April 15, 2008 Red Sox 8, Indians 3

Future Sox teammate Paul Byrd was smoking right along for the Indians allowing no hits through the first 4 innings with a Travis Hafner homer giving the Tribe the 1-0 lead in the 1st, but the Sox come alive in the 5th getting 3 runs. The Indians tie the game up in the bottom of the 6th, and Coco Crisp rips a 2-run homerun in the top of the 7th as the Sox retake the lead. A Julio Lugo 2-run double and Kevin Cash RBI single give the Sox some insurance runs that they ended up not needing in the 8th, and 8-3 is the final. The Red Sox win their 6th straight, and Lugo's 3 for 4 day ups his average to .490 to lead the American League and with hits in every game so far extends his hitting streak to 14 games.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 Cleveland Indians             4/15/2008
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Crisp CF          4  1  1  2 .343     G.Sizemore CF       4  0  1  0 .255  
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  0  0  1 .297     D.Dellucci LF       3  0  0  0 .182  
  D.Ortiz DH          3  0  0  0 .158     T.Hafner DH         4  2  1  1 .255  
  M.Ramirez LF        5  1  1  0 .328     V.Martinez C        4  1  1  0 .200  
  K.Youkilis 1B       4  2  1  0 .268     J.Peralta SS        3  0  0  0 .234  
  J.Ellsbury RF       4  0  0  0 .323     R.Garko 1B          3  0  1  2 .255  
  J.Lugo SS           4  3  3  2 .490     A.Cabrera 2B        4  0  1  0 .256  
  J.Lowrie 3B         3  1  1  1 .333     F.Gutierrez RF      3  0  0  0 .250  
  K.Cash C            4  0  2  2 .333     C.Blake 3B          3  0  0  0 .302  
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         Totals      35  8  9  8                 Totals      31  3  5  3
 
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 3 0  2 3 0  -  8  9  0
Indians......... 1 0 0  0 0 2  0 0 0  -  3  5  0
 
Red Sox (9-6)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Wakefield               5 2/3   4   3   3   4   2   1  99   5.60
M.Delcarmen WIN(1-0)      2 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0  19   2.16
H.Okajima                 1       1   0   0   0   1   0   9   4.76
Totals                    9       5   3   3   4   3   1
 
Indians (8-6)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
P.Byrd LOSS(0-1)          6 1/3   5   4   4   2   2   0 110   6.75
M.Kobayashi               1       2   3   3   1   0   1  24   8.44
R.Perez                   1 2/3   2   1   1   2   3   0  38   3.24
Totals                    9       9   8   8   5   5   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 42,707 DATE- Tuesday, April 15th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Angel Hernandez, Eric Cooper, Marty Foster, Derryl Cousins
T- 3:18
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 6  Indians: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1  Indians: 0
DOUBLES- J.Lugo(9th), K.Cash(3rd)
HOME RUNS- C.Crisp(1st), T.Hafner(4th)
STOLEN BASES- G.Sizemore(6th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Pedroia
WALKS- C.Crisp, D.Ortiz-2, K.Youkilis, J.Lowrie, D.Dellucci, J.Peralta, R.Garko,
       F.Gutierrez
STRIKE OUTS- C.Crisp, M.Ramirez-2, K.Youkilis-2, T.Hafner, J.Peralta, R.Garko
GIDP- C.Blake
WEB GEMS- Top 2nd: Grady Sizemore robbed Jacoby Ellsbury of an extra base hit.
          Bot 8th: Julio Lugo robbed Travis Hafner of a base hit.
 
Julio Lugo had 3 base hits and 2 RBI at Progressive Field where the Boston Red
Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 8 to 3.
 
Cleveland was unable to claim the lead after Boston went ahead in the top of
the 7th inning when they scored 2 runs on 2 hits.  The key at-bat was by Coco
Crisp who silenced the crowd when he popped a two-run clout over the fence
(his 1st of the season).  For the game Boston out-hit Cleveland 9 to 5.
 
The victory was credited to Manny Delcarmen(1-0) who went 2 and 1/3 innings,
allowing no runs. Paul Byrd(0-1) took the loss.  Boston continued on their
recent roll, their winning streak now reaching 6 games and counting.

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