August 8, 2007: Red Sox 20 Angels 9

Posted by spooky at 5:54 PM




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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