Sertember 19, 2007 Blue Jays 2, Red Sox 1

The Red Sox have wasted their glorious chance to put the division away, as a Matt Stairs 8th inning homerun off of Kyle Snyder gives the Jays the 3-2 win and a sweep of the series. The Sox still control their own destiny, as they sit 6 1/2 ahead of the Blue Jays with 9 left to play (10 left to play for Toronto). Remaining games for the Sox - a 3 game series in Tampa, and close the season at home with two against Oakland and four against the Minnesota Twins. I forgot to mention in the blogs for the previous day's games that John Maine of the Mets becomes 20 game winner number three, beating the Nationals. Two pitchers (Maine and Tim Hudson) have gotten their 20th win off the Nats in less than a week.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 Toronto Blue Jays             9/19/2007
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Blue Jays          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Ellsbury CF       4  1  2  0 .375     V.Wells CF          4  0  1  0 .251  
  D.Pedroia 2B        5  0  0  0 .303     M.Stairs 1B         4  1  1  1 .270  
  D.Ortiz DH          4  0  0  0 .304     A.Rios RF           4  0  1  0 .289  
  M.Lowell 3B         4  0  1  0 .306     F.Thomas DH         2  1  0  0 .246  
  J.Drew RF           1  0  1  0 .252     A.Hill 2B           4  0  1  0 .306  
  J.Varitek C         3  0  0  0 .266     G.Zaun C            3  0  0  0 .224  
  E.Hinske 1B         4  0  1  0 .260     A.Lind LF           3  0  0  0 .230  
A-C.Crisp PR          0  0  0  0 .271   C-R.Johnson LF        0  0  0  0 .249  
B-A.Cora 1B           0  0  0  0 .288     R.Adams 3B          2  0  1  1 .282  
  B.Kielty LF         4  0  0  0 .221     R.Olmedo SS         3  0  0  0 .143  
  J.Lugo SS           4  0  1  0 .221                                          
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         Totals      33  1  6  0                 Totals      29  2  5  2
 
A-Pinch Ran For Hinske In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Crisp In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Lind In 9th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  6  0
Blue Jays....... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 1    -  2  5  2
 
Red Sox (91-62)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Buchholz                5       4   1   1   3   5   0  95   2.01
K.Snyder LOSS(3-2)        2 1/3   1   1   1   0   1   1  35   4.45
M.Delcarmen               0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.05
Totals                    8       5   2   2   3   7   1
 
Blue Jays (84-68)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Litsch                  5 2/3   5   1   1   6   5   0 109   3.67
C.Janssen WIN(8-2)        3 1/3   1   0   0   1   0   0  46   2.45
Totals                    9       6   1   1   7   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 40,106 DATE- Wednesday, September 19th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:24
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:12  Blue Jays: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0  Blue Jays: 1
ERRORS- M.Stairs, R.Adams
DOUBLES- J.Lugo(29th), V.Wells(40th)
HOME RUNS- M.Stairs(18th)
WALKS- J.Ellsbury, D.Ortiz, M.Lowell, J.Drew-3, J.Varitek, F.Thomas-2, R.Adams
STRIKE OUTS- J.Varitek-2, E.Hinske, B.Kielty, J.Lugo, M.Stairs, A.Rios, A.Hill,
             G.Zaun-2, A.Lind, R.Olmedo
GIDP- M.Lowell
 
40,106 fans watched an exciting game at Rogers Centre.  The Toronto Blue Jays
topped the Boston Red Sox by the slimmest of margins, 2 to 1.
 
Toronto scored the deciding run in the 8th inning.  Matt Stairs smashed a
bases-empty 'big-fly' (his 18th of the season).  Toronto managed only 5 hits
on the night.  
 
The win was credited to Casey Janssen(8-2) who went 3 and 1/3 innings allowing
no runs. Kyle Snyder(3-2) was the losing pitcher in relief.  
 

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