May 24, 2008 Athletics 3, Red Sox 0

The A's tandem of Justin Duchscher and Huston Street combine to shut out the Sox on only two hits, while a Frank Thomas 2-run double in the 6th gives Oakland all of the runs needed. Both Sox hits though led to outs on the basepaths, as after JD Drew walked he tried to score from first on a Jason Varitek double in the 2nd inning but was thrown out at home and Jacoby Ellsbury singled in the 9th for the 2nd Sox hit of the game and is picked off first by Street. Street gets another cheap save for the second straight day, only throwing six pitches in one inning with a 3 run lead to work with. Sox starter Josh Beckett's ERA doesn't suffer any damage as all 3 A's runs were unearned in the loss, but he does fall to 3-5 on the year.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 Oakland Athletics             5/24/2008
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Ellsbury LF       4  0  1  0 .365     J.Hannahan 3B       4  1  0  0 .206  
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  0  0  0 .272     B.Crosby SS         4  0  0  0 .189  
  D.Ortiz DH          3  0  0  0 .242     J.Cust LF           4  0  2  0 .206  
  K.Youkilis 1B       2  0  0  0 .339     F.Thomas DH         4  1  2  2 .243  
  M.Lowell 3B         3  0  0  0 .228     M.Sweeney 1B        4  0  1  1 .385  
  J.Drew RF           0  0  0  0 .277     R.Sweeney CF        3  0  1  0 .342  
  J.Varitek C         2  0  1  0 .206     E.Brown RF          3  0  1  0 .267  
A-M.Ramirez PH        1  0  0  0 .291     M.Ellis 2B          3  0  0  0 .235  
B-K.Cash C            0  0  0  0 .159     K.Suzuki C          2  1  0  0 .255  
  C.Crisp CF          3  0  0  0 .304                                          
  A.Cora SS           3  0  0  0 .318                                          
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         Totals      25  0  2  0                 Totals      31  3  7  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Varitek In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Ramirez In 8th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  2  1
Athletics....... 0 0 0  0 0 3  0 0    -  3  7  0
 
Red Sox (28-24)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Beckett LOSS(3-5)       6       6   3   0   1   4   0 108   4.02
D.Aardsma                 1 1/3   0   0   0   0   3   0  16   3.43
J.Lopez                   0 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   1.29
Totals                    8       7   3   0   1   7   0
 
Athletics (21-29)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Duchschere WIN(2-3)     8       1   0   0   4   4   0 107   4.98
H.Street SAVE(5th)        1       1   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.24
Totals                    9       2   0   0   4   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 28,510 DATE- Saturday, May 24th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Bill Hohn, Ron Kulpa, Dan Iassogna, Dale Scott
T- 2:26
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 2  Athletics: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1  Athletics: 2
ERRORS- A.Cora
DOUBLES- J.Varitek(8th), F.Thomas(5th)
WALKS- K.Youkilis, J.Drew-3, K.Suzuki
STRIKE OUTS- J.Ellsbury, D.Ortiz, K.Youkilis, A.Cora, J.Hannahan-3, B.Crosby-2,
             R.Sweeney, M.Ellis
GIDP- M.Lowell, C.Crisp, M.Ellis
 
Justin Duchscherer delivered 8 solid innings as the Oakland Athletics defeated
the Boston Red Sox by the score of 3 to 0 at McAfee Coliseum.
 
Oakland did all of it's offensive work in the 6th inning scoring 3 runners on
2 hits.  The big moment was provided by Frank Thomas who came through for the
home fans when he doubled bringing in two baserunners.  Oakland out-hit
Boston for the game, 7 hits to 2.  
 
The victory was credited to Duchscherer(2-3) who went 8 innings, allowing no
runs. Huston Street recorded the save, his 5th.  Josh Beckett(3-5) took the
loss.  He was the victim of a defensive lapse and did not allow an earned run
in the game.  
 

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