| A spectacular start for Josh Beckett (7 inn, 1 run, 9 K), but he is denied the sure win thanks to Kyle Snyder. With the Sox holding a 4-1 lead, Snyder sucks out the joint in the 8th inning as he cannot retire a batter, allowing the Jays 4 runs on a solo homer by Adam Lind and a 3-run blast for Troy Glaus which would give the Jays the 5-4 lead. Not wanting to do their best Philadelphia Phillies imitation with blowing leads, the Sox make amends in the top of the 9th. After a groundout, a walk to Dustin Pedroia and a single for Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis rips one to left. Here comes Pedroia home, but the throw beats him and he is out at the plate. Two outs, runners on second and third as they advanced on the throw home. Jeremy Accardo doesn't want anything to do with the next batter, Big Papi, so he intentionally walks him to face Manny. Manny rips a single to right to score two and give the Sox their lead back, 6-5. Paps comes on for the 9th for save number 7 on the year. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 Toronto Blue Jays 5/8/2007
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI AVG
J.Lugo SS 4 3 2 0 .211 A.Rios RF 5 0 2 0 .230
K.Youkilis 1B 5 2 3 1 .308 A.Lind LF 5 1 2 1 .286
D.Ortiz DH 3 0 1 0 .379 V.Wells CF 4 1 0 0 .303
M.Ramirez LF 4 0 2 4 .302 F.Thomas DH 4 0 2 0 .248
J.Drew RF 5 0 0 0 .237 A-J.McDonald PR,DH 0 1 0 0 .286
M.Lowell 3B 2 1 0 0 .246 T.Glaus 3B 4 1 2 3 .286
J.Varitek C 4 0 0 0 .200 L.Overbay 1B 4 1 2 1 .237
C.Crisp CF 4 0 2 1 .299 A.Hill 2B 4 0 1 0 .311
D.Pedroia 2B 3 0 0 0 .333 J.Phillips C 4 0 1 0 .163
R.Clayton SS 3 0 0 0 .200
B-M.Stairs PH 1 0 0 0 .222
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Totals 34 6 10 6 Totals 38 5 12 5
A-Pinch Ran For Thomas In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Clayton In 9th Inning
Red Sox......... 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 - 6 10 0
Blue Jays....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 - 5 12 0
Red Sox (14-17) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Beckett 7 7 1 1 0 9 1 111 3.33
K.Snyder 0 3 4 4 1 0 2 17 3.31
B.Donnelly WIN(1-0) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 1.42
J.Papelbon SAVE(7th) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 15 1.64
Totals 9 12 5 5 1 12 3
Blue Jays (15-17) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
V.Zambrano 4 6 4 4 3 1 0 79 10.32
S.Marcum 0 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 15 4.31
S.Downs 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 28 1.23
J.Towers 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 6.86
J.Accardo L(2-2) BS(3rd) 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 28 4.80
Totals 9 10 6 6 6 6 0
ATTENDANCE- 32,522 DATE- Tuesday, May 8th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 3:20
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 8 Blue Jays: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Blue Jays: 1
DOUBLES- K.Youkilis(5th), A.Rios(7th), T.Glaus(7th), A.Hill(9th)
HOME RUNS- A.Lind(5th), T.Glaus(2nd), L.Overbay(7th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Lugo-2(5th), M.Lowell(1st), C.Crisp(8th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Ramirez
WALKS- J.Lugo, D.Ortiz-2, M.Lowell-2, D.Pedroia, V.Wells
STRIKE OUTS- K.Youkilis, M.Ramirez, J.Varitek-3, C.Crisp, A.Rios-3, A.Lind-2,
L.Overbay-2, J.Phillips-2, R.Clayton-2, M.Stairs
GIDP- J.Drew, A.Hill
WILD PITCHES- V.Zambrano
The Boston Red Sox came roaring back in the top of the ninth to spoil the
anticipated celebration of the hometown fans. The final score,, was 6 to
5.
Boston came through with the game-winning runs in the top of the 9th inning
scoring 2 runs utilizing 3 base hits. After an out was recorded, Dustin
Pedroia kicked off the action when he drew a walk. Julio Lugo was next and
he delivered a base-hit. Kevin Youkilis then lashed a single to load the
bases. David Ortiz came up and he was walked intentionally to load the
bases. Manny Ramirez stepped into the box and delivered a one-base hit
bringing in two baserunners. Boston rapped out 10 hits for the night.
Brendan Donnelly(1-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 1 inning and
allowing no runs. Jonathan Papelbon earned the save, his 7th. Jeremy
Accardo(2-2) was the loser in relief.
'I pin this one on my own shoulders,' Accardo said. 'The bottom line is I
didn't get the job done. Our fans deserve better than this.'
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