| A sloppy game with 4 of the runs being unearned, the Sox had no chance today against Rich Harden. Harden was mowing then down, striking out 12, while his counterpart Tim Wakefield does the complete opposite. Wake is wild as hell, walking 4 including 3 in the 2nd inning which knocks the first run of the game home, and throws two wild pitches with one of them also letting a run score. The lone Sox highlight was JD Drew, who rips a ball over the fence to account for both Sox runs. Harden almost goes the distance, but when he walks a batter with two out in the 9th to put runners on first and third stopper Huston Street gets the final out on only three pitches for a cheap save only because he came into the game with the tying run on deck. The Drew homerun was a ballpark homerun, believe it or not. Oakland has to be the worst park for hitters in the majors. For ballpark singles, both lefty and righty have a 0 chance of a hit. For ballpark homeruns, lefty is a 1-4 and righties are only a 1. Drew's split card came up a 3, so he got the homer being a left-handed hitter. Were he a righty, the game would have been a shutout. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 Oakland Athletics 5/23/2008
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
J.Ellsbury CF 5 0 0 0 .368 J.Hannahan 3B 4 0 0 0 .213
D.Pedroia 2B 4 0 2 0 .277 B.Crosby SS 5 2 4 0 .193
D.Ortiz DH 3 0 0 0 .246 J.Cust LF 5 1 1 0 .199
M.Ramirez LF 4 0 0 0 .292 F.Thomas DH 4 2 2 2 .236
M.Lowell 3B 3 0 1 0 .233 R.Sweeney CF 3 1 1 1 .343
K.Youkilis 1B 3 1 0 0 .342 E.Brown RF 4 0 0 0 .266
J.Drew RF 3 1 2 2 .277 M.Ellis 2B 3 0 0 0 .240
J.Lugo SS 4 0 0 0 .345 D.Barton 1B 3 0 3 2 .222
K.Cash C 3 0 0 0 .159 K.Suzuki C 4 0 0 0 .258
A-S.Casey PH 1 0 0 0 .412
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Totals 33 2 5 2 Totals 35 6 11 5
A-Pinch Hit For Cash In 9th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1
Athletics....... 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 - 6 11 2
Red Sox (28-23) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
T.Wakefield LOSS(3-4) 4 2/3 8 6 4 4 5 0 110 5.90
M.Delcarmen 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 3 0 17 4.18
H.Okajima 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 36 4.74
Totals 8 11 6 4 4 10 0
Athletics (20-29) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Harden WIN(3-1) 8 2/3 5 2 0 3 12 1 143 2.39
H.Street SAVE(4th) 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.45
Totals 9 5 2 0 3 12 1
ATTENDANCE- 13,509 DATE- Friday, May 23rd 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Derryl Cousins, Angel Hernandez, Eric Cooper, Marty Foster
T- 3:02
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 8 Athletics: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Athletics: 0
ERRORS- K.Youkilis, J.Hannahan, B.Crosby
DOUBLES- D.Pedroia(11th), J.Drew(11th), B.Crosby(9th)
HOME RUNS- J.Drew(5th)
STOLEN BASES- B.Crosby(4th)
WALKS- D.Ortiz, K.Youkilis, J.Drew, J.Hannahan, R.Sweeney, M.Ellis, D.Barton
HIT BY PITCH- M.Lowell
STRIKE OUTS- J.Ellsbury, D.Pedroia, M.Ramirez-3, K.Youkilis-2, J.Lugo-2,
K.Cash-3, J.Hannahan-3, J.Cust-2, E.Brown-2, K.Suzuki-3
GIDP- B.Crosby
WILD PITCHES- T.Wakefield-2
PASSED BALLS- K.Cash
Frank Thomas had 2 base hits and 2 RBI and Rich Harden whiffed 12 batters at
McAfee Coliseum where the Oakland Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 6 to
2.
Harden(3-1) gave Oakland a solid outing. He allowed only 5 hits and 3 walks
in 8 and 2/3 innings improving his ERA from 3.10 to 2.39. Oakland ended up
with 11 hits for the game while Boston had 5.
Huston Street recorded the save, his 4th. The loss was charged to Tim
Wakefield(3-4). He was hit hard and gave up 8 hits and 4 walks in 4 and 2/3
innings.
Harden was pleased with his performance. He noted, 'I had good zip on my
pitches. Just as important, my location was right on. The fans really got
into the game too - that always helps me. Now, if I can only do that again
in my next outing.'
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