| The month of June closes out with a bang in Baltimore in what early on looked like a laugher turns into a slugfest. John Smoltz pitches how you would expect a 42 year old to pitch in the first two innings as the O's jump out to a 6-0 lead, but Smoltz bears down and the Sox take him off the hook with 6 unanswered runs, capped by a Youk 3-run homer. A run in the bottom of the 5th charged to Smoltz puts him back in line for the loss, but two more in the top of the 6th give Boston their first lead of the game, 8-7. However, the Orioles go to work off of the trio of Justin Masterson, Ramon Ramirez and Hideki Okajima for four more runs and the eventual victory. Sox almost come back in the 9th, scoring a run and getting two on before Dustin Pedroia strikes out to end the game. All 18 position starters get at least one hit except for Baltimore shortstop Robert Andino. Three hits and 3 RBI for Youk, Jason Varitek knocks home three, and a nice pinch-hit solo shot for JD Drew. Baltimore catcher Matt Weiters falls a home run shy of the cycle on a 3 for 4 day. Play account follows the game. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2009 Boston Red Sox At 2009 Baltimore Orioles 6/30/2009
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Orioles AB R H RBI AVG
J.Lugo SS 5 1 1 0 .223 B.Roberts 2B 4 2 2 2 .302
D.Pedroia 2B 6 1 1 0 .227 A.Jones CF 5 2 2 1 .272
K.Youkilis 3B 5 2 3 3 .313 N.Markakis RF 5 3 3 2 .326
J.Bay LF 4 1 1 0 .256 A.Huff 1B 4 1 2 2 .273
D.Ortiz DH 5 1 1 0 .259 N.Reimold LF 4 0 3 2 .305
J.Varitek C 4 1 2 3 .217 A-F.Pie LF 1 0 0 0 .198
R.Baldelli RF 4 1 2 0 .162 L.Scott DH 4 1 1 1 .246
B-J.Drew PH 1 1 1 1 .272 M.Mora 3B 5 1 1 0 .220
J.Ellsbury CF 4 0 1 0 .333 M.Wieters C 4 1 3 1 .330
J.Bailey 1B 4 0 1 2 .301 R.Andino SS 4 0 0 0 .221
C-M.Kotsay PH 1 0 1 0 .316
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Totals 43 9 15 9 Totals 40 11 17 11
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Reimold In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Baldelli In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Bailey In 9th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 1 - 9 15 0
Orioles......... 3 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 - 11 17 3
Red Sox (44-33) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Smoltz 4 2/3 11 7 7 0 3 1 84 8.38 A1 C7
J.Masterson LOSS(2-5) 0 2/3 3 2 2 1 1 0 21 6.27 C8 D4
R.Ramirez 1 1/3 2 1 1 1 2 1 26 3.94 D5 E2
H.Okajima 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 20 5.14 E3 E6
D.Bard 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.60 E7
Totals 8 17 11 11 2 7 3
Orioles (37-40) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
R.Hill 5 8 6 3 3 2 1 96 5.10 A1 D1
C.Ray 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 12.36 D2 D2
M.Albers HOLD(3rd) 0 2/3 1 2 2 1 0 0 15 5.40 D3 D5
D.Baez WIN(3-1) BS(2nd) 2 2/3 3 1 1 0 0 1 53 3.57 D6 E7
J.Johnson HOLD(3rd) 0 1/3 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 5.34 E8 F1
G.Sherrill SAVE(7th) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.38 F2
Totals 9 15 9 6 4 3 2
ATTENDANCE- 23,808 DATE- Tuesday, June 30th 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Randy Marsh, Mike Winters, Lance Barksdale, James Hoye
T- 3:36
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:11 Orioles: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0 Orioles: 1
ERRORS- B.Roberts, A.Jones, R.Hill
DOUBLES- J.Varitek(13th), A.Jones(13th), A.Huff-2(19th), N.Reimold(7th),
M.Wieters(5th)
TRIPLES- M.Wieters(1st)
HOME RUNS- K.Youkilis(10th), J.Drew(11th), B.Roberts(14th), A.Jones(12th),
L.Scott(9th)
STOLEN BASES- B.Roberts(11th), N.Markakis(8th), N.Reimold(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Ellsbury
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Roberts
WALKS- J.Lugo, J.Bay, J.Varitek, J.Ellsbury, A.Huff, L.Scott
STRIKE OUTS- J.Lugo-2, D.Pedroia, B.Roberts, A.Jones, N.Markakis, F.Pie,
M.Mora-2, R.Andino
GIDP- K.Youkilis
WILD PITCHES- J.Smoltz, R.Hill, D.Baez
WEB GEMS- Top 5th: Robert Andino robbed Jason Bay of a base hit.
Second baseman Brian Roberts cracked a homer and had 2 RBI as the Baltimore
Orioles outscored the Boston Red Sox 11 to 9.
Boston was unable to claim the lead after Baltimore went ahead in the 6th
inning when they tallied 2 runs on 3 hits. Boston threatened in the 9th but
Baltimore was able to put down the rally.
The victory was credited to Danys Baez(3-1) who went 2 and 2/3 innings,
allowing 1 run. Baez got relief help from George Sherrill who gained credit
for his 7th save. The loss was charged to Justin Masterson(2-5) in relief.
He allowed 2 runs and 3 hits in 2/3 of an inning.
'Anytime you lose it hurts,' said Terry Francona 'but it's losing the close
ones that really hurt.'
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