April 2, 2008 Athletics 1, Red Sox 0

Maybe the Sox should have stayed in Japan, as the two games on American soil so far have been pathetic. The A's Rich Harden gets the shutout with the two-hitter, as the Sox offense sputters again. 0 for 9 for the top 3 with two walks, for an unbelievable 1 for 46 through the first four games for the top three in the order. The offense overall hasn't been to hot, only batting .180 for the first four games. On the opposite side of the spectrum, Mike Sweeney of the A's outhits the entire Red Sox team with a 4 for 4 day, although none of the hits were directly involved in the scoring. The A's run came in the 4th inning, with a Daric Barton single, Sweeney's single puts Barton to third, and Emil Brown drives him in with a single of his own. Three of the A's 5 hits were in that 4th inning.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 Oakland Athletics              4/2/2008
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  0  0  0 .063     M.Ellis 2B          3  0  0  0 .385  
  K.Youkilis 1B       3  0  0  0 .067     D.Barton 1B         3  1  0  0 .000  
  D.Ortiz DH          2  0  0  0 .000     M.Sweeney DH        4  0  4  0 .857  
A-J.Ellsbury PR       0  0  0  0 .250     J.Cust LF           3  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Ramirez LF        4  0  0  0 .267     E.Brown RF          3  0  1  1 .143  
  M.Lowell 3B         2  0  1  0 .286     B.Crosby SS         3  0  0  0 .154  
  J.Drew RF           3  0  0  0 .000     K.Suzuki C          2  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Varitek C         3  0  0  0 .267     J.Hannahan 3B       3  0  0  0 .333  
  C.Crisp CF          3  0  0  0 .250     C.Denorfia CF       2  0  0  0 .167  
  A.Cora SS           3  0  1  0 .333                                          
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         Totals      27  0  2  0                 Totals      26  1  5  1
 
A-Pinch Ran For Ortiz In 9th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  2  1
Athletics....... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0    -  1  5  0
 
Red Sox (2-2)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Lester LOSS(0-1)        6       4   1   1   4   3   0  90   2.25
J.Tavarez                 1       0   0   0   2   1   0  17   0.00
J.Lopez                   0 2/3   1   0   0   0   2   0  11   0.00
K.Snyder                  0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   0.00
Totals                    8       5   1   1   6   6   0
 
Athletics (2-2)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Harden WIN(1-0)         9       2   0   0   4   8   0 114   1.84
Totals                    9       2   0   0   4   8   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 8,907 DATE- Wednesday, April 2nd 2008 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Tim Timmons, Gary Cederstrom, Fieldin Culbreth, Jim Reynolds
T- 2:31
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 4  Athletics: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1  Athletics: 2
ERRORS- J.Lester
CAUGHT STEALING- M.Ellis, K.Suzuki
WALKS- K.Youkilis, D.Ortiz-2, M.Lowell, M.Ellis, D.Barton, J.Cust, E.Brown,
       K.Suzuki, C.Denorfia
STRIKE OUTS- K.Youkilis-2, D.Ortiz, M.Ramirez, M.Lowell, J.Varitek-2, C.Crisp,
             M.Ellis, D.Barton, J.Cust-2, J.Hannahan, C.Denorfia
GIDP- M.Ramirez, J.Drew, B.Crosby
WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: Alex Cora robbed Jack Hannahan of a base hit.
          Bot 8th: Dustin Pedroia robbed Emil Brown of a base hit.
 
Rich Harden was on top of his game, blanking Boston on just 2 hits at McAfee
Coliseum where the Oakland Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 1 to
0.
 
Harden(1-0) dominated Boston hitters.  He surrendered only 2 hits and 4 walks
in 9 innings reducing his ERA from 4.76 to 1.84.  Oakland had only 5 hits for
the afternoon.  
 
Jon Lester(0-1) was the loser.  He pitched 6 innings allowing 4 hits and 4
walks. 'Harden pitched a gem of a game', Terry Francona recounted.  'He kept
our batters off balance the entire game.'

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