July 21, 2009 Rangers 5, Red Sox 2

An early first inning lead for the Sox goes astray in the Rangers half of the first as they tee off against Josh Beckett with Andruw Jones' 3-run homerun and a solo shot for Marlon Byrd. Unfazed, Beckett bears down to his usual Beckett-esque self and goes to the 8th until Michael Young's homer finally sends him to the showers. Only the second loss since since early May for Beckett. Tommy Hunter holds the Sox at bay for the majority of the game and gets the win. Had the possibility for four strikeouts in the first inning for Hunter if all had gone right. With two outs, Big Papi whiffed but the ball gets by Jason S. (you know who I mean) for a wild pitch with Ortiz going to first. Hunter gets the strikeout, but Ortiz goes to first. That was the only whiff of the inning though. There more or less can be an unlimited number of strikeouts in an inning, as long as the catcher keeps missing the ball for either a wild pitch or passes ball on the third strike. It has never happen in the majors, but has happened three times in the minors, most recently in 2008. I don't know if this link will come through okay in the blog, but you can still see this article by putting this into the search bar anyway. http://www.rockfordriverhawks.com/news/?id=7895

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2009 Boston Red Sox At 2009 Texas Rangers                 7/21/2009
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Rangers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Ellsbury CF       4  1  1  0 .326     I.Kinsler 2B        4  0  0  0 .269  
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  0  1  0 .251     M.Young 3B          4  2  3  1 .290  
  K.Youkilis 1B       2  1  1  2 .306     J.Hamilton CF       4  1  2  0 .229  
  D.Ortiz DH          4  0  0  0 .250     A.Jones DH          3  1  1  3 .218  
  J.Bay LF            3  0  0  0 .256     H.Blalock 1B        4  0  0  0 .221  
  J.Drew RF           3  0  0  0 .264     M.Byrd RF           3  1  1  1 .265  
  M.Lowell 3B         4  0  1  0 .285     D.Murphy LF         3  0  0  0 .232  
  J.Varitek C         2  0  0  0 .224     J.Saltalamacchia C  3  0  1  0 .290  
A-M.Kotsay PH         1  0  0  0 .265     E.Andrus SS         3  0  0  0 .286  
  J.Lowrie SS         3  0  0  0 .240                                          
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         Totals      30  2  4  2                 Totals      31  5  8  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Varitek In 9th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  2  4  0
Rangers......... 4 0 0  0 0 0  0 1    -  5  8  0
 
Red Sox (52-41)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Beckett LOSS(12-6)      7 1/3   7   5   5   0   6   3  96   2.46  A1 D2
T.Saito                   0       1   0   0   1   0   0   9   6.75  D3 D4
H.Okajima                 0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.24  D5
Totals                    8       8   5   5   1   6   3
 
Rangers (51-41)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
T.Hunter WIN(2-1)         7 2/3   4   2   2   3   5   1 111   3.71  A1 D3
W.Eyre HOLD(1st)          0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   7.50  D4 D4
D.O'Day SAVE(6th)         1       0   0   0   1   1   0  13   2.95  D5
Totals                    9       4   2   2   4   6   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 37,184 DATE- Tuesday, July 21st 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- James Hoye, Randy Marsh, Mike Winters, Lance Barksdale
T- 2:48
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 6  Rangers: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1  Rangers: 0
DOUBLES- D.Pedroia(17th)
TRIPLES- J.Ellsbury(4th)
HOME RUNS- K.Youkilis(15th), M.Young(23rd), A.Jones(8th), M.Byrd(7th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Drew
SACRIFICE FLIES- K.Youkilis
WALKS- K.Youkilis, J.Bay, J.Drew, J.Varitek, A.Jones
STRIKE OUTS- K.Youkilis, D.Ortiz, J.Bay, J.Varitek, M.Kotsay, J.Lowrie,
             J.Hamilton, H.Blalock, M.Byrd, D.Murphy-2, J.Saltalamacchia
GIDP- H.Blalock
WILD PITCHES- T.Hunter
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Jacoby Ellsbury robbed Michael Young of a Homerun!
          Top 6th: Marlon Byrd robbed David Ortiz of a Homerun!
 
Michael Young blasted a homerun as the Texas Rangers topped the Boston Red Sox
by a score of 5 to 2 at Ameriquest Field.
 
Tommy Hunter(2-1) gave a fine effort for Texas.  He went 7 and 2/3 innings
surrendering 4 hits and 3 walks lowering his ERA from 4.10 to 3.71.  For the
game Texas out-hit Boston 8 to 4.  
 
Darren O'Day gained credit for his 6th save.  Josh Beckett(12-6) took the
loss.  He was touched for 3 homeruns in his 7 and 1/3 innings of work.  
 

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