September 5, 2007 Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 3

Jason Varitek breaks a 2-all tie with a 2-run homerun in the bottom of the 7th as the Sox get the win. Your classic team pitching today, as Curt Schilling goes 7 solid innings, someone goes the 8th (today it was Manny Declarmen, who did allow a run) and Jonathan Papelbon goes the 9th. The save for Paps gives him 40 for the season, but still a second place total in the AL behind the 45 for the White Sox's Bobby Jenks. With the loss, the Blue Jays drop out of the wild card lead as the New York Yankees now lead the wild card race by 1/2 game.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2007 Toronto Blue Jays At 2007 Boston Red Sox              9/5/2007
 
  Blue Jays          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  V.Wells CF          5  0  1  0 .251     J.Lugo SS           4  0  1  0 .217  
  M.Stairs LF         4  0  0  0 .270     J.Ellsbury LF       3  0  2  0 .389  
  A.Rios RF           4  3  3  1 .288     D.Ortiz DH          4  0  1  0 .312  
  F.Thomas DH         4  0  0  0 .258     M.Lowell 3B         4  0  2  0 .307  
  T.Glaus 3B          4  0  2  1 .256     J.Drew RF           2  1  0  0 .250  
  L.Overbay 1B        3  0  1  1 .238     K.Youkilis 1B       3  2  2  0 .320  
  A.Hill 2B           3  0  1  0 .303     J.Varitek C         4  1  1  3 .276  
  G.Zaun C            3  0  0  0 .218     C.Crisp CF          3  0  1  1 .265  
A-R.Adams PH          0  0  0  0 .263     A.Cora 2B           3  0  0  0 .290  
  J.McDonald SS       4  0  1  0 .252                                          
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         Totals      34  3  9  3                 Totals      30  4 10  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Zaun In 9th Inning
 
Blue Jays....... 1 0 0  1 0 0  0 1 0  -  3  9  0
Red Sox......... 0 2 0  0 0 0  2 0    -  4 10  0
 
Blue Jays (74-65)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Marcum LOSS(8-10)       6 2/3   8   4   4   3   3   1 106   4.43
J.Banks                   1 1/3   2   0   0   1   0   0  18   0.00
Totals                    8      10   4   4   4   3   1
 
Red Sox (85-55)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Schilling WIN(13-5)     7       7   2   2   1   2   1  94   3.63
M.Delcarmen HOLD(5th)     1       2   1   1   0   0   0  19   2.23
J.Papelbon SAVE(40th)     1       0   0   0   1   0   0  14   1.78
Totals                    9       9   3   3   2   2   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 37,997 DATE- Wednesday, September 5th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Blue Jays: 7  Red Sox: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Blue Jays: 3  Red Sox: 1
DOUBLES- V.Wells(35th), K.Youkilis(27th), C.Crisp(38th)
TRIPLES- A.Rios(4th)
HOME RUNS- A.Rios(18th), J.Varitek(15th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Lugo(24th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Overbay
WALKS- A.Hill, R.Adams, J.Ellsbury, J.Drew-2, K.Youkilis
STRIKE OUTS- V.Wells-2, D.Ortiz, M.Lowell, A.Cora
GIDP- J.McDonald, M.Lowell, J.Drew, J.Varitek
 
One run was the difference at Fenway Park as the very talented Boston Red Sox
defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 4 to 3.
 
Curt Schilling(13-5) pitched well for Boston in their victory.  He surrendered
7 hits and 1 walk in 7 innings.  Boston totaled 10 hits on the night.
 
Jonathan Papelbon earned the save, his 40th.  Shaun Marcum(8-10) took the
loss.  With this win, Boston has a division leading 85-55 record.  They have
been 6-4 lately.  With this loss, Toronto has a 5-5 record of late, 74-65
overall.

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