May 25, 2008 Red Sox 6, Athletics 0

Jon Lester, despite being a bit wild, comes within six outs of a no-hitter as the Sox cruise to the win. Lester would not allow his first hit of the game until Mark Ellis singles with no outs in the 8th inning to put runners on first and second as Lester's 5th walk of the game already had a runner on base. After a doubleplay, Lester walks his 6th batter and gives way to Hideki Okajima who gets the final four outs with ease to prerserve the shutout and the combined one-hitter. Wildness on both sides of theball today as three Oakland pitchers walks 7 Sox batters along with the 6 walks for Lester to make a combined total of 13 walks in the game.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 Oakland Athletics             5/25/2008
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Ellsbury CF       5  0  1  0 .360     J.Hannahan 3B       2  0  0  0 .203  
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  0  2  1 .276     B.Crosby SS         4  0  0  0 .185  
  D.Ortiz DH          3  0  0  1 .238     M.Sweeney 1B        4  0  0  0 .370  
  M.Ramirez LF        4  0  0  0 .285     F.Thomas DH         3  0  0  0 .239  
  M.Lowell 3B         4  1  1  1 .228     E.Brown RF          3  0  0  0 .263  
  K.Youkilis 1B       5  1  1  0 .335     J.Cust LF           2  0  0  0 .204  
  J.Drew RF           5  2  3  2 .288     M.Ellis 2B          3  0  1  0 .237  
  J.Varitek C         3  2  1  1 .208     R.Sweeney CF        3  0  0  0 .333  
  J.Lugo SS           2  0  0  0 .340     K.Suzuki C          1  0  0  0 .253  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  6  9  6                 Totals      25  0  1  0
 
 
Red Sox......... 0 1 0  1 3 0  0 1 0  -  6  9  0
Athletics....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  1  1
 
Red Sox (29-24)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Lester WIN(3-4)         7 2/3   1   0   0   6   3   0 112   4.12
H.Okajima                 1 1/3   0   0   0   0   2   0  16   4.43
Totals                    9       1   0   0   6   5   0
 
Athletics (21-30)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Blanton LOSS(4-4)       4 1/3   8   5   5   2   5   2  92   4.73
K.Foulke                  3       0   1   1   3   2   0  47   2.77
L.Dinardo                 1 2/3   1   0   0   2   0   0  35   2.93
Totals                    9       9   6   6   7   7   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 28,060 DATE- Sunday, May 25th 2008 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Ron Kulpa, Dan Iassogna, Dale Scott, Bill Hohn
T- 3:00
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:11  Athletics: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 3  Athletics: 1
ERRORS- B.Crosby
DOUBLES- D.Pedroia(12th), J.Drew(12th), J.Varitek(9th)
HOME RUNS- M.Lowell(6th), J.Drew(6th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Ortiz
WALKS- D.Pedroia, D.Ortiz, M.Ramirez, M.Lowell, J.Varitek, J.Lugo-2,
       J.Hannahan-2, F.Thomas, J.Cust, K.Suzuki-2
HIT BY PITCH- J.Varitek
STRIKE OUTS- J.Ellsbury, M.Ramirez-2, M.Lowell, K.Youkilis-2, J.Lugo, B.Crosby,
             M.Sweeney, F.Thomas, J.Cust-2
GIDP- K.Youkilis, B.Crosby-2, R.Sweeney
 
Jon Lester carried a no-hitter into the 8th inning as the Boston Red Sox
defeated the Oakland Athletics 6 to 0 at McAfee Coliseum.
 
Lester(3-4) put on a good performance.  He allowed only 1 hit and 6 walks in 7
and 2/3 innings lowering his ERA to 4.12.  The left-handed Lester lost his
no-hit bid when Mark Ellis singled with nobody out in the 8th inning.  Boston
rapped out 9 hits for the afternoon.  
 
Joe Blanton(4-4) suffered the loss. He got hit pretty hard, allowing 8 hits
and 2 walks in 4 and 1/3 innings.

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