June 19, 2007 Braves 1, Red Sox 0

A classic pitchers duel between Josh Beckett and Tim Hudson. Neither was around for the finish however, as I had to pinch-hit for Beckett when he came up in the 8th with the Sox trailing 1-0 (despite him only throwing 87 pitches!) and Hudson goes 7 1/3 shutout innings. Beckett pitches more than well enough for the win, allowing only four hits, but is the hard luck loser as Andruw Jones ripped a solo homerun in the 2nd inning for the only run of the game. Had the game been in Boston, I might have left Beckett in to try to go the distance to give the bullpen a break. The Braves get the combined shutout, with Peter Moylan and Rafael Soriano finishing up. Also of note, Coco Crisp is back leadoff again due to Dustin Pedroia's recent 2 for 25 slump. Batting leadoff has been very unkind to the Sox so far this season, as leadoff batters are batting only .207 so far. No matter who has been there (Lugo, Pedroia, Crisp) they have sucked. I move them out of leadoff, they get hot again and whoever went to leadoff slumps off. Switch them again, same thing. Almost eerie. I am almost ready to try Big Papi leadoff, but I won't get that crazy!!!!!!!

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 Atlanta Braves                6/19/2007
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Crisp CF          4  0  0  0 .273     K.Johnson 2B        3  0  2  0 .270  
  K.Youkilis 3B       4  0  1  0 .297     W.Harris LF         3  0  0  0 .267  
  D.Ortiz 1B          4  0  0  0 .327     E.Renteria SS       3  0  0  0 .324  
  M.Ramirez LF        4  0  1  0 .332     C.Jones 3B          3  0  0  0 .328  
  J.Drew RF           3  0  1  0 .257     B.McCann C          3  0  0  0 .289  
  J.Varitek C         3  0  0  0 .273     A.Jones CF          3  1  1  1 .284  
  D.Pedroia 2B        3  0  1  0 .272     J.Francoeur RF      3  0  0  0 .297  
  A.Cora SS           3  0  2  0 .321     S.Thorman 1B        3  0  1  0 .255  
  J.Beckett P         2  0  0  0 .167     T.Hudson P          2  0  0  0 .294  
A-M.Lowell PH         1  0  0  0 .279     P.Moylan P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Timlin P          0  0  0  0 ----   B-Y.Escobar PH        1  0  0  0 .343  
                                          R.Soriano P         0  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  0  6  0                 Totals      27  1  4  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Beckett In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Moylan In 8th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  6  0
Braves.......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0    -  1  4  0
 
Red Sox (39-31)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Beckett LOSS(7-4)       7       4   1   1   0   2   1  87   3.34
M.Timlin                  1       0   0   0   0   1   0   8   7.62
Totals                    8       4   1   1   0   3   1
 
Braves (45-27)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Hudson WIN(9-4)         7 1/3   6   0   0   0   4   0 109   2.93
P.Moylan HOLD(12th)       0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   6   1.90
R.Soriano SAVE(15th)      1       0   0   0   0   0   0   9   2.03
Totals                    9       6   0   0   0   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 48,517 DATE- Tuesday, June 19th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:25
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 4  Braves: 2
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1  Braves: 2
DOUBLES- S.Thorman(18th)
HOME RUNS- A.Jones(15th)
STOLEN BASES- K.Johnson(10th)
STRIKE OUTS- K.Youkilis, M.Ramirez, J.Varitek, D.Pedroia, M.Lowell, E.Renteria,
             J.Francoeur, S.Thorman
GIDP- D.Ortiz, J.Varitek
 
In a game for the baseball purist, Tim Hudson(9-4) and Josh Beckett(7-4)
squared off in a tense pitching duel, Atlanta Braves finally emerged
victorious over Boston Red Sox, 1 to 0.
 
Hudson pitched a fine game.  He went 7 and 1/3 innings surrendering 6 hits and
no walks.  Rafael Soriano was great in relief and recorded his 15th save.  
 

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