| The Red Sox outhit the Mariners 7-5, but fall short on the scoreboard and give Dice-K his first major league loss thanks to the double play ball. Five (yes, 5!) double plays turned by Seattle is the difference, and the bat of Kenji Johjina, He knocked in all 3 Mariner runs with an RBI single in the 2nd and a 2-run triple in the 4th. The one run scored by the Sox in the 8th came as a direct result of avoiding a double play. After Jason Varitek walked to lead it off and Wily Mo Pena came in to pinch-run, I took no chances and Coco Crisp laid down a perfect bunt to send Pena to second. Next batter, Dustin Pedroia, countinues hit torrid hitting (.400 avg.) by knocking in Pena with a single. Pedroia stayed at first on the throw home though. Now I thought about bunting again with Julio Lugo up, since he is one of the best bunters, but didn't want to waste another out and let him hit away. What does Lugo do - grounds into a double play (!) and ends the inning. 1-2-3 9th for J. J. Putz against Youk, Big Papi and Manny and the Sox lose. SIde note - The Cleveland Indians are no longer undefeated after the 4-0 start, but the sack sack Pittsburgh Pirates are still winless at 0-9!! |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Seattle Mariners At 2007 Boston Red Sox 4/11/2007
Mariners AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
I.Suzuki CF 4 0 0 0 .091 J.Lugo SS 4 0 1 0 .200
A.Beltre 3B 4 0 0 0 .182 K.Youkilis 1B 4 0 1 0 .242
J.Vidro DH 3 1 0 0 .200 D.Ortiz DH 4 0 0 0 .257
R.Ibanez LF 3 1 0 0 .368 M.Ramirez LF 4 0 1 0 .364
R.Sexson 1B 4 0 1 0 .300 J.Drew RF 3 0 2 0 .321
J.Guillen RF 4 1 1 0 .333 M.Lowell 3B 3 0 0 0 .321
K.Johjima C 4 0 2 3 .278 J.Varitek C 2 0 1 0 .217
Y.Betancourt SS 3 0 1 0 .263 A-W.Pena PR 0 1 0 0 ----
J.Lopez 2B 2 0 0 0 .188 B-D.Mirabelli C 0 0 0 0 .000
C.Crisp CF 2 0 0 0 .269
D.Pedroia 2B 2 0 1 1 .400
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Totals 31 3 5 3 Totals 28 1 7 1
A-Pinch Ran For Varitek In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Pena In 9th Inning
Mariners........ 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 5 0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 7 0
Mariners (3-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
F.Hernandez WIN(2-0) 7 1/3 7 1 1 1 5 0 94 3.86
J.Putz SAVE(2nd) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0.00
Totals 9 7 1 1 1 6 0
Red Sox (4-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Matsuzaka LOSS(1-1) 6 2/3 5 3 3 3 5 0 100 2.63
H.Okajima 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 2.45
M.Timlin 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0.00
Totals 9 5 3 3 3 7 0
ATTENDANCE- 38,076 DATE- Wednesday, April 11th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Mariners: 4 Red Sox: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mariners: 5 Red Sox: 0
DOUBLES- R.Sexson(2nd)
TRIPLES- K.Johjima(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Crisp
WALKS- J.Vidro, R.Ibanez, J.Lopez, J.Varitek
HIT BY PITCH- D.Pedroia
STRIKE OUTS- I.Suzuki, A.Beltre-2, R.Sexson, J.Guillen-2, Y.Betancourt,
K.Youkilis-2, D.Ortiz, M.Ramirez, J.Drew, M.Lowell
GIDP- J.Lugo, K.Youkilis, M.Lowell-2, C.Crisp
WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Jose Lopez robbed David Ortiz of a base hit.
Felix Hernandez(2-0) and Daisuke Matsuzaka(1-1) treated the Boston fans to a
fine pitching duel at Fenway Park. The Seattle Mariners eventually emerged
as victors over the Boston Red Sox by the score of 3 to 1.
Hernandez gave Seattle a solid outing. He went 7 and 1/3 innings surrendering
7 hits and 1 walk reducing his ERA from 6.75 to 3.86. J.J. Putz, after
tossing a perfect ninth, was credited with his 2nd save.
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