September 7, 2007 Orioles 4, Red Sox 2

A scoreless pitchers duel between Jon Lester and Daniel Cabrera until the Orioles 6th, when a double for Melvin Mora plates two runners. Cabrera almost gets the shutout, but a 2-run homerun with two out in the 9th for JD Drew puts the Sox on the board (after they were held scoreless for 17 straight innings). Radhames Liz retires Jason Varitek on groundout for his first save. In other league news, the Angels win today to knock their magic number down to one. The next Angels win or White Sox loss will give the Angels the AL West title. Being already September 7th, they will not set or tie the record but a clinch tomorrow (the 8th) will tie them with the 99 Indians for the earliest in AL history. The 75 Reds Sept. 7th date will still stand as the record.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 Baltimore Orioles              9/7/2007
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Orioles            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Ellsbury LF       4  0  1  0 .375     B.Roberts 2B        3  1  0  0 .293  
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  0  1  0 .314     M.Mora 3B           4  1  2  2 .259  
  D.Ortiz DH          3  0  2  0 .315     N.Markakis RF       4  0  1  0 .318  
  M.Lowell 3B         2  1  1  0 .306     M.Tejada SS         2  0  1  1 .294  
  K.Youkilis 1B       3  0  0  0 .317     K.Millar 1B         4  0  0  0 .269  
  J.Drew RF           4  1  1  2 .248     A.Huff DH           4  0  0  0 .287  
  J.Varitek C         4  0  0  0 .273     R.Hernandez C       3  1  2  1 .280  
  C.Crisp CF          3  0  0  0 .264     J.Payton LF         2  1  0  0 .273  
  J.Lugo SS           3  0  0  0 .214     T.Redman CF         3  0  0  0 .304  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      30  2  6  2                 Totals      29  4  6  4
 
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 2  -  2  6  0
Orioles......... 0 0 0  0 0 2  1 1    -  4  6  0
 
Red Sox (85-57)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Lester LOSS(2-3)        6 1/3   3   3   3   3   4   1  88   4.27
B.Corey                   1       2   1   1   0   2   0  17  12.00
M.Delcarmen               0 2/3   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.20
Totals                    8       6   4   4   3   7   1
 
Orioles (60-80)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Cabrera WIN(11-12)      8 2/3   6   2   2   4   6   1 126   5.39
R.Liz SAVE(1st)           0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3  13.50
Totals                    9       6   2   2   4   6   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 14,679 DATE- Friday, September 7th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:34
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 5  Orioles: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1  Orioles: 1
DOUBLES- M.Mora(20th)
HOME RUNS- J.Drew(15th), R.Hernandez(10th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Ellsbury
WALKS- D.Ortiz, M.Lowell-2, K.Youkilis, B.Roberts, M.Tejada-2
HIT BY PITCH- J.Payton
STRIKE OUTS- D.Pedroia, K.Youkilis-2, C.Crisp-2, J.Lugo, B.Roberts-2, M.Mora-2,
             N.Markakis, K.Millar, T.Redman
GIDP- K.Youkilis, A.Huff
 
In a good matchup it was the Baltimore Orioles 4, the Boston Red Sox 2 at
Camden Yards.
 
Daniel Cabrera(11-12) earned his pay with a solid performance for Baltimore.
He went 8 and 2/3 innings allowing 6 hits and 4 walks.  The game was a
scoreless duel until the 6th inning.  
 
Cabrera got help from Radhames Liz who was credited with his 1st save.  Jon
Lester(2-3) was given the loss.  He pitched 6 and 1/3 innings giving up 3
hits and 3 walks.
 

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