September 4, 2007 Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 1

Josh Beckett and Roy Halladay square off in a classic pitchers duel, both holding the other team scoreless until finally the Sox get 2 runs in the bottom of the 8th on a Dustin Pedroia 2-run bases loaded single. Neither team had a runner reach second base until the top of the 8th inning. The Sox end up needing both of those runs as after Beckett pitches 8 innings of scoreless ball and hands a chance at win number 16 to Jonathan Papelbon, Paps does allow the Jays a run on a Troy Glaus solo homer to break the shutout, but gets save number 39 anyway. Halladay gets the tough luck loss. Side note - Josh Beckett has not lost a game since June 19th, 2 1/2 months ago, winning his last 9 decisions covering 13 starts. Four starts left, and four wins from 20.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2007 Toronto Blue Jays At 2007 Boston Red Sox              9/4/2007
 
  Blue Jays          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  V.Wells CF          4  0  1  0 .252     J.Lugo SS           3  0  0  0 .217  
  M.Stairs LF         4  0  0  0 .274     D.Pedroia 2B        4  0  1  2 .312  
  A.Rios RF           4  0  2  0 .285     D.Ortiz DH          4  0  1  0 .313  
  F.Thomas DH         4  0  0  0 .261     M.Lowell 3B         3  0  0  0 .305  
  T.Glaus 3B          3  1  1  1 .253     J.Drew RF           3  0  1  0 .251  
  L.Overbay 1B        2  0  1  0 .238     K.Youkilis 1B       3  0  0  0 .318  
A-R.Adams PH          1  0  0  0 .263     J.Varitek C         3  0  2  0 .276  
  A.Hill 2B           2  0  0  0 .303     C.Crisp CF          2  1  0  0 .265  
  G.Zaun C            3  0  1  0 .221     J.Ellsbury LF       2  1  0  0 .364  
  J.McDonald SS       2  0  0  0 .252                                          
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         Totals      29  1  6  1                 Totals      27  2  5  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Overbay In 9th Inning
 
Blue Jays....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  1  6  0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 2    -  2  5  0
 
Blue Jays (74-64)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Halladay LOSS(11-7)     7 2/3   4   2   2   2   1   0  96   4.01
C.Janssen                 0       0   0   0   1   0   0   4   2.74
J.Accardo                 0 1/3   1   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.67
Totals                    8       5   2   2   3   2   0
 
Red Sox (84-55)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Beckett WIN(16-4)       8       4   0   0   3   2   0 109   3.78
J.Papelbon SAVE(39th)     1       2   1   1   0   1   1  16   1.81
Totals                    9       6   1   1   3   3   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 35,403 DATE- Tuesday, September 4th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:06
LEFT ON BASE- Blue Jays: 5  Red Sox: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Blue Jays: 2  Red Sox: 3
HOME RUNS- T.Glaus(24th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Crisp(29th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.McDonald
WALKS- T.Glaus, L.Overbay, A.Hill, J.Lugo, C.Crisp, J.Ellsbury
STRIKE OUTS- M.Stairs, L.Overbay, R.Adams, D.Ortiz-2
GIDP- F.Thomas-2, A.Hill, C.Crisp
 
In a game for the baseball purist, Josh Beckett(16-4) and Roy Halladay(11-7)
squared off in a tense pitching duel, Boston Red Sox finally emerged
victorious over Toronto Blue Jays, 2 to 1.
 
Boston came up with the deciding runs in the bottom of the 8th inning scoring
2 runs.  After two were out Coco Crisp started the rally when he drew a walk.
Crisp took off for second and slid in with a stolen base.  Jacoby Ellsbury
then was walked intentionally.  Julio Lugo followed and he drew a walk to
load the bases.  Dustin Pedroia came to the plate and ripped a base-knock
knocking home two runners.  Pedroia took second on the throw.  The teams had
been locked in a scoreless duel until the 8th inning.  
 
Jonathan Papelbon got the save, his 39th.  The Boston ballclub's record now
stands at a division leading 84-55.  With the loss Toronto now has a record
of 74-64.

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