August 12, 2008 Red Sox 7, Rangers 1

Taking a look at the hits, which are even at 9 apiece, you would think this game would be much closer than the final score indicates. In reality, it was. Charlie Zink's major league debut goes off without a hitch as he does his part, only allowing one run through 5 innings of work. But, he sufferes from lack of help from his teammates as Rangers starter Scott Feldman was carrying a 3-hit shutout at the end of 5 innings. Justin Masterson takes over in the top of the 6th, and in the bottom of the inning the Sox explode against six Texas pitchers sending 11 men to the plate and scoring all 7 of their runs. Warren Madrigal stops the bleeding and holds the Sox scoreless over the final 2 2/3 innings of the game. Masterson will get credit for the win, his first in relief, and David Aardsma and Hideki Okajima finish up. Despite the Rangers fairly mediocre won-loss record they have held first place in the AL West since mid-May, at one time leading the division while being 5 games below the .500 mark. The loss today and a win for the Angels puts Texas and L.A. in a tie for the division lead. The Angels have made up a 6 1/2 game defecit over the last month. The Red Sox 6th inning: *** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 *** 0 J.Drew 6- 9 20 5 Double b-2 0 2 D.Pedroia 1- 5 3 Double 2-H b-2 SUBSTITUTE P - Dustin Nippert 0 2 D.Ortiz 2- 9 5 Home Run 2-H b-H SUBSTITUTE P - Joaquin Benoit 0 K.Youkilis 6- 6 4 Walk b-1 0 1 M.Lowell 1 Wild Pitch 1-2 SUBSTITUTE P - Josh Rupe 0 2 M.Lowell 4- 3 2 Fly Out b-0 1 2 J.Bay 4- 6 6 4 Single 2-H b-1 1 1 J.Lowrie 6- 7 4 Walk 1-2 b-1 SUBSTITUTE P - Jamey Wright 1 12 C.Crisp 4- 6 4 Walk 2-3 1-2 b-1 1 123 K.Cash 1-11 6 Walk 3-H 2-3 1-2 b-1 1 123 J.Drew 3- 5 1 5 Double 3-H 2-H 1-3 b-2 SUBSTITUTE P - Warner Madrigal 1 23 D.Pedroia 2-12 1 Line Out Double Play 3-o b-0

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Texas Rangers At 2008 Boston Red Sox                 8/12/2008
 
  Rangers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  I.Kinsler 2B        5  1  2  0 .340     J.Drew RF           4  1  3  2 .282  
  M.Young SS          4  0  2  0 .309     D.Pedroia 2B        4  1  1  1 .291  
  J.Hamilton CF       5  0  1  0 .305     D.Ortiz DH          4  1  1  2 .241  
  M.Bradley DH        3  0  1  1 .300     K.Youkilis 1B,3B    2  1  1  0 .322  
  M.Byrd RF           5  0  0  0 .282     M.Lowell 3B         4  0  0  0 .249  
  F.Catalanotto LF    4  0  1  0 .320   A-S.Casey 1B          0  0  0  0 .360  
  G.Laird C           4  0  1  0 .291     J.Bay LF            4  1  1  1 .278  
  C.Davis 1B          4  0  1  0 .237     J.Lowrie SS         2  1  0  0 .228  
  R.Vazquez 3B        2  0  0  0 .295     C.Crisp CF          3  1  1  0 .267  
B-J.Ellison PH        0  0  0  0 .143     K.Cash C            2  0  1  1 .180  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  1  9  1                 Totals      29  7  9  7
 
A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Lowell In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Vazquez In 9th Inning
 
Rangers......... 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  1  9  0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 0 7  0 0    -  7  9  0
 
Rangers (61-59)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
S.Feldman LOSS(7-3)       5       5   2   2   2   1   0  65   4.70  A1 C2
D.Nippert                 0       1   1   1   0   0   1   5   6.90  C3 C3
J.Benoit                  0       0   1   1   1   0   0   5   5.56  C4 C4
J.Rupe                    0 1/3   1   2   2   1   0   0  10   5.83  C5 C7
J.Wright                  0       1   1   1   2   0   0  15   4.19  C8 D1
W.Madrigal                2 2/3   1   0   0   0   1   0  23   6.37  D2
Totals                    8       9   7   7   6   2   1
 
Red Sox (71-49)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Zink                    5       7   1   1   1   0   0  95   1.80  A1 C5
J.Masterson WIN(6-1)      2       0   0   0   2   2   0  21   2.72  C6 D4
D.Aardsma                 1       1   0   0   0   2   0   9   5.80  D5 D8
H.Okajima                 1       1   0   0   2   1   0  22   3.28  D9
Totals                    9       9   1   1   5   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 37,296 DATE- Tuesday, August 12th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Paul Emmel, Gary Darling, Jerry Meals, Bill Miller
T- 3:02
LEFT ON BASE- Rangers:13  Red Sox: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rangers: 3  Red Sox: 0
DOUBLES- G.Laird(20th), J.Drew-2(26th), D.Pedroia(31st), C.Crisp(12th),
         K.Cash(6th)
HOME RUNS- D.Ortiz(16th)
STOLEN BASES- I.Kinsler(21st)
WALKS- M.Young, M.Bradley-2, R.Vazquez, J.Ellison, K.Youkilis-2, J.Lowrie-2,
       C.Crisp, K.Cash
STRIKE OUTS- I.Kinsler, M.Young, M.Bradley, G.Laird, C.Davis, M.Lowell,
             J.Lowrie
GIDP- D.Ortiz, M.Lowell
WILD PITCHES- J.Benoit
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Jed Lowrie robbed Josh Hamilton of a base hit.
 
At Fenway Park the Texas Rangers were battered 7 to 1 by the Boston Red
Sox.
 
Boston scored all of the necessary runs in the 6th inning when they exploded
for 7 runs on 5 hits.  The big moment was provided by David Ortiz who made
the Boston fans a happy lot when he popped a two-run clout over the fence.
Both teams finished the game with 9 hits.  
 
Justin Masterson(6-1) got the win allowing no runs in 2 innings. Scott
Feldman(7-3) was given the loss.  He allowed 2 runs and 5 hits in 5 innings.

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