July 8, 2009 Red Sox 6, A's 3

Tim Wakefield struggles early when Oakland gets two runs in their half of the first inning, but a 2-run homerun for Kevin Youkilis in the Sox half of the first gives them a 3-2 lead, and Mark Kotsay adds a 2-run shot of his own in the 4th. Wake settled down after that first inning and seemed to grow stronger as the game went on, retiring 11 of the last 12 hitters including striking out 4 of the last 5 for a season high 8 whiffs in the complete game effort. Current 8-4 run for the Sox though has gained them nothing in the standings though, still a game behind the Yankees.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2009 Oakland Athletics At 2009 Boston Red Sox              7/8/2009
 
  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Kennedy 3B        4  1  1  0 .255     J.Drew RF           3  1  1  1 .274  
  O.Cabrera SS        4  1  1  0 .281     D.Pedroia 2B        3  2  2  1 .244  
  S.Hairston CF       4  1  3  1 .278     K.Youkilis 3B       4  1  1  2 .313  
  M.Holliday LF       4  0  0  0 .269     D.Ortiz DH          4  0  2  1 .263  
  K.Suzuki C          4  0  1  2 .230     J.Bay LF            4  0  0  0 .263  
  J.Cust DH           4  0  0  0 .230     J.Ellsbury CF       3  1  0  0 .326  
  R.Sweeney RF        3  0  1  0 .326     M.Kotsay 1B         4  1  2  2 .278  
  M.Ellis 2B          3  0  0  0 .215     N.Green SS          3  1  2  0 .289  
  B.Crosby 1B         2  0  0  0 .168     G.Kottaras C        4  0  2  0 .169  
A-R.Davis PH          1  0  0  0 .267                                          
B-J.Giambi 1B         0  0  0  0 .182                                          
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         Totals      33  3  7  3                 Totals      32  7 12  7
 
A-Pinch Hit For Crosby In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Davis In 7th Inning
 
Athletics....... 2 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  3  7  0
Red Sox......... 3 0 0  3 0 0  1 0    -  7 12  0
 
Athletics (35-48)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
T.Cahill LOSS(1-7)        6 1/3  10   7   7   2   3   2 121   4.95  A1 D3
J.Gray                    1 2/3   2   0   0   0   1   0  20   0.00  D4
Totals                    8      12   7   7   2   4   2
 
Red Sox (48-36)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
T.Wakefield WIN(6-5)      9       7   3   3   0   8   0 121   4.37  A1
Totals                    9       7   3   3   0   8   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 38,938 DATE- Wednesday, July 8th 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Mark Carlson, Tim Tschida, Bob Davidson, Jeff Nelson
T- 2:53
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 3  Red Sox: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 2  Red Sox: 1
DOUBLES- A.Kennedy(9th), S.Hairston(12th), J.Drew(15th), D.Ortiz(20th),
         G.Kottaras(8th)
HOME RUNS- K.Youkilis(12th), M.Kotsay(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- S.Hairston(6th), J.Ellsbury(34th)
CAUGHT STEALING- N.Green
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Drew
WALKS- D.Pedroia, J.Ellsbury
HIT BY PITCH- N.Green
STRIKE OUTS- S.Hairston, M.Holliday, K.Suzuki, J.Cust-2, R.Sweeney, B.Crosby,
             R.Davis, K.Youkilis-2, D.Ortiz, N.Green
GIDP- M.Ellis, J.Drew
WILD PITCHES- T.Wakefield
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Bobby Crosby robbed Jason Bay of a base hit.
 
Tim Wakefield went the distance and Mark Kotsay jacked one out of the ballyard
and had 2 RBI as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Oakland Athletics by the
score of 7 to 3 at Fenway Park.
 
The game started off with Boston taking the lead in the first as they scored 3
runs on 4 base hits.  The highlight belonged to Kevin Youkilis who thrilled
the crowd when he popped a two-run clout over the fence.  Boston had a total
of 12 hits for the game.  
 
Wakefield(6-5) finished the game allowing 3 runs in the victory. Trevor
Cahill(1-7) was the loser.  He was touched for 10 hits and 2 walks in 6 and
1/3 innings.  
 

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