in the game to go along with the Sox' 15 hits. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 Baltimore Orioles 8/11/2007
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Orioles AB R H RBI AVG
D.Pedroia 2B 3 3 1 0 .311 B.Roberts 2B 4 0 1 0 .270
A-A.Cora 2B 2 0 0 0 .264 C.Patterson CF 4 0 1 0 .242
K.Youkilis 1B 5 4 3 0 .279 N.Markakis RF 4 1 2 0 .302
B-D.Mirabelli C 1 0 0 0 .271 M.Tejada SS 4 0 1 0 .325
D.Ortiz DH 2 3 1 1 .307 K.Millar 1B 3 1 2 2 .303
M.Ramirez LF 5 5 3 9 .304 A.Huff DH 4 0 0 0 .264
M.Lowell 3B 4 1 2 2 .323 M.Mora 3B 4 1 2 1 .286
J.Varitek C 3 1 3 3 .235 R.Hernandez C 4 0 0 0 .234
C-E.Hinske 1B 1 0 0 0 .211 J.Payton LF 4 0 1 0 .260
J.Drew RF 3 1 1 0 .284
C.Crisp CF 6 0 1 1 .265
J.Lugo SS 5 0 0 1 .222
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 40 18 15 17 Totals 35 3 10 3
A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Pedroia In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Youkilis In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Varitek In 7th Inning
Red Sox......... 3 4 2 0 3 5 0 0 1 - 18 15 0
Orioles......... 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 - 3 10 2
Red Sox (85-31) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Beckett WIN(19-1) 6 8 3 3 0 8 2 103 1.98
J.Tavarez 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 3.78
K.Snyder 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.86
Totals 9 10 3 3 0 8 2
Orioles (60-55) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
G.Olson LOSS(0-3) 1 4 7 7 5 0 1 50 18.36
R.Bell 3 2/3 7 5 5 1 2 1 89 5.63
J.Hoey 1 1 3 3 2 2 0 28 9.00
B.Burres 3 1/3 3 3 2 4 2 1 80 6.37
Totals 9 15 18 17 12 6 3
ATTENDANCE- 47,745 DATE- Saturday, August 11th 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Ted Barrett, Mark Carlson, Larry Young, Angel Hernandez
T- 4:08
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:11 Orioles: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Orioles: 1
ERRORS- M.Mora, J.Payton
DOUBLES- J.Drew(24th), K.Millar(28th)
HOME RUNS- M.Ramirez-2(23rd), J.Varitek(14th), K.Millar(17th), M.Mora(15th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Ortiz, J.Lugo
WALKS- D.Pedroia-2, D.Ortiz-3, M.Lowell-2, J.Varitek-2, J.Drew-3
HIT BY PITCH- K.Youkilis, M.Ramirez, K.Millar
STRIKE OUTS- K.Youkilis, M.Ramirez, M.Lowell, J.Drew-2, J.Lugo, B.Roberts,
C.Patterson, N.Markakis, M.Tejada, A.Huff, M.Mora-2, J.Payton
GIDP- E.Hinske, J.Payton
BALKS- G.Olson
WEB GEMS- Top 6th: Nick Markakis robbed Julio Lugo of an extra base hit.
Top 8th: Brian Roberts robbed Eric Hinske of a base hit.
Left fielder Manny Ramirez cracked 2 homeruns at Camden Yards as the Boston
Red Sox belted the Baltimore Orioles by the count of 18 to 3.
Ramirez was in a groove all day. The Baltimore fans hated to see him
approaching the batter's box. He cleared the bases with a Grand Slam homerun
in the 2nd inning, stroked a single in the 5th inning and cleared the bases
with a Grand Slam homerun (his 23rd of the season) in the 6th inning. Boston
provided plenty of action in the 2nd inning scoring 4 runs and the 6th inning
which saw them plate 5 runs on 3 hits. Boston simply wore out the Baltimore
pitching staff, scoring in 6 different innings.
The winning pitcher was Josh Beckett(19-1) who allowed 3 runs in 6 innings.
Garrett Olson(0-3) suffered the loss. He allowed 4 hits and 5 walks in 1
inning.
'I felt great out there today' Ramirez said. 'I was seeing the ball
perfectly, and I was right on it with my swing.
| This game ended up a nail-biter even though the Nats had a 4 run lead going into the bottom of the 9th. It seems that every time they got a lead, they wanted to give it right back. It started in the 3rd, when the Nats loaded the bases and got a run on a fielder's choice. They gave the run right back in the bottom of the inning on a 2-out single. In the 5th, the Nats broke through for 4 runs off old friend Livan Hernandez with 4 consecutive hits. In the bottom of the 5th, Matt Chico gives up back-to-back-to-back bombs to Orlando Hudson, Eric Byrnes, and Conor Jackson before being pulled with just a one run lead. The Nats would get isolated runs in the 6th, 8th and 9th, and would go into the bottom of the 9th with a 4 run lead and Billy Traber on the mound. Traber would quickly get the first 2 outs, but then pinch hitter Chris Snyder walked. Augie Ojeda followed with a single, then Chris Young doubled to bring in a run. With runners on 2nd and 3rd and pinch hitter Tony Clark representing the tying run at the plate, I go to the closer, Chad Cordero. Cordero allows a single to cut the lead to two, then throws a pitch to Byrnes that catcher Jesus Flores mishandles for a passed ball which allows one more run to score. Finally, Byrnes lines out to end the game and strands the tying runner at 2nd. Since the Nats never gave up their 5th inning lead but starter Matt Chico only went 4 2/3, Luis Ayala gets the win with 2 innings of hitless relief. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Washington Nationals At 2007 Arizona Diamondbacks 8/10/2007
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Diamondbacks AB R H RBI AVG
F.Lopez SS 3 1 1 0 .254 C.Young CF 5 1 1 1 .245
N.Logan CF 5 1 3 1 .342 O.Hudson 2B 4 1 1 1 .307
R.Zimmerman 3B 4 1 2 2 .263 D.Slaten P 0 0 0 0 .000
A.Kearns RF 5 1 1 3 .239 J.Kennedy P 0 0 0 0 .143
R.Church LF 4 0 1 1 .205 I-T.Clark PH 1 0 1 1 .262
F-T.Batista 1B 1 0 0 0 .215 E.Byrnes LF 4 1 1 1 .291
R.Belliard 2B 5 1 3 0 .277 C.Jackson 1B 4 1 2 2 .270
B.Schneider C 3 0 0 0 .239 J.Upton RF 4 0 0 0 .179
C.Schroder P 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Reynolds 3B 4 0 0 0 .266
C-D.Jimenez PH 1 0 0 0 .333 S.Drew SS 4 0 0 0 .227
L.Ayala P 0 0 0 0 ---- M.Montero C 3 0 0 0 .182
G-D.Young PH 1 0 1 0 .295 H-C.Snyder PH 0 1 0 0 .271
B.Traber P 0 0 0 0 .000 L.Hernandez P 1 1 1 0 .227
C.Cordero P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-J.Cirillo PH 1 0 0 0 .222
R.Fick 1B 3 0 0 0 .169 T.Pena P 0 0 0 0 .444
E-R.Langerhans PR,LF 1 1 0 0 .173 D-A.Ojeda PH,2B 2 1 1 0 .179
M.Chico P 2 1 1 0 .114
B-J.Flores C 1 1 0 0 .190
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 39 8 13 7 Totals 37 7 8 6
A-Pinch Hit For Hernandez In 5th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Chico In 5th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Schroder In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Pena In 7th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Fick In 8th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Church In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Ayala In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Montero In 9th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Kennedy In 9th Inning
Nationals....... 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 1 1 - 8 13 2
Diamondbacks.... 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 - 7 8 1
Nationals (64-52) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Chico 4 2/3 5 4 4 1 1 3 78 3.51
C.Schroder 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 2.73
L.Ayala WIN(3-2) 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 24 1.86
B.Traber 0 2/3 2 3 2 1 0 0 18 4.32
C.Cordero SAVE(23rd) 0 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4.89
Totals 9 8 7 6 2 5 3
Diamondbacks (57-60) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
L.Hernandez LOSS(6-7) 5 9 5 5 2 3 0 84 6.27
T.Pena 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 40 3.72
D.Slaten 1 2/3 3 2 1 1 0 0 33 5.61
J.Kennedy 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5.36
Totals 9 13 8 7 5 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 38,804 DATE- Friday, August 10th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Ed Montague, Jerry Layne, Bill Miller, Marvin Hudson
T- 3:44
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 9 Diamondbacks: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0 Diamondbacks: 1
ERRORS- F.Lopez-2, C.Young
DOUBLES- A.Kearns(34th), R.Belliard-2(21st), C.Young(29th)
TRIPLES- F.Lopez(6th)
HOME RUNS- O.Hudson(7th), E.Byrnes(11th), C.Jackson(16th)
STOLEN BASES- R.Zimmerman(2nd), R.Langerhans(3rd), E.Byrnes(44th)
WALKS- F.Lopez-2, R.Zimmerman, R.Fick, J.Flores, E.Byrnes, C.Snyder
STRIKE OUTS- F.Lopez, R.Zimmerman, A.Kearns, R.Fick, O.Hudson-2, E.Byrnes,
J.Upton, M.Reynolds
GIDP- R.Fick
PASSED BALLS- J.Flores
Third baseman Ryan Zimmerman had 2 base hits and 2 RBI as the Washington
Nationals topped the Arizona Diamondbacks by a score of 8 to 7 at Chase
Field.
Washington scored 4 runs in the top of the 5th inning when they had 4 base
hits. The big moment was provided by Austin Kearns who deflated the mood of
the partisan fans when he doubled plating two runs. Washington out-hit
Arizona for the game, 13 hits to 8.
Luis Ayala(3-2) went 2 innings allowing no runs for the victory. Chad Cordero
recorded the save, his 23rd. Livan Hernandez(6-7) was charged with the loss.
He got hit hard, allowing 9 hits and 2 walks in 5 innings.
With this win, Washington has a division leading 64-52 record. They have been
7-3 lately. With the loss, Arizona has a record of 5-5 lately, 57-60
overall.
| The Red Sox come up just short in a late inning comeback and lose to the Orioles by a run. The longball was the downfall of the Sox today - Daisuke Matsuzaka allowed 3 two run homers, one each to Miguel Tejada, Aubrey Huff, and Brian Roberts. Then Mike Timlin gave up a solo shot to Kevin Millar in the 8th, and went on to give up another run. That 8th run would be the decider, as Mike Lowell would hit a 3 run shot to make it 8-7 in the 9th but the Sox would fail to get that last run they needed. A big missed opportunity in the 7th, as the Sox chased starter Erik Bedard from the game and had the bases loaded with just one out and Manny Ramirez due up. Paul Shuey enters the game, and Manny grounds into a double play! |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 Baltimore Orioles 8/10/2007
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Orioles AB R H RBI AVG
J.Lugo SS 4 0 2 2 .225 B.Roberts 2B 4 1 1 2 .271
D.Pedroia 2B 3 0 0 0 .311 C.Patterson CF 4 0 0 0 .241
D.Ortiz DH 4 0 1 0 .306 N.Markakis RF 3 1 0 0 .301
A-A.Cora PR 0 1 0 0 .268 M.Tejada SS 4 1 2 2 .326
M.Ramirez LF 4 0 1 0 .300 K.Millar 1B 4 2 2 1 .300
K.Youkilis 1B 5 2 2 0 .275 A.Huff DH 4 1 2 2 .267
M.Lowell 3B 5 2 2 4 .322 M.Mora 3B 4 1 2 0 .283
J.Varitek C 4 0 1 0 .228 R.Hernandez C 4 0 2 1 .237
C.Crisp CF 5 2 2 0 .267 T.Redman LF 4 1 1 0 .125
W.Pena RF 4 0 1 0 .193
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 38 7 12 6 Totals 35 8 12 8
A-Pinch Ran For Ortiz In 9th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 - 7 12 0
Orioles......... 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 - 8 12 1
Red Sox (84-31) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Matsuzaka LOSS(12-8) 6 9 6 6 1 4 3 104 3.95
M.Delcarmen 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 3.92
M.Timlin 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 17 3.91
Totals 8 12 8 8 1 6 4
Orioles (60-54) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
E.Bedard WIN(13-8) 6 1/3 6 1 1 3 10 0 109 2.93
P.Shuey HOLD(3rd) 1 1/3 3 3 3 1 1 0 27 8.71
R.Bell HOLD(6th) 0 2/3 3 3 3 0 0 1 17 4.95
J.Walker SAVE(10th) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3.22
Totals 9 12 7 7 4 11 1
ATTENDANCE- 36,346 DATE- Friday, August 10th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Wally Bell, Laz Diaz, Bill Welke, John Hirschbeck
T- 2:48
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:10 Orioles: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Orioles: 1
ERRORS- M.Tejada
DOUBLES- J.Varitek(4th), C.Crisp(22nd), M.Mora(14th)
TRIPLES- W.Pena(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Lowell(13th), B.Roberts(14th), M.Tejada(11th), K.Millar(16th),
A.Huff(8th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Lugo(19th), C.Crisp(22nd), M.Mora(8th)
WALKS- J.Lugo, D.Ortiz, M.Ramirez, J.Varitek, N.Markakis
HIT BY PITCH- D.Pedroia-2
STRIKE OUTS- D.Pedroia, D.Ortiz, M.Ramirez, K.Youkilis-3, M.Lowell, J.Varitek,
W.Pena-3, B.Roberts-2, C.Patterson-2, A.Huff, T.Redman
GIDP- M.Ramirez, M.Mora
WILD PITCHES- P.Shuey
Erik Bedard dominated striking out 10 Boston batters and shortstop Miguel
Tejada went yard and had 2 RBI as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Boston
Red Sox 8 to 7 at Camden Yards.
Bedard(13-8) pitched well for Baltimore in their victory. He surrendered 6
hits and 3 walks in 6 and 1/3 innings. Boston threatened in the 9th but
their rally came up short.
Jamie Walker earned the save, his 10th. Daisuke Matsuzaka(12-8) was tagged
with the loss. He was touched for 3 homeruns in his 6 innings of work.
Bedard was pleased with his performance. He noted, 'I had good zip on my
pitches. Just as important, my location was right on. The fans really got
into the game too - that always helps me. Now, if I can only do that again
in my next outing.'
| Persistence pays off for the Nats in this one, as they fail to score until the 8th inning but still come away with the 3-1 win. The Nats got singles from Felipe Lopez and Nook Logan to start off the 8th, then Austin Kearns knocked them both in with a double after a Ryan Zimmerman fly out. Kearns would be stranded at 2nd. In the 9th, the Nats would get an insurance run thanks to a Ryan Langerhans solo homer. Jon Rauch gets the win in relief, his 6th. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Washington Nationals At 2007 San Francisco Giants 8/9/2007
Nationals AB R H RBI AVG Giants AB R H RBI AVG
F.Lopez SS 5 1 2 0 .254 D.Roberts CF 3 0 1 0 .307
N.Logan CF 4 1 2 0 .336 O.Vizquel SS 4 0 0 0 .192
R.Zimmerman 3B 4 0 1 0 .261 R.Winn RF 4 0 2 1 .291
A.Kearns RF 4 0 3 2 .239 R.Klesko 1B 3 0 1 0 .262
T.Batista 1B 4 0 0 0 .219 R.Durham 2B 3 0 1 0 .189
R.Belliard 2B 4 0 1 0 .272 P.Feliz 3B 4 0 1 0 .223
J.Flores C 3 0 0 0 .192 R.Davis LF 3 0 2 0 .286
R.Fick LF 3 0 1 0 .173 G.Rodriguez C 4 0 0 0 .063
A-R.Langerhans PR,LF 1 1 1 1 .173 P.Misch P 3 1 1 0 .333
J.Hanrahan P 2 0 0 0 .429 B.Hennessey P 0 0 0 0 .000
S.Rivera P 0 0 0 0 ---- D-K.Frandsen PH 0 0 0 0 .257
B-D.Young PH 1 0 0 0 .293
J.Rauch P 0 0 0 0 .000
C-D.Jimenez PH 1 0 0 0 .341
C.Cordero P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 3 11 3 Totals 31 1 9 1
A-Pinch Ran For Fick In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Rivera In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Rauch In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Hennessey In 9th Inning
Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 3 11 0
Giants.......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 0
Nationals (63-52) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Hanrahan 5 1/3 8 1 1 4 3 0 102 2.65
S.Rivera 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.88
J.Rauch WIN(6-0) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 20 1.43
C.Cordero SAVE(22nd) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 20 4.93
Totals 9 9 1 1 5 5 0
Giants (52-61) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
P.Misch LOSS(2-3) 7 9 2 2 1 8 0 104 4.07
B.Hennessey BS(8th) 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 29 4.04
Totals 9 11 3 3 1 9 1
ATTENDANCE- 34,784 DATE- Thursday, August 9th 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Dana Demuth, Derryl Cousins, Kerwin Danley, Doug Eddings
T- 2:58
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 7 Giants: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1 Giants: 1
DOUBLES- A.Kearns-2(33rd)
HOME RUNS- R.Langerhans(9th)
STOLEN BASES- N.Logan(19th)
CAUGHT STEALING- F.Lopez, D.Roberts
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Roberts
WALKS- J.Flores, D.Roberts, R.Klesko, R.Durham, R.Davis, K.Frandsen
STRIKE OUTS- N.Logan, A.Kearns, T.Batista, R.Belliard, J.Flores, R.Fick,
J.Hanrahan-2, D.Jimenez, O.Vizquel-2, R.Klesko, R.Davis,
G.Rodriguez
GIDP- T.Batista, G.Rodriguez
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Omar Vizquel robbed Felipe Lopez of a base hit.
In a two run game the Washington Nationals got by the San Francisco Giants by
the score of 3 to 1.
Jon Rauch(6-0) earned the victory with a fine relief performance. He did not
allow a baserunner in his 2 innings. Washington totaled 11 hits on the
afternoon.
Chad Cordero got the save, his 22nd. Patrick Misch(2-3) ended up with the
loss. He allowed 2 runs and 9 hits in 7 innings.
| The Red Sox end up a perfect 6-0 on their west coast trip after scoring 20 runs in a wild win in LA. The Red Sox had the benefit of completely boneheaded bullpen management by Mike Sciosia - pitcher Greg Jones, who has a suggested pitch count of 16, was left in to throw a mind-boggling 121 pitches in 4 2/3 innings of relief. He gave up 8 hits and walked 8, and gave up 5 runs in both the 8th and 9th inning. Wily Mo Pena was responsible for 8 of those 10 runs with a grand slam in BOTH innings! Pena now has 4 homers and 13 RBI in his last 3 games. Mike Lowell also had a big day with 4's across - 4 AB, 4 runs scored, 4 hits and 4 RBI! The Angels were also clearing the fences, chasing Jon Lester in the 5th after 3 home runs and 6 runs. Although the Sox were up 10-6 at the time, Lester doesn't get the win because he didn't go 5 complete. Eric Gagne ends up with the win after entering the game with a 12 run lead and one out in the 9th. Even though Gagne allowed an inherited run to score and loaded the bases before getting the last out, in a case like this SOM gives the win to the pitcher with the lowest ERA for the game. Gagne gets that distinction because he was the only Sox pitcher to not have a run charged to him. Here's the Sox 8th and 9th. [1]*** TOP OF INNING 8 *** 0 D.Pedroia 1-10 20 1 Ground Out b-0 1 K.Youkilis 5- 8 4 Walk b-1 1 1 M.Ramirez 4- 8 9 5 Double 1-3 b-2 1 23 J.Drew 4- 6 4 Fielders Choice 3-o 2-3 b-1 2 1 3 M.Lowell 1-12 4 HBP 1-2 b-1 2 123 J.Varitek 1- 5 5 Walk 3-H 2-3 1-2 b-1 2 123 W.Pena 5- 5 3 Home Run 3-H 2-H 1-H b-H 2 B.Moss 1- 5 5 Triple b-3 2 3 J.Lugo 1- 6 5 Fly Out b-0 [1]*** TOP OF INNING 9 *** 0 D.Pedroia 1- 8 6 Pop Out b-0 1 K.Youkilis 2- 6 4 Walk b-1 1 1 M.Ramirez 5- 3 15 2 Fly Out b-0 2 1 C.Crisp 4- 7 5 Walk 1-2 b-1 2 12 M.Lowell 2- 7 20 6 Single 2-H 1-3 b-1 2 1 3 J.Varitek 5- 4 5 Walk 1-2 b-1 2 123 W.Pena 1- 4 3 Home Run 3-H 2-H 1-H b-H SUBSTITUTE P - Darren Oliver 2 B.Moss 2-10 5 Ground Out b-0 |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 Los Angeles(AL) Angels 8/8/2007
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Angels AB R H RBI AVG
J.Lugo SS 6 1 1 2 .222 R.Willits RF 4 0 1 0 .261
D.Pedroia 2B 6 0 0 0 .313 C.Figgins 3B 5 0 0 0 .337
K.Youkilis 1B 4 3 2 0 .273 O.Cabrera SS 4 2 1 1 .293
M.Ramirez DH 6 3 3 0 .301 V.Guerrero DH 3 1 2 0 .339
J.Drew CF 5 3 2 2 .284 R.Quinlan 1B 5 2 3 3 .263
A-C.Crisp CF 0 1 0 0 .265 G.Anderson LF 5 2 2 2 .224
M.Lowell 3B 4 4 4 4 .321 G.Matthews Jr CF 5 1 2 0 .278
J.Varitek C 3 2 1 3 .228 J.Mathis C 4 1 1 2 .195
W.Pena LF 4 3 3 9 .191 E.Aybar 2B 4 0 1 1 .318
B.Moss RF 6 0 1 0 .167
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 44 20 17 20 Totals 39 9 13 9
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Drew In 8th Inning
Red Sox......... 4 2 1 0 3 0 0 5 5 - 20 17 1
Angels.......... 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 1 - 9 13 1
Red Sox (84-30) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Lester 4 1/3 7 6 6 3 6 3 93 4.64
K.Snyder 3 3 2 1 1 2 1 40 3.96
H.Okajima 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 16 1.99
E.Gagne WIN(3-2) 0 2/3 3 0 0 0 0 0 23 3.05
Totals 9 13 9 8 5 10 4
Angels (65-48) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Moseley LOSS(3-3) 1 1/3 5 6 6 1 1 2 37 7.53
C.Bootcheck 2 2/3 4 4 3 0 3 0 49 5.54
G.Jones 4 2/3 8 10 10 8 1 2 121 9.45
D.Oliver 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.40
Totals 9 17 20 19 9 5 4
ATTENDANCE- 45,032 DATE- Wednesday, August 8th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Charlie Reliford, Larry Vanover, Greg Gibson, Tony Randazzo
T- 4:15
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 7 Angels: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2 Angels: 1
ERRORS- J.Lugo, C.Figgins
DOUBLES- M.Ramirez(24th), M.Lowell(24th), W.Pena(10th), G.Matthews Jr(23rd)
TRIPLES- B.Moss(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Lugo(7th), M.Lowell(12th), W.Pena-2(5th), O.Cabrera(4th),
R.Quinlan(1st), G.Anderson(6th), J.Mathis(3rd)
WALKS- K.Youkilis-2, C.Crisp, M.Lowell, J.Varitek-3, W.Pena-2, R.Willits,
O.Cabrera, V.Guerrero-2, J.Mathis
HIT BY PITCH- M.Lowell
STRIKE OUTS- D.Pedroia, J.Varitek, W.Pena, B.Moss-2, R.Willits-2, C.Figgins-3,
O.Cabrera-2, G.Matthews Jr-2, J.Mathis
GIDP- M.Ramirez, C.Figgins, R.Quinlan
WILD PITCHES- J.Lester
Wily Mo Pena launched 2 homeruns as the spectacular Boston Red Sox destroyed
the reeling Los Angeles(AL) Angels by a score of 20 to 9 at Angels
Stadium.
Pena was in a groove all evening. The Los Angeles(AL) fans hated to see him
approaching the batter's box. He doubled in the 7th inning, caught a hold of
a bad pitch for a Grand Slam homerun in the 8th inning and depressed the
partisan hometown fans with a grand slam home run (his 5th of the season) in
the 9th inning. Boston lit up the scoreboard in the 8th inning which saw
them plate 5 runs on 3 hits and the 9th inning with 5 runs. Offensively,
Boston was a juggernaut. They scored in 6 separate innings.
Eric Gagne(3-2) was the winner allowing no runs in 2/3 of an inning. Dustin
Moseley(3-3) suffered the loss. He surrendered 6 runs and 5 hits in 1 and
1/3 innings.
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