July 23, 2008 Red Sox 4, Mariners 0

The Sox snap a 5 game slide as Clay Buchholz goes 8 shutout innings allowing 4 hits and walking 3. Craig Hansen takes the 9th and preserves the shutout. Despite his .216 batting average, Jason Varitek again comes through when it counts with 3 RBI on a 2-run homer and an RBI single, and JD Drew also clears the fences.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 Seattle Mariners              7/23/2008
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Mariners           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Ellsbury LF       5  0  0  0 .311     I.Suzuki RF         4  0  1  0 .284  
  D.Pedroia 2B        5  1  3  0 .295     J.Lopez 2B          3  0  1  0 .246  
  J.Drew RF           4  1  2  1 .279     R.Ibanez LF         3  0  0  0 .287  
  K.Youkilis 1B       4  0  1  0 .329     J.Vidro DH          4  0  1  0 .216  
  M.Lowell 3B         4  1  1  0 .263     A.Beltre 3B         3  0  0  0 .279  
  S.Casey DH          4  0  1  1 .345     J.Reed CF           4  0  0  0 .184  
  J.Lowrie SS         4  1  1  0 .204     K.Johjima C         4  0  1  0 .186  
  J.Varitek C         4  1  2  3 .216     B.Lahair 1B         1  0  0  0 .231  
  C.Crisp CF          4  0  0  0 .268     W.Bloomquist SS     3  0  0  0 .342  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  5 11  5                 Totals      29  0  4  0
 
 
Red Sox......... 0 2 1  0 0 1  0 0 1  -  5 11  0
Mariners........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  1
 
Red Sox (62-41)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Buchholz WIN(5-3)       8       4   0   0   3   5   0 111   4.33  A1 D3
C.Hansen                  1       0   0   0   1   0   0  19   3.28  D4
Totals                    9       4   0   0   4   5   0
 
Mariners (46-55)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
F.Hernandez LOSS(6-6)     5 1/3   9   4   4   2   5   2  99   4.21  A1 C8
C.Jimenez                 1       1   0   0   1   0   0  17   2.13  C9 D4
R.Corcoran                2       1   1   0   0   1   0  32   2.85  D5 E3
B.Morrow                  0 2/3   0   0   0   2   1   0  19   1.71  E4
Totals                    9      11   5   4   5   7   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 18,135 DATE- Wednesday, July 23rd 2008 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Derryl Cousins, Angel Hernandez, Eric Cooper, Marty Foster
T- 2:57
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:11  Mariners: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1  Mariners: 1
ERRORS- K.Johjima
DOUBLES- K.Youkilis(28th), J.Vidro(14th), K.Johjima(10th)
TRIPLES- J.Lowrie(2nd)
HOME RUNS- J.Drew(16th), J.Varitek(8th)
STOLEN BASES- D.Pedroia(10th), J.Drew(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Lopez
WALKS- J.Drew, K.Youkilis, M.Lowell, S.Casey, J.Lowrie, R.Ibanez, A.Beltre,
       B.Lahair-2
STRIKE OUTS- K.Youkilis-2, M.Lowell, S.Casey, J.Lowrie-2, J.Varitek, R.Ibanez,
             J.Vidro, A.Beltre-2, J.Reed
GIDP- K.Youkilis, J.Vidro
WILD PITCHES- R.Corcoran
 
Clay Buchholz(5-3), with relief help from Craig Hansen, shut down the Seattle
Mariners hitters at SAFECO Field.  The Boston Red Sox came away with a 5 to 0
victory.
 
Boston scored 2 runs in the top of the 2nd inning.  Mike Lowell led off and
keyed the rally when he smacked a single.  Sean Casey followed, but he was
set down on strikes.  Jed Lowrie got his chance to keep things going, but he
went down on strikes.  Jason Varitek followed and he popped a two-run clout
over the fence.  That was all the runs Buchholz needed.  Boston out-hit
Seattle for the game, 11 hits to 4.  
 
Felix Hernandez(6-6) was the losing pitcher.  He allowed 9 hits and 2 walks in
5 and 1/3 innings.

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