| It turns out to be a slugfest, but it didn't look that way early. Daisuke Matsuzaka is knocked out of the game in the 2nd inning after allowing 7 runs to cross the plate as Texas takes a seemingly insurmountable 7-0 lead after only two innings. A wild Vincente Padilla, who walks 7, allows the Sox some early chances but two runners get thrown out at home trying to score. They finally poke through against Padilla with three runs in the 5th and four more in the 6th to tie the game. *** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 *** 0 N.Green 1- 7 4 Walk b-1 0 1 D.Pedroia 5- 7 18 6 Single 1-2 b-1 0 12 J.Ellsbury 6- 8 5 Single 2-H 1-2 b-1 0 12 K.Youkilis 1 Wild Pitch 2-3 1-2 0 23 K.Youkilis 3- 8 5 Strike Out b-0 1 23 J.Bay 3- 3 5 3 Single 3-H 2-H b-1 1 1 M.Lowell 2- 6 4 Single 1-2 b-1 1 12 D.Ortiz 1- 6 5 Strike Out b-0 2 12 J.Varitek 6-10 2 Fly Out b-0 *** TOP OF INNING 6 *** SUBSTITUTE P - Manny Delcarmen 0 I.Kinsler 1- 3 13 3 Single b-1 0 1 1 Stolen Base 1-2 0 2 M.Young 5- 7 6 Ground Out 2-3 b-0 1 3 H.Blalock 1-10 5 Foul Out b-0 2 3 N.Cruz 2- 8 6 Walk b-1 2 1 3 1 Stolen Base 1-2 2 23 D.Murphy 1- 6 6 Fly Out b-0 *** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 *** 0 M.Kotsay 2- 8 4 Ground Out b-0 1 N.Green 1- 7 5 Walk b-1 1 1 D.Pedroia 3- 4 7 5 Single 1-3 b-1 1 1 3 J.Ellsbury 6- 8 6 Single 3-H 1-2 b-1 SUBSTITUTE P - Kris Benson 1 12 K.Youkilis 4- 8 1 Double 2-H 1-H b-2 SUBSTITUTE P - Darren O'Day 1 2 J.Bay 3- 3 17 1 Single 2-H b-0 2 M.Lowell 5- 5 4 Strike Out b-0 Not done yet, Mike Lowell clears the bases with a 3-run double and David Ortiz follows up with a 2-run blast in the bottom of the 8th for five runs to give the Sox a 12-7 lead. They ended up needing those runs as Takashi Saito puts two on base in the 9th with Chris Davis knocking everyone home via a two out, 3-run homerun making the score 12-10. Paps takes the final out for the cheap save. The unsung heroes today are Justin Masterson, Manny Declarmen and Daniel Bard. The only one with any credit for anything in the box score was Bard who gets the win, but they combine to hold the Rangers scoreless for 6 2/3 innings while their teammates teed off on the Texas pitchers for 12 unanswered runs with 3 2/3 or those innings for Masterson. This will be the first game for Masterson in which he has not allowed a run since his first appearance of the season two months ago in 14 total appearances, six of those starts. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2009 Texas Rangers At 2009 Boston Red Sox 6/7/2009
Rangers AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
I.Kinsler 2B 5 2 3 0 .289 D.Pedroia 2B 5 3 3 0 .257
M.Young 3B 4 2 1 1 .313 J.Ellsbury CF 3 2 2 2 .332
H.Blalock DH 4 2 1 1 .251 K.Youkilis 1B 3 2 1 2 .309
N.Cruz RF 4 1 1 1 .254 J.Bay LF 4 1 2 3 .246
D.Murphy LF 4 1 2 1 .271 M.Lowell 3B 5 1 3 3 .283
M.Byrd CF 4 1 2 2 .255 D.Ortiz DH 5 1 1 2 .255
C.Davis 1B 5 1 3 3 .241 J.Varitek C 4 0 0 0 .213
T.Teagarden C 4 0 0 0 .163 M.Kotsay RF 4 0 1 0 .167
B-E.Andrus PH 1 0 0 0 .296 N.Green SS 2 2 1 0 .267
O.Vizquel SS 4 0 0 0 .222 A-J.Lugo SS 0 0 0 0 .211
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Totals 39 10 13 9 Totals 35 12 14 12
A-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Green In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Teagarden In 9th Inning
Rangers......... 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 10 13 1
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 5 - 12 14 0
Rangers (34-22) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
V.Padilla 5 1/3 8 6 6 7 5 0 123 5.77 A1 D2
K.Benson 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 7.98 D3 D3
D.O'Day LOSS(1-2) BS(1st) 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 31 2.93 D4 E3
C.Wilson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 3.65 E4 E4
F.Francisco 0 2/3 2 2 2 0 1 1 13 3.12 E5
Totals 8 14 12 11 8 7 1
Red Sox (32-25) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
D.Matsuzaka 1 1/3 7 7 7 2 3 0 53 6.91 A1 B4
J.Masterson 3 2/3 2 0 0 2 3 0 59 5.85 B5 C9
M.Delcarmen 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 28 7.71 D1 D5
D.Bard WIN(2-1) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 3.86 D6 E2
T.Saito 0 2/3 3 3 3 0 2 1 19 7.43 E3 E7
J.Papelbon SAVE(13th) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.73 E8
Totals 9 13 10 10 5 9 1
ATTENDANCE- 38,945 DATE- Sunday, June 7th 2009 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Dale Scott, Jerry Meals, Adrian Johnson, Mike Dimuro
T- 3:40
LEFT ON BASE- Rangers: 7 Red Sox: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rangers: 0 Red Sox: 0
ERRORS- I.Kinsler
DOUBLES- H.Blalock(11th), D.Murphy(4th), K.Youkilis(14th), M.Lowell(17th)
HOME RUNS- C.Davis(17th), D.Ortiz(14th)
STOLEN BASES- I.Kinsler(9th), N.Cruz(11th), M.Kotsay(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Ellsbury
WALKS- M.Young, H.Blalock, N.Cruz, D.Murphy, M.Byrd, J.Ellsbury, K.Youkilis-2,
J.Bay, J.Varitek, M.Kotsay, N.Green-2
STRIKE OUTS- I.Kinsler, H.Blalock, N.Cruz-2, D.Murphy, M.Byrd, T.Teagarden-3,
K.Youkilis, J.Bay, M.Lowell, D.Ortiz-3, M.Kotsay
WILD PITCHES- V.Padilla, D.Matsuzaka-2
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Nick Green robbed Marlon Byrd of a base hit.
Top 7th: Dustin Pedroia robbed Taylor Teagarden of a base hit.
Mike Lowell had 3 base hits and 3 RBI at Fenway Park where the Boston Red Sox
beat the Texas Rangers by the score of 12 to 10.
Boston had the game winning rally in the 8th inning when they scored 5 runs on
3 hits. The highlight belonged to Lowell who made the home-town crowd a
happy bunch when he doubled emptying the bases. Texas had a chance to come
back in the 9th but they came up short.
The win went to Daniel Bard(2-1) who allowed no runs in 2 innings. Jonathan
Papelbon earned the save, his 13th. Darren O'Day(1-2) suffered the loss in
relief.
