| The long ball is instrumental in propelling the Sox to victory today. After the Jays led 2-0, Julio Lugo blasts a solo shot (his 8th - tying his real life total for the year!!) in the 5th inning to cut the lead to one run at 2-1. One inning later, Kevin Youkilis flexes his muscle blasting a 3-run bomb (number 10 for Youk) to give the Sox their first lead of the game, 4-2, and that would be the final. Toronto leaves 11 on base for the game, 7 on those in the final three innings when they loaded the bases in the 7th and 8th and get one on in the 9th, coming up empty everytime off Lopez, Okajima and Papelbon. Paps gets save number 24, which would give him the NL lead in saves. But it is only second in the AL, as Brian Jenks of the White Sox has 28. Note of interest: Even with the 28 saves of Jenks, the Pale Hose are still 6 games below .500 at 41-47. That means that Jenks has a save in 68% of the White Sox victories for the season! |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Toronto Blue Jays At 2007 Boston Red Sox 7/13/2007
Blue Jays AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
V.Wells CF 2 1 0 0 .258 C.Crisp CF 4 0 1 0 .283
R.Johnson LF 4 0 2 1 .367 D.Pedroia 2B 4 0 1 0 .302
A.Rios RF 4 0 2 0 .250 D.Ortiz DH 2 1 0 0 .314
F.Thomas DH 2 0 0 1 .265 M.Ramirez LF 3 1 1 0 .323
T.Glaus 3B 4 0 0 0 .282 K.Youkilis 1B 4 1 1 3 .295
L.Overbay 1B 4 0 0 0 .244 J.Drew RF 3 0 0 0 .250
A.Hill 2B 4 0 0 0 .307 M.Lowell 3B 4 0 1 0 .283
G.Zaun C 4 0 1 0 .180 J.Varitek C 3 0 0 0 .251
J.McDonald SS 2 1 2 0 .265 J.Lugo SS 3 1 1 1 .213
A-M.Stairs PH 1 0 1 0 .269
B-R.Clayton SS 1 0 0 0 .261
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Totals 32 2 8 2 Totals 30 4 6 4
A-Pinch Hit For McDonald In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Stairs In 7th Inning
Blue Jays....... 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 - 4 6 0
Blue Jays (45-44) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Marcum LOSS(4-6) 5 4 3 3 3 5 1 82 3.87
B.Wolfe BS(1st) 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 40 3.97
Totals 8 6 4 4 4 6 2
Red Sox (51-38) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Tavarez 5 5 2 2 4 2 0 99 5.76
M.Delcarmen WIN(1-0) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 20 2.40
J.Lopez HOLD(6th) 0 1/3 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 1.78
H.Okajima HOLD(12th) 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 23 0.97
J.Papelbon SAVE(24th) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 2.43
Totals 9 8 2 2 6 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 38,395 DATE- Friday, July 13th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Blue Jays:11 Red Sox: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Blue Jays: 0 Red Sox: 0
DOUBLES- G.Zaun(7th), C.Crisp(23rd)
HOME RUNS- K.Youkilis(10th), J.Lugo(8th)
CAUGHT STEALING- V.Wells
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Johnson
SACRIFICE FLIES- F.Thomas
WALKS- V.Wells-3, A.Rios, F.Thomas-2, D.Ortiz-2, M.Ramirez, J.Drew
STRIKE OUTS- R.Johnson, A.Rios, T.Glaus, G.Zaun, R.Clayton, C.Crisp, D.Ortiz,
K.Youkilis-2, J.Drew, J.Varitek
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Dustin Pedroia robbed Vernon Wells of a base hit.
In a close game it was the Boston Red Sox 4, the Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Fenway
Park.
Boston came up with 3 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning. The critical
plate appearance was by Kevin Youkilis who made the Boston fans a happy lot
when he clubbed a three-run home run (his 10th of the season). Boston had
just 6 hits for the night.
Manny Delcarmen(1-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 1 and 1/3 innings
and allowing no runs. Delcarmen got help from Jonathan Papelbon who was
credited with his 24th save. Shaun Marcum(4-6) was the loser.
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