April 10, 2007 Red Sox 2, Mariners 1 (Red Sox home opener)

A classic pitchers duel between Josh Beckett and Jeff Weaver to begin the Fenway season. Neither pitcher had a chance at a shutout because all the scoring happened in the first inning! Beckett in fact allowed the first two batters hits, an Ichiro single and Adrian Belter's double for an RBI. The Mariners would not score again. In the Red Sox first, a Kevin Youkilis walk, an Ortiz double, and red-hot Manny knocks them both in with a single. That would also end the Sox scoring, as Beckett and Weaver took over from there. Beckett goes 8, allows only 5 hits, the one run, and a walk while striking out 9 to go to 2-0. Paps comes in for the 9th and strikes out the side for save number 3 to send the fans home happy.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2007 Seattle Mariners At 2007 Boston Red Sox              4/10/2007
 
  Mariners           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  I.Suzuki CF         4  1  1  0 .111     J.Lugo SS           4  0  2  0 .194  
  A.Beltre 3B         4  0  2  1 .222     K.Youkilis 1B       3  1  0  0 .241  
  J.Vidro DH          4  0  1  0 .235     D.Ortiz DH          4  1  1  0 .290  
  R.Ibanez LF         4  0  0  0 .438     M.Ramirez LF        4  0  2  2 .379  
  R.Sexson 1B         3  0  0  0 .313     J.Drew RF           3  0  1  0 .280  
  J.Guillen RF        4  0  1  0 .353     M.Lowell 3B         4  0  1  0 .360  
  K.Johjima C         3  0  0  0 .214     J.Varitek C         3  0  0  0 .190  
  Y.Betancourt SS     3  0  0  0 .250     C.Crisp CF          3  0  0  0 .292  
  J.Lopez 2B          3  0  0  0 .214     D.Pedroia 2B        3  0  1  0 .391  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  1  5  1                 Totals      31  2  8  2
 
 
Mariners........ 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  5  0
Red Sox......... 2 0 0  0 0 0  0 0    -  2  8  0
 
Mariners (2-2)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Weaver LOSS(0-1)        7       7   2   2   3   4   0 123   2.57
J.Putz                    1       1   0   0   0   1   0  11   0.00
Totals                    8       8   2   2   3   5   0
 
Red Sox (4-3)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Beckett WIN(2-0)        8       5   1   1   1   9   0 113   0.57
J.Papelbon SAVE(3rd)      1       0   0   0   0   3   0   9   0.00
Totals                    9       5   1   1   1  12   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 19,215 DATE- Tuesday, April 10th 2007 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:34
LEFT ON BASE- Mariners: 5  Red Sox: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mariners: 1  Red Sox: 0
DOUBLES- A.Beltre-2(2nd), J.Guillen(2nd), J.Lugo(1st), D.Ortiz(5th)
WALKS- R.Sexson, K.Youkilis, J.Drew, J.Varitek
STRIKE OUTS- I.Suzuki, A.Beltre, J.Vidro, R.Ibanez-2, R.Sexson-3, J.Guillen-3,
             K.Johjima, K.Youkilis, M.Ramirez, J.Varitek-2, C.Crisp
GIDP- J.Drew
WILD PITCHES- J.Weaver-2
 
At Fenway Park, the Boston faithful were treated to an intriguing pitcher's
duel.  Josh Beckett(2-0) finally bested his Seattle counterpart, Jeff
Weaver(0-1), by the score of 2 to 1.
 
Boston jumped out to the early lead in the first inning as they scored 2 runs
on 3 base hits.  That scoring would be all that was needed.  The pitchers
took over after the 1st inning as neither team was able to score again.
 
Jonathan Papelbon gained credit for his 3rd save.  Weaver took the loss. He
surrendered 2 runs and 7 hits in 7 innings.

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