| Jacoby Ellsbury leads the game off with a homer and the Sox never look back, scoring 3 in the 1st and 2 more in the 2nd to give Josh Beckett the easy win. JD Drew and Kevin Youkilis also rip balls over the fence for three Sox homeruns in the game, and Dustin Pedroia wastes no time today with a 1st inning single to extend his hitting streak to 24 games to tie Jose Guillen of Kansas City for the longest streak in the majors so far this year. 7th straight win for the Red Sox, who go into second place in the AL East with Tampa losing 3 of their last 4 games. The win also puts the Sox only 3 1/2 behind the Blue Jays (who have lost 4 straight), the closest they have been since early May. With the interleague schedule now complete, the Red Sox will get the best record in the majors in interleague play at a very impressive 15-3. Three game sweeps against the Astros and Diamondbacks, and 2-1 over Milwaukee, the Phillies and St. Louis. If you are curious, the worst interleague record is 4-11, which belongs to two of the Sox interleague opponents Arizona nad St. Louis. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 Houston Astros 6/29/2008
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Astros AB R H RBI AVG
J.Ellsbury CF 5 1 3 1 .350 M.Bourn CF 4 1 2 0 .207
D.Pedroia 2B 5 2 2 0 .304 H.Pence RF 4 0 0 0 .237
J.Drew RF 2 2 1 2 .278 L.Berkman 1B 4 0 2 0 .298
M.Ramirez LF 5 0 1 0 .304 C.Lee LF 2 0 0 1 .344
M.Lowell 3B 5 0 1 1 .260 M.Tejada SS 3 0 0 0 .281
K.Youkilis 1B 4 1 1 2 .334 G.Blum 2B 4 0 0 0 .214
J.Varitek C 4 0 0 0 .216 T.Wigginton 3B 4 0 0 0 .272
J.Lugo SS 2 0 0 0 .335 H.Quintero C 4 0 1 0 .190
J.Beckett P 3 0 0 0 .000 B.Moehler P 1 0 0 0 .083
B-B.Moss PH 1 0 0 0 .154 A-R.Abercrombie PH 1 0 0 0 .316
H.Okajima P 0 0 0 0 ---- T.Byrdak P 0 0 0 0 ----
C.Hansen P 0 0 0 0 ----
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 6 9 6 Totals 31 1 5 1
A-Pinch Hit For Moehler In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Beckett In 8th Inning
Red Sox......... 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 6 9 0
Astros.......... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 1
Red Sox (51-33) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Beckett WIN(5-6) 7 5 1 1 1 7 0 104 3.53
H.Okajima 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 3.78
C.Hansen 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 23 3.38
Totals 9 5 1 1 3 9 0
Astros (33-49) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
B.Moehler LOSS(1-4) 7 7 5 4 3 6 2 115 4.56
T.Byrdak 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 38 3.07
Totals 9 9 6 5 5 8 3
ATTENDANCE- 37,115 DATE- Sunday, June 29th 2008 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Tom Hallion, Brian O'Nora, Paul Naubert, Jerry Crawford
T- 3:18
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 8 Astros: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0 Astros: 0
ERRORS- G.Blum
DOUBLES- M.Ramirez(17th), L.Berkman(21st)
HOME RUNS- J.Ellsbury(7th), J.Drew(14th), K.Youkilis(21st)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Ellsbury
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Lee
WALKS- J.Drew-3, J.Lugo-2, C.Lee, M.Tejada, B.Moehler
STRIKE OUTS- J.Drew, M.Ramirez, M.Lowell, K.Youkilis, J.Varitek, J.Lugo,
J.Beckett-2, M.Bourn-2, M.Tejada, G.Blum-4, T.Wigginton,
R.Abercrombie
At Minute Maid Park the reeling Houston Astros were battered 6 to 1 by the
blistering-hot Boston Red Sox.
Boston jumped out to the early lead in the first inning scoring 3 runners on 3
hits. That scoring would be all that was needed. Boston had 9 hits for the
afternoon while Houston had 5.
Josh Beckett(5-6) got the win allowing 1 run in 7 innings. Brian Moehler(1-4)
absorbed the loss. With the win, Boston continued their winning ways; their
streak now stands at 7 games and counting. 'We're running on all cylinders
now', said Gary Lucas. 'I probably shouldn't change a thing and let the guys
continue to put up the wins.'
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