| The Red Sox conclude their interleague play with a three game series in Atlanta against their former city brothers, and Mark Kotsay shines on both sides of the ball. First, Kotsay's first homerun in a Red Sox uniform, good for a 2-run shot, gives the Sox their first runs of the game in the 2nd inning. Then, with two outs in the bottom of the 9th, Kotsay keeps the Braves off the board with a leaping catch at the wall which robs Diory Hernandez of what would have been a 3-run homerun to end the game. Josh Beckett, Daniel Bard and Justin Masterson combine on the shutout. For Beckett, his 9th win of the year ties teammate Jon Lester for second in the league behind Jarrod Washburn's 10. As I am sure you probably know, the Braves are the only major league team to win a World Series championship in three different cities. 1914 and 1948 in Boston, 1957 in Milwaukee and 1995 in Atlanta. The only other team to be in three different cities is the A's, who won 5 World Series in Philadelphia and 4 in Oakland but none while in Kansas City from 1955 to 1967. Those fans in the Midwest must have been pretty pissed when the A's went to five straight championship series from 1971-75 while winning 3 World Series only four years after having 13 losing seasons in Kansas City. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2009 Boston Red Sox At 2009 Atlanta Braves 6/26/2009
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG
D.Pedroia 2B 5 0 1 0 .231 N.McLouth CF 3 0 1 0 .241
J.Drew RF 4 0 1 0 .270 M.Prado 2B 4 0 2 0 .266
K.Youkilis 3B 4 1 2 0 .303 C.Jones 3B 4 0 0 0 .216
J.Bay LF 4 0 2 0 .253 G.Anderson LF 3 0 0 0 .284
D.Ortiz 1B 3 1 1 0 .254 C.Kotchman 1B 4 0 1 0 .227
J.Varitek C 3 1 1 2 .213 J.Francoeur RF 3 0 2 0 .323
M.Kotsay CF 4 2 2 2 .310 M.Acosta P 0 0 0 01.000
N.Green SS 3 0 0 0 .295 E-B.McCann PH 1 0 1 0 .241
J.Beckett P 2 0 0 0 .000 D.Ross C 4 0 0 0 .300
B-J.Lugo PH 0 0 0 0 .233 D.Hernandez SS 4 0 0 0 .065
D.Bard P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Jurrjens P 0 0 0 0 .083
D-R.Baldelli PH 1 0 0 0 .145 A-Y.Escobar PH 1 0 0 0 .299
J.Masterson P 0 0 0 0 ---- B.Logan P 0 0 0 0 ----
K.Medlen P 0 0 0 0 .143
C-M.Diaz RF 1 0 0 0 .383
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 33 5 10 4 Totals 32 0 7 0
A-Pinch Hit For Jurrjens In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Beckett In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Medlen In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Bard In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Acosta In 9th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 - 5 10 0
Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0
Red Sox (41-32) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Beckett WIN(9-5) 6 6 0 0 1 5 0 95 2.19 A1 C6
D.Bard HOLD(2nd) 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 18 3.80 C7 D3
J.Masterson 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 19 6.02 D4
Totals 9 7 0 0 3 7 0
Braves (34-39) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Jurrjens LOSS(3-10) 5 5 2 2 1 3 1 62 5.06 A1 C1
B.Logan 0 1/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 27.00 C2 C4
K.Medlen 0 2/3 1 1 1 1 2 0 18 8.28 C5 C8
M.Acosta 3 2 2 2 1 1 0 33 6.53 C9
Totals 9 10 5 5 3 6 1
ATTENDANCE- 19,004 DATE- Friday, June 26th 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Dana Demuth, Todd Tichenor, Doug Eddings, Hunter Wendelstedt
T- 2:24
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 5 Braves: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2 Braves: 3
DOUBLES- M.Kotsay(2nd), N.McLouth(15th), J.Francoeur(22nd), B.McCann(11th)
HOME RUNS- M.Kotsay(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Lugo
WALKS- D.Ortiz, J.Varitek, N.Green, N.McLouth, G.Anderson, J.Jurrjens
STRIKE OUTS- J.Bay-2, D.Ortiz, J.Varitek, J.Beckett-2, N.McLouth, C.Jones,
C.Kotchman-2, D.Ross-2, D.Hernandez
GIDP- D.Ortiz, M.Kotsay-2, M.Prado, C.Jones
WILD PITCHES- M.Acosta-2
WEB GEMS- Bot 9th: Mark Kotsay robbed Diory Hernandez of a Homerun!
Josh Beckett(9-5)with effective use of the bullpen throttled Atlanta while the
Boston Red Sox scored 5 runs in an evening game at Turner Field.
Boston jumped on top of Atlanta in the top of the 2nd inning scoring 2 runners
on 2 hits. That scoring would be all that was needed. Atlanta was out-hit
by Boston, 10 hits to 7.
Jair Jurrjens(3-10) was the loser. He pitched 5 innings and surrendered 5
hits and 1 walk.
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