August 18, 2007 Red Sox 6, Angels 0

Two stars of the game today, one on offense and one on the mound. Jason Varitek is the star batter today, knocking in 5 of the 6 Sox run with a 2 for 3 day including a 3-run bomb in the 1st inning, a 2-run double in the 8th, and a walk. On the mound, Curt Schilling has his best start of the season. Chone Figgins led off the game with a single, and for the longest time it looked like Schilling might possibly get the most agonizing of one-hitters with a leadoff single as the only hit. Casey Kotchman would single in the 8th to make that a moot point, and thanks to a fairly low pitch count Schill goes the distance for the 2-hitter. Side note: The sure-fielding Red Sox commit two errors for the second game in a row, although none today led to any unearned runs. Kevin Youkilis made one as he spelled Mike Lowell at third base today, and the other by Eric Hinske who was at first base due to Youk playing third!

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2007 Los Angeles(AL) Angels At 2007 Boston Red Sox        8/18/2007
 
  Angels             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Figgins 3B        4  0  1  0 .306     J.Lugo SS           5  0  1  0 .222  
  O.Cabrera SS        4  0  0  0 .291     K.Youkilis 3B       3  1  1  0 .314  
  V.Guerrero RF       4  0  0  0 .315     D.Ortiz DH          5  1  1  0 .301  
  G.Anderson DH       3  0  0  0 .315     M.Ramirez LF        3  2  1  1 .331  
  G.Matthews Jr CF    3  0  0  0 .285     J.Drew RF           4  1  2  0 .245  
  C.Kotchman 1B       3  0  1  0 .272     J.Varitek C         3  1  2  5 .271  
  M.Izturis 2B        3  0  0  0 .276     E.Hinske 1B         3  0  0  0 .235  
  J.Mathis C          3  0  0  0 .233     C.Crisp CF          4  0  1  0 .278  
  R.Willits LF        3  0  0  0 .301     A.Cora 2B           4  0  2  0 .292  
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         Totals      30  0  2  0                 Totals      34  6 11  6
 
 
Angels.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  2  0
Red Sox......... 4 0 0  0 0 0  2 0    -  6 11  2
 
Angels (79-43)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Weaver* LOSS(8-7)       6       9   6   6   3   3   1 119   4.08
C.Bootcheck               0 2/3   2   0   0   0   1   0  15   3.82
J.Speier                  1 1/3   0   0   0   1   0   0  15   3.19
Totals                    8      11   6   6   4   4   1
 
Red Sox (75-48)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Schilling WIN(11-4)     9       2   0   0   0   8   0 110   3.52
Totals                    9       2   0   0   0   8   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 38,606 DATE- Saturday, August 18th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- Angels: 3  Red Sox: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Angels: 1  Red Sox: 1
ERRORS- K.Youkilis, E.Hinske
DOUBLES- J.Lugo(21st), K.Youkilis(22nd), J.Drew(21st), J.Varitek(13th)
HOME RUNS- J.Varitek(14th)
WALKS- K.Youkilis, M.Ramirez, J.Varitek, E.Hinske
HIT BY PITCH- K.Youkilis
STRIKE OUTS- C.Figgins, G.Anderson, G.Matthews Jr-2, J.Mathis-2, R.Willits-2,
             K.Youkilis, J.Varitek, E.Hinske-2
GIDP- V.Guerrero, D.Ortiz
WILD PITCHES- C.Bootcheck
WEB GEMS- Bot 6th: Orlando Cabrera robbed Coco Crisp of a base hit.
 
Jason Varitek cracked a homer and had 5 RBI and Curt Schilling was on top of
his game, blanking Los Angeles(AL) on just 2 hits as the Boston Red Sox
outscored the Los Angeles(AL) Angels 6 to 0.
 
Varitek made sure the Boston fans enjoyed themselves.  He lost the ball over
the fence for three runs (his 14th of the season) in the 1st inning and
doubled plating two runs in the 7th inning.  Boston finished with 11 hits in
the victory.  
 
Schilling(11-4) went the distance for the shutout. Jered Weaver*(8-7) suffered
the loss.  He got hit pretty hard, allowing 9 hits and 3 walks in 6 innings.
 

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