| The Sox play in their third country (Japan, the USA and Canada) in their first 5 games, and multiple hitting stars on both sides in a slugfest. Manny is the best with a 5 for 5 day falling a double shy of hitting for the cycle. The top of the Sox order finally comes alive as Dustin Pedroia rips a double and a homer and David Ortiz scores twice without benefit of a hit. Jacoby Ellsbury gets a triple and a homer, but a caught stealing for Ellsbury did cost the Sox a run as the Pedroia homer was two batters later. The big hits were on the Blue Jays side of the ball, with a 3-run shot for Lyle Overbay in the 1st inning and another 3-run blast for Vernon Wells in the 4th. Wells' shot knocks a very ineffective Tim Wakefield from the game as Wake allows 8 of the runs, walks 4 batters and throws two wild pitches in 3+ innings in the loss. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 Toronto Blue Jays 4/4/2008
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI AVG
D.Pedroia 2B 5 1 2 1 .143 D.Eckstein SS 5 1 2 1 .235
K.Youkilis 1B 4 0 0 0 .053 M.Stairs LF 4 2 1 0 .250
D.Ortiz DH 4 2 0 0 .000 A.Rios RF 5 2 3 1 .471
M.Ramirez LF 5 1 5 2 .450 V.Wells CF 4 2 1 3 .313
M.Lowell 3B 5 1 2 1 .316 F.Thomas DH 2 0 0 1 .167
J.Drew RF 4 0 0 0 .000 L.Overbay 1B 5 2 2 3 .333
J.Lugo SS 4 1 1 1 .417 A.Hill 2B 4 2 2 0 .357
J.Ellsbury CF 3 2 2 2 .364 M.Scutaro 3B 4 0 3 1 .417
K.Cash C 3 0 0 1 .000 G.Zaun C 5 0 2 0 .273
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 37 8 12 8 Totals 38 11 16 10
Red Sox......... 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 - 8 12 0
Blue Jays....... 4 1 0 5 0 0 0 1 - 11 16 1
Red Sox (2-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
T.Wakefield LOSS(0-1) 3 9 8 8 4 2 2 88 24.00
J.Tavarez 0 2/3 4 2 2 1 1 0 26 10.80
J.Lopez 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 0.00
M.Delcarmen 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 35 0.00
D.Aardsma 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 20 0.00
Totals 8 16 11 10 8 7 2
Blue Jays (2-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Marcum WIN(1-0) 5 2/3 9 7 5 2 2 2 105 7.94
B.Tallet HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 7.71
J.Frasor HOLD(1st) 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 48 4.91
B.League SAVE(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 13.50
Totals 9 12 8 6 4 7 3
ATTENDANCE- 29,614 DATE- Friday, April 4th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Tim Timmons, Gary Cederstrom, Fieldin Culbreth, Jim Reynolds
T- 3:43
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 7 Blue Jays:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0 Blue Jays: 0
ERRORS- D.Eckstein
DOUBLES- D.Pedroia(1st), M.Lowell-2(3rd), L.Overbay(2nd), G.Zaun(1st)
TRIPLES- M.Ramirez(1st), J.Ellsbury(1st)
HOME RUNS- D.Pedroia(1st), M.Ramirez(2nd), J.Ellsbury(2nd), V.Wells(1st),
L.Overbay(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Ellsbury
SACRIFICE FLIES- K.Cash, F.Thomas
WALKS- K.Youkilis, D.Ortiz, J.Drew, J.Ellsbury, D.Eckstein, M.Stairs-2, V.Wells,
F.Thomas-2, A.Hill, M.Scutaro
STRIKE OUTS- D.Ortiz-2, M.Lowell-2, J.Drew-2, K.Cash, M.Stairs, A.Rios,
F.Thomas, L.Overbay, M.Scutaro, G.Zaun-2
WILD PITCHES- T.Wakefield-2
PASSED BALLS- K.Cash
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Marco Scutaro robbed Julio Lugo of a base hit.
At Rogers Centre the Toronto Blue Jays registered 5 runs in the 4th inning and
outscored the Boston Red Sox 11 to 8.
Toronto took the lead off Tim Wakefield in the first inning when they tallied
4 runs on 3 hits. The critical plate appearance was by Lyle Overbay who made
the Toronto fans a happy lot when he smacked a three-run homer (his 1st of
the season). Toronto ended up with 16 hits for the game while Boston had 12.
The winning pitcher was Shaun Marcum(1-0) who allowed 7 runs in 5 and 2/3
innings. Marcum got help from Brandon League who was credited with his 1st
save. Wakefield(0-1) was tagged with the loss. He allowed a few too many
baserunners giving up 9 hits and 4 walks in 3 innings.
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