Gary's 2008 SOM

August 12, 2008 Phillies 7, Dodgers 2

2010-05-02T10:49:00.001-04:00

Double digits hits again for the fourth straight game, with Chase Utley knocking in three runs. Two of those are on a double as part of a 4 run 6th inning which ices the 7th straight victory for the team and gives Cole Hamels his sixth straight victory and team leading 11th win. The Phillies have finally caught fire winning 10 of their last 13 games, but with two of the three best NL teams in their division still have a bit of ground to make up. 8 1/2 games behind Atlanta in the division, and 8 behind the Mets for the wild card.

Strat-O-Matic Report


BOXSCORE: 2008 Philadelphia Phillies At 2008 Los Angeles(NL) Dodger 8/12/2008
 
  Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  S.Victorino CF      5  1  1  1 .318     J.Pierre CF         4  1  2  0 .280  
  C.Utley 2B          4  1  2  3 .275     M.Kemp RF           4  1  3  0 .348  
  J.Rollins SS        5  1  2  1 .263     J.Kent 2B           4  0  1  0 .312  
  R.Howard 1B         4  0  1  0 .262     M.Ramirez LF        4  0  1  1 .323  
  P.Burrell LF        4  1  2  0 .248     C.Blake 3B          4  0  1  1 .259  
  J.Werth RF          5  0  0  0 .253     N.Garciaparra SS    3  0  1  0 .279  
  C.Coste C           2  1  0  0 .254     R.Martin C          3  0  0  0 .259  
  E.Bruntlett 3B      3  1  2  1 .209     J.Loney 1B          4  0  0  0 .244  
  C.Hamels P          3  1  0  0 .291     C.Kershaw P         1  0  0  0 .000  
B-G.Dobbs PH          1  0  0  0 .270     J.Johnson P         1  0  0  0 .400  
  C.Condrey P         0  0  0  0 .400     J.Broxton P         0  0  0  0 .100  
  S.Eyre P            0  0  0  0 .000   A-A.Ethier PH         1  0  0  0 .291  
                                          R.Troncoso P        0  0  0  0 .200  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  7 10  6                 Totals      33  2  9  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Broxton In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hamels In 8th Inning
 
Phillies........ 0 0 1  1 0 4  0 0 1  -  7 10  0
Dodgers......... 0 0 0  1 0 1  0 0 0  -  2  9  0
 
Phillies (63-56)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Hamels WIN(11-5)        7       7   2   2   1   4   0  97   3.71  A1 C9
C.Condrey                 1       2   0   0   0   0   0  18   6.61  D1 D4
S.Eyre                    1       0   0   0   1   0   0  12   4.26  D5
Totals                    9       9   2   2   2   4   0
 
Dodgers (60-59)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Kershaw LOSS(4-8)       4 2/3   6   2   2   4   4   0  90   4.06  A1 C5
J.Johnson                 0 2/3   2   4   4   2   1   0  23   3.44  C6 D2
J.Broxton                 1 2/3   0   0   0   0   2   0  21   3.23  D3 D7
R.Troncoso                2       2   1   1   0   1   1  33   0.79  D8
Totals                    9      10   7   7   6   8   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 50,711 DATE- Tuesday, August 12th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Hunter Wendelstedt, Mervin Hudson, Randy Marsh, Mike Winters
T- 2:34
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 8  Dodgers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 3  Dodgers: 0
DOUBLES- C.Utley(35th), P.Burrell-2(27th), E.Bruntlett(9th), M.Ramirez(32nd),
         C.Blake(18th), N.Garciaparra(11th)
HOME RUNS- J.Rollins(11th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Rollins
WALKS- C.Utley, R.Howard, P.Burrell, C.Coste-2, E.Bruntlett, N.Garciaparra,
       R.Martin
STRIKE OUTS- S.Victorino-2, R.Howard, P.Burrell, J.Werth-3, C.Hamels,
             M.Ramirez-2, C.Kershaw, J.Johnson
GIDP- J.Kent-2, J.Loney
WILD PITCHES- C.Kershaw, J.Broxton
WEB GEMS- Bot 1st: Pat Burrell robbed Jeff Kent of an extra base hit.
 
Chase Utley had 2 base hits and 3 RBI as the sizzling Philadelphia Phillies
defeated the Los Angeles(NL) Dodgers by a score of 7 to 2 at Dodger
Stadium.
 
Cole Hamels(11-5) pitched well for Philadelphia in their victory. He was
reached for 7 hits and 1 walk in 7 innings.  Philadelphia banged out 10 hits
on the night.  
 
Clayton Kershaw(4-8) was the loser.  Philadelphia won for the 7th straight
time.

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August 12, 2008 Red Sox 7, Rangers 1

2010-05-02T08:58:00.001-04:00

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


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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August 11, 2008 Phillies 4, Dodgers 2

2010-05-01T19:45:00.001-04:00

The Phils travel out west to Chavez Ravine for the first game of the year against the Dodgers, and for the third straight game they get double digit hits. Today though, despite 14 hits only 4 men can cross the plate but it is enough for a season best 6th straight victory. Kyle Kendrick gets his third solid start in a row for a win, and the bullpen handles the rest.

Quite a few familiar faces between the Pirates series and this one, with Brandon Moss and Craig Hansen along with my former Phillie pinch-hit master Jason Michaels seeing action for Pittsburgh and former Soxer Derek Lowe getting the loss today for L.A. And of course, who can forget Manny Ramirez. So far for the Dodgers in 10 games, Manny is batting .359 but with only one homerun and one RBI.

Strat-O-Matic Report


BOXSCORE: 2008 Philadelphia Phillies At 2008 Los Angeles(NL) Dodger 8/11/2008
 
  Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Rollins SS        5  1  2  1 .261     M.Kemp CF           4  0  1  2 .344  
  S.Victorino CF      5  0  3  0 .319     A.Ethier RF         4  0  1  0 .291  
  C.Utley 2B          5  1  1  1 .274     J.Kent 2B           4  0  1  0 .313  
  R.Howard 1B         4  0  2  0 .262     M.Ramirez LF        3  0  1  0 .324  
  P.Burrell LF        5  0  2  1 .245     J.Loney 1B          3  0  1  0 .246  
  J.Werth RF          4  1  1  0 .257     R.Martin C          4  0  0  0 .260  
  G.Dobbs 3B          4  0  1  0 .272     C.Blake 3B          2  1  1  0 .260  
  C.Ruiz C            2  1  1  0 .228     A.Berroa SS         2  1  0  0 .255  
  K.Kendrick P        1  0  0  0 .212   E-M.Sweeney PH        1  0  0  0 .100  
A-S.Taguchi PH        1  0  0  0 .186     D.Lowe P            0  0  0  0 .163  
  C.Durbin P          0  0  0  0 .000   B-J.Pierre PH         1  0  0  0 .278  
C-G.Jenkins PH        0  0  0  0 .250     J.Broxton P         0  0  0  0 .100  
D-M.Cervenak PH       1  0  1  1 .333     H.Kuo P             0  0  0  0 .222  
  J.Romero P          0  0  0  0 .000   F-P.Ozuna PH          1  0  0  0 .254  
  B.Lidge P           0  0  0  0 ----                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37  4 14  4                 Totals      29  2  6  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Kendrick In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Lowe In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Durbin In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Jenkins In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Berroa In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Kuo In 9th Inning
 
Phillies........ 0 0 1  1 1 0  0 1 0  -  4 14  1
Dodgers......... 0 2 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  6  1
 
Phillies (62-56)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
K.Kendrick WIN(5-11)      5       4   2   2   2   3   0  79   5.85  A1 C4
C.Durbin HOLD(14th)       2       1   0   0   1   2   0  17   2.66  C5 D2
J.Romero HOLD(4th)        1       1   0   0   1   0   0  11   2.25  D3 D6
B.Lidge SAVE(25th)        1       0   0   0   0   0   0  11   2.40  D7
Totals                    9       6   2   2   4   5   0
 
Dodgers (60-58)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
D.Lowe LOSS(11-9)         7      11   3   3   2   4   0 115   2.80  A1 D5
J.Broxton                 0 1/3   1   1   1   1   0   0  13   3.32  D6 D8
H.Kuo                     1 2/3   2   0   0   0   2   0  28   1.97  D9
Totals                    9      14   4   4   3   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 55,313 DATE- Monday, August 11th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Bob Davidson, Alfonso Marquez, Andy Fletcher, Mike Reilly
T- 2:57
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies:10  Dodgers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 2  Dodgers: 1
ERRORS- G.Dobbs, J.Loney
DOUBLES- R.Howard(22nd), J.Loney(27th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Blake(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- K.Kendrick, D.Lowe-2
WALKS- R.Howard, C.Ruiz-2, J.Loney, C.Blake-2, A.Berroa
HIT BY PITCH- M.Ramirez
STRIKE OUTS- S.Victorino, C.Utley, R.Howard, P.Burrell, J.Werth, K.Kendrick,
             M.Kemp-2, A.Ethier, M.Ramirez, R.Martin
GIDP- J.Werth, M.Ramirez, A.Berroa
 
In a two run game the Philadelphia Phillies got by the Los Angeles(NL) Dodgers
by the score of 4 to 2.
 
Philadelphia jumped on top of Los Angeles(NL) in the 5th inning plating an
isolated run using 2 hits.  Philadelphia had 14 hits overall, while Los
Angeles(NL) had 6.  
 
Kyle Kendrick(5-11) got the win allowing 2 runs in 5 innings. Kendrick was
helped out by Brad Lidge who recorded his 25th save.  Derek Lowe(11-9) was
the loser.  He got hit hard, allowing 11 hits and 2 walks in 7 innings.

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August 11, 2008 White Sox 2, Red Sox 0

2010-05-01T19:02:00.001-04:00

Josh Beckett pitches great, but an all too familiar scene this year sends him to his 10th loss of the season - no run support. This is the fourth time this year that Beckett has allowed three runs or less and gotten a loss to show for it. His 3.73 run support is almost a run lower than the next lowest on the team, which is Jon Lester. They are the only two Sox starters with run support less than 5.00, with Daisuke Matsuzaka leading the major leagues in run support at 6.50. Jason Marquis of the Cubs has a run support of 6.00, he and Dice-K are the only pitchers over 6. Bobby Jenks gets his 33rd save, second in the AL behind Mariano Rivera's 40 saves.

As for the game, Jim Thome strikes again with a solo homerun off of Beckett in the 4th inning for all the runs Chicago would need. Jacoby Ellsbury does his part, running rampant on the bases with three steals, however after stealing second and third in one inning Dustin Pedroia lines into a doubleplay with Ellsbury doubled off of third base. Ellsbury would be the only Boston runner to get as far as third base today.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 Chicago (AL) White Sox        8/11/2008
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Crisp CF          4  0  0  0 .266     O.Cabrera SS        4  0  0  0 .266  
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  0  1  0 .291     A.Pierzynski C      3  0  1  0 .264  
  K.Youkilis 1B       2  0  0  0 .321     C.Quentin LF        2  0  0  0 .303  
  M.Lowell 3B         3  0  0  0 .251     J.Dye RF            3  0  0  1 .344  
  J.Bay LF            3  0  0  0 .278     J.Thome DH          4  1  1  1 .234  
  J.Drew DH           3  0  0  0 .277     A.Ramirez 2B        2  0  1  0 .284  
  J.Lowrie SS         3  0  1  0 .232     K.Griffey Jr CF     3  0  0  0 .257  
  J.Varitek C         3  0  0  0 .214   A-B.Anderson CF       0  0  0  0 .258  
  J.Ellsbury RF       3  0  1  0 .299     N.Swisher 1B        3  0  0  0 .190  
                                          J.Uribe 3B          2  1  1  0 .218  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      28  0  3  0                 Totals      26  2  4  2
 
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Griffey Jr In 8th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  3  0
White Sox....... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 1    -  2  4  1
 
Red Sox (70-49)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Beckett LOSS(6-10)      7       4   1   1   1   5   1  95   3.54  A1 C8
M.Timlin                  0 2/3   0   1   1   2   0   0  15   3.20  C9 D4
J.Lopez                   0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   1.82  D5
Totals                    8       4   2   2   3   5   1
 
White Sox (73-45)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Danks WIN(11-4)         6 1/3   3   0   0   2   3   0  83   3.14  A1 C5
A.Russell HOLD(4th)       1 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0  19   4.19  C6 D1
B.Jenks SAVE(33rd)        1       0   0   0   0   0   0  15   2.26  D2
Totals                    9       3   0   0   2   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 38,274 DATE- Monday, August 11th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Fieldin Culbreth, Jim Reynolds, Tim Timmons, Gary Cederstrom
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 4  White Sox: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0  White Sox: 2
ERRORS- J.Uribe
DOUBLES- J.Uribe(11th)
HOME RUNS- J.Thome(25th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Ellsbury-3(29th)
CAUGHT STEALING- D.Pedroia, A.Ramirez
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Dye
WALKS- K.Youkilis, M.Lowell, A.Pierzynski, A.Ramirez, J.Uribe
HIT BY PITCH- K.Youkilis, C.Quentin-2
STRIKE OUTS- C.Crisp, K.Youkilis, J.Bay, J.Ellsbury, J.Dye, J.Thome, A.Ramirez,
             N.Swisher-2
GIDP- J.Varitek
 
At US Cellular Field, the Chicago (AL) faithful were treated to an intriguing
pitcher's duel.  John Danks(11-4) finally bested his Boston counterpart, Josh
Beckett(6-10), by the score of 2 to 0.
 
Boston was unable to recover after Chicago (AL) went ahead in the 4th inning
scoring a single run.  Boston went down without a fight in the 9th.  
 
Danks got relief help from Bobby Jenks who gained credit for his 33rd save.
Beckett was tagged with the loss.  He pitched 7 innings and surrendered just
4 hits and 1 walk.
 
The Chicago (AL) ballclub's record now stands at a division leading 73-45.
With the loss Boston now has a record of 70-49.

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August 10, 2008 Phillies 12, Pirates 5

2010-05-01T16:32:00.001-04:00

The Phils excel in all offensive aspects as they score double digits, rip out 14 hits off of six Pittsburgh pitchers and beat the Pirates for a sweep of the series. Ryan Howard bangs out 3 hits, while Jimmy Rollins and Jayson Werth each drive in three runs. Rollins, Werth and Geoff Jenkins each knock one over the fence, and Shane Victorino steals two bases to give him 30 steals on the season. Former Soxer Brandon Moss drove in two of the Pirates runs and had two hits, including a homerun.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates At 2008 Philadelphia Phillies     8/10/2008
 
  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  F.Sanchez 2B        4  1  1  1 .284     J.Rollins SS        5  2  2  3 .259  
  L.Rivas SS          4  1  1  0 .221     S.Victorino CF      5  2  2  0 .316  
  N.McLouth CF        4  0  1  1 .265     C.Utley 2B          5  1  2  2 .274  
  R.Doumit C          3  1  1  0 .299     R.Howard 1B         4  1  3  1 .260  
  J.Michaels RF       3  1  1  0 .207     J.Werth LF          3  2  2  3 .257  
  B.Moss LF           4  1  2  2 .202     G.Jenkins RF        4  2  1  1 .250  
  D.Mientkiewicz 1B   3  0  0  1 .262     E.Bruntlett 3B      5  0  0  0 .201  
  C.Gomez 3B          3  0  0  0 .265   C-M.Cervenak 3B       0  0  0  0 .200  
  J.Davis P           1  0  0  0 .500     C.Ruiz C            3  2  2  1 .226  
A-S.Pearce PH         1  0  0  0 .314     J.Moyer P           2  0  0  1 .077  
  J.Grabow P          0  0  0  0 .200     R.Madson P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  T.Beam P            0  0  0  0 .286     L.Walrond P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  C.Hansen P          0  0  0  0 ----                                          
B-J.Bautista PH       1  0  0  0 .237                                          
  S.Burnett P         0  0  0  0 .091                                          
  T.Yates P           0  0  0  0 .000                                          
D-J.Wilson PH         1  0  1  0 .255                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  5  8  5                 Totals      36 12 14 12
 
A-Pinch Hit For Davis In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hansen In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Bruntlett In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Yates In 9th Inning
 
Pirates......... 0 1 0  0 0 2  0 0 2  -  5  8  1
Phillies........ 1 0 0  4 2 2  2 1    - 12 14  0
 
Pirates (45-72)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Davis LOSS(0-1)         4       8   5   5   2   0   1  75   7.27  A1 C4
J.Grabow                  0 1/3   1   2   2   2   1   0  22   3.11  C5 C8
T.Beam                    1 1/3   2   2   2   0   0   1  15   6.61  C9 D5
C.Hansen                  0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.18  D6 D6
S.Burnett                 0 2/3   1   2   2   1   0   1  10   5.85  D7 E1
T.Yates                   1 1/3   2   1   1   0   0   0  21   6.19  E2
Totals                    8      14  12  12   5   1   3
 
Phillies (61-56)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Moyer WIN(10-9)         6 1/3   5   3   3   2   2   1  96   3.98  A1 C8
R.Madson                  1 2/3   2   2   2   0   1   1  28   5.14  C9 D6
L.Walrond                 1       1   0   0   0   1   0  11   0.00  D7
Totals                    9       8   5   5   2   4   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 39,140 DATE- Sunday, August 10th 2008 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Jerry Crawford, Tom Hallion, Brian O'Nora, Paul Naubert
T- 2:46
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 4  Phillies: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0  Phillies: 1
ERRORS- L.Rivas
DOUBLES- B.Moss(7th), C.Utley(34th)
TRIPLES- L.Rivas(1st)
HOME RUNS- F.Sanchez(6th), B.Moss(6th), J.Rollins(10th), J.Werth(16th),
           G.Jenkins(9th)
STOLEN BASES- S.Victorino-2(30th), J.Werth(8th)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Utley
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Moyer, R.Madson
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Mientkiewicz
WALKS- R.Doumit, C.Gomez, R.Howard, J.Werth-2, G.Jenkins, C.Ruiz
HIT BY PITCH- J.Michaels
STRIKE OUTS- C.Gomez, J.Davis, S.Pearce, J.Bautista, E.Bruntlett
GIDP- J.Michaels
WILD PITCHES- S.Burnett
 
In a lop-sided win the Philadelphia Phillies offense put up 4 runs on the
scoreboard in the 4th inning and ripped the league door-mat Pittsburgh
Pirates by a 12 to 5 count.
 
Philadelphia scored 4 runs in the 4th inning with the help of 6 hits.  The key
offensive moment was provided by Chase Utley who made the home-town crowd a
happy bunch when he banged out a single scoring two baserunners.
Philadelphia had many opportunities throughout the game and scored in 6
separate innings.  
 
Jamie Moyer(10-9) went 6 and 1/3 innings allowing 3 runs for the win. Jason
Davis(0-1) absorbed the loss.  He allowed 8 hits and 2 walks in 4 innings.

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August 10, 2008 White Sox 7, Red Sox 6

2010-05-01T13:21:00.001-04:00

The long ball can be your friend, and it can also be your enemy. David Ortiz puts two into the seats and Jason Bay tosses in a homer while the Red Sox bust out to a 6-3 lead off of former Phillie Gavin Floyd. But, Chicago can also swing a mean bat (they lead the majors in homeruns at 181), with all of their scoring today coming off homers. Orlando Cabrera rips a 3-run shot in the 3rd and Jim Thome takes Paps deep in the bottom of the 8th for a 3-run blast of his own to tie the game 6-6. Paps sails through the 9th and stays in for the 10th, but after getting an out Carlos Quentin takes him deep for a walk-off homer.

Only the third blown save for Papelbon on the year in 25 chances, and the two homers allowed by him today in 1 2/3 innings doubles his season total of homers allowed as he had allowed just two in almost 45 innings previously. So he isn't Mr. Automatic after all, we can't all be perfect. :)

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 Chicago (AL) White Sox        8/10/2008
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Ellsbury CF       4  1  0  0 .299     O.Cabrera SS        5  1  1  3 .268  
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  1  1  1 .291     A.Pierzynski C      5  0  1  0 .264  
  D.Ortiz DH          5  2  3  3 .241     C.Quentin LF        4  2  2  1 .304  
E-C.Crisp PR,DH       0  0  0  0 .270     J.Dye RF            2  1  1  0 .346  
  J.Drew RF           4  0  0  0 .279     J.Thome DH          4  1  1  3 .234  
  M.Lowell 3B         5  0  0  0 .253     P.Konerko 1B        4  0  0  0 .268  
  J.Bay LF            4  1  1  1 .280     N.Swisher CF        4  1  1  0 .191  
  S.Casey 1B          4  1  2  0 .360     A.Ramirez 2B        4  0  0  0 .283  
B-J.Lowrie SS         1  0  0  0 .229     J.Uribe 3B          4  1  2  0 .215  
  J.Varitek C         4  0  0  0 .216   C-D.Wise PR           0  0  0  0 .226  
  A.Cora SS           3  0  1  1 .303   D-C.Getz 3B           0  0  0  0 ----  
A-K.Youkilis PH,1B    1  0  0  0 .323                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      39  6  8  6                 Totals      36  7  9  7
 
A-Pinch Hit For Cora In 9th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Casey In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Uribe In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Wise In 10th Inning
E-Pinch Ran For Ortiz In 10th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 3 1 0  1 1 0  0 0 0  0 -  6  8  0
White Sox....... 0 3 0  0 0 0  0 3 0  1 -  7  9  1
 
Red Sox (70-48)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Buchholz                5 2/3   4   3   3   2   5   1 101   5.42  A1 C5
M.Delcarmen HOLD(8th)     2       1   1   1   0   5   0  32   2.81  C6 D3
J.Papelbon L(6-2) BS(3rd) 1 2/3   4   3   3   0   2   2  28   1.55  D4
Totals                    9 1/3   9   7   7   2  12   3
 
White Sox (72-45)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
G.Floyd                   4 1/3   7   6   6   0   1   3  72   3.80  A1 C3
D.Carrasco                4       0   0   0   1   3   0  44   4.60  C4 D8
M.Thornton                1       1   0   0   1   1   0  27   2.64  D9 E4
O.Dotel WIN(3-3)          0 2/3   0   0   0   1   2   0   9   3.74  E5
Totals                   10       8   6   6   3   7   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 37,160 DATE- Sunday, August 10th 2008 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Gary Darling, Jerry Meals, Bill Miller, Paul Emmel
T- 3:17
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 7  White Sox: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1  White Sox: 0
ERRORS- O.Cabrera
DOUBLES- D.Pedroia(30th), A.Cora(4th)
HOME RUNS- D.Ortiz-2(15th), J.Bay(21st), O.Cabrera(7th), C.Quentin(25th),
           J.Thome(24th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Ellsbury(26th), C.Crisp(21st)
WALKS- D.Pedroia, J.Drew, J.Bay, J.Dye-2
HIT BY PITCH- J.Ellsbury, C.Quentin
STRIKE OUTS- J.Ellsbury-2, D.Pedroia, M.Lowell, J.Bay, J.Lowrie, J.Varitek,
             O.Cabrera, A.Pierzynski-3, J.Thome-2, P.Konerko-2, N.Swisher,
             A.Ramirez-2, J.Uribe
GIDP- J.Thome
WILD PITCHES- G.Floyd, O.Dotel
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: J.D. Drew robbed A.J. Pierzynski of a Homerun!
 
Carlos Quentin lofted one into the 'cheap seats' and D.J. Carrasco came
through with a solid 4 innings as the Chicago (AL) White Sox defeated the
Boston Red Sox in 10 innings by a score of 7 to 6 at US Cellular Field.
 
The score was tied at 6 after nine.  Chicago (AL) won the game in the 10th
inning.  After an out was recorded, Quentin blasted a solo shot making
Chicago (AL) the winners and sending the 37,160 fans home happy.  Chicago
(AL) had a total of 9 hits for the game.  
 
The win was credited to Octavio Dotel(3-3) who went 2/3 of an inning allowing
no runs. Jonathan Papelbon(6-2) ended up with the loss in relief.

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August 9, 2008 Mariners 3, Rays 0

2010-05-01T12:45:00.001-04:00

Mariners pitche Ryan Rowland-Smith has one of the more interesting starts you will see, taking a no-hitter into the 9th inning. Carl Crawford breaks up the gem by leading off the 9th with a single. At least a gem in regards to hits, as Rowland-Smith had thrown 137 pitches and walked seven batters.

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Event Codes:  B
BOXSCORE: 2008 Tampa Bay Rays At 2008 Seattle Mariners               8/9/2008
 
  Rays               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Mariners           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Iwamura 2B        1  0  0  0 .263     I.Suzuki DH         3  0  2  0 .284  
  B.Upton CF          4  0  0  0 .260     J.Reed CF           3  0  0  1 .220  
  C.Crawford LF       4  0  1  0 .257     R.Ibanez LF         2  1  1  1 .305  
  C.Pena 1B           2  0  0  0 .217   A-W.Bloomquist LF     1  0  0  0 .326  
  J.Bartlett DH       3  0  0  0 .301     A.Beltre 3B         4  0  0  0 .276  
  B.Zobrist SS        3  0  0  0 .184     J.Lopez 2B          4  0  2  0 .252  
  W.Aybar 3B          2  0  0  0 .199     W.Balentien RF      3  0  1  1 .176  
B-E.Longoria PH       0  0  0  0 .260     B.Lahair 1B         3  0  0  0 .357  
  D.Navarro C         4  0  0  0 .283     K.Johjima C         2  1  0  0 .194  
  G.Gross RF          3  0  0  0 .239     Y.Betancourt SS     2  1  1  0 .303  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      26  0  1  0                 Totals      27  3  7  3
 
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Ibanez In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Aybar In 9th Inning
 
Rays............ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  1  2
Mariners........ 0 0 2  0 0 1  0 0    -  3  7  0
 
Rays (64-52)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
M.Garza LOSS(8-6)         5 1/3   7   3   2   0   2   0 107   5.01  A1 C6
T.Miller                  2 2/3   0   0   0   1   2   0  34   2.41  C7
Totals                    8       7   3   2   1   4   0
 
Mariners (54-63)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
R.Rowland-Sm WIN(3-3)     8       1   0   0   7   5   0 137   3.15  A1 D3
R.Corcoran HOLD(5th)      0 2/3   0   0   0   2   1   0  23   3.48  D4 D7
J.Putz SAVE(9th)          0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.22  D8
Totals                    9       1   0   0   9   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 45,447 DATE- Saturday, August 9th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Derryl Cousins, Angel Hernandez, Eric Cooper, Marty Foster
T- 2:54
LEFT ON BASE- Rays: 8  Mariners: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rays: 2  Mariners: 2
ERRORS- B.Upton, M.Garza
TRIPLES- I.Suzuki(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- I.Suzuki(22nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- I.Suzuki, J.Reed
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Ibanez
WALKS- A.Iwamura-3, C.Pena-2, J.Bartlett, B.Zobrist, W.Aybar, E.Longoria,
       Y.Betancourt
HIT BY PITCH- K.Johjima
STRIKE OUTS- A.Iwamura, B.Upton, B.Zobrist-2, D.Navarro, G.Gross, I.Suzuki,
             A.Beltre-2, W.Balentien
GIDP- W.Aybar, J.Reed, W.Balentien
 
At SAFECO Field, the Seattle faithful were treated to an intriguing pitcher's
duel.  Ryan Rowland-Smith(3-3) finally bested his Tampa Bay counterpart, Matt
Garza(8-6), by the score of 3 to 0.
 
Seattle tallied 2 runs in the 3rd inning.  Kenji Johjima led off the inning
for Seattle when he was hit by a pitch.  Yuniesky Betancourt stepped into the
batter's box and he laced a single.  Ichiro Suzuki then reached on an error.
Jeremy Reed followed and he worked the squeeze play to perfection.  Raul
Ibanez came to the plate and hit a deep fly.  That scoring would be all that
was needed.  Seattle totaled 7 hits on the night.  
 
J.J. Putz earned the save, his 9th.  Garza absorbed the loss.  He pitched 5
and 1/3 innings and surrendered 7 hits and no walks.

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August 9, 2008 Phillies 7, Pirates 1

2010-04-29T18:36:00.001-04:00

The Phillies flex the muscles as Chris Coste rips out 2 homeruns, Chase Utley gets an inside the park job, and Ryan Howard smokes his league leading 35th over the fence as they dispatch the Pirates with ease for their 4th straight win. Pitcher Brett Myers almost has as many hits with the bat as he allowed for the game, going 2 for 3 at the plate with a double while allowing 3 hits through 7 innings. Myers also breaks a personal 3 game losing streak with the win.

You may notice in the box score that Eric Bruntlett came in to pinch-run for Utley in the 8th inning, which may seem a bit odd. Utley was hit by a pitch, and the play by play says that the pitch nailed him in the head and he was helped down to first base. Just to keep things a bit realistic, I took Utley out of the game at that point as any player would be if they were beaned in the head. Bruntlett is my only other second baseman on the team, so he came in to play second in the top of the 9th.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates At 2008 Philadelphia Phillies      8/9/2008
 
  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  F.Sanchez 2B        4  0  1  0 .284     J.Rollins SS        3  1  2  1 .257  
  D.Mientkiewicz 1B   4  0  0  0 .266     S.Victorino CF      5  0  1  0 .315  
  N.McLouth CF        3  0  0  0 .265     C.Utley 2B          4  1  1  1 .273  
  R.Doumit C          4  0  1  0 .299   B-E.Bruntlett PR,2B   0  0  0  0 .207  
  B.Moss LF           3  0  0  0 .189     R.Howard 1B         4  1  1  1 .255  
  S.Pearce RF         4  1  1  0 .324     P.Burrell LF        4  0  1  0 .243  
  J.Bautista 3B       4  0  1  1 .238     J.Werth RF          4  0  0  0 .253  
  L.Rivas SS          3  0  0  0 .221     G.Dobbs 3B          4  1  2  0 .273  
  I.Snell P           1  0  1  0 .243     C.Condrey P         0  0  0  0 .400  
  S.Burnett P         1  0  0  0 .091     L.Walrond P         0  0  0  0 ----  
                                          C.Coste C           3  2  2  3 .256  
                                          B.Myers P           3  1  2  0 .186  
                                        A-M.Cervenak 3B       1  0  0  0 .200  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  1  5  1                 Totals      35  7 12  6
 
A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Myers In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Utley In 8th Inning
 
Pirates......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  5  1
Phillies........ 0 4 0  0 2 1  0 0    -  7 12  1
 
Pirates (45-71)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
I.Snell LOSS(7-10)        5       9   7   7   2   4   4 119   5.59  A1 C8
S.Burnett                 3       3   0   0   2   3   0  47   5.57  C9
Totals                    8      12   7   7   4   7   4
 
Phillies (60-56)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Myers WIN(8-8)          7       3   1   1   3   4   0  96   3.66  A1 C7
C.Condrey                 1       1   0   0   0   0   0  10   6.75  C8 D2
L.Walrond                 1       1   0   0   0   0   0  15   0.00  D3
Totals                    9       5   1   1   3   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 40,566 DATE- Saturday, August 9th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Tony Randazzo, Rick Reed, Jeff Kellogg, Mark Wegner
T- 3:05
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 6  Phillies: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 2  Phillies: 1
ERRORS- F.Sanchez, M.Cervenak
DOUBLES- S.Pearce(4th), S.Victorino(26th), B.Myers
TRIPLES- J.Rollins(3rd)
HOME RUNS- C.Utley(33rd), R.Howard(35th), C.Coste-2(10th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Rollins(26th)
CAUGHT STEALING- B.Moss
WALKS- N.McLouth, B.Moss, I.Snell, J.Rollins-2, R.Howard, C.Coste
HIT BY PITCH- C.Utley
STRIKE OUTS- N.McLouth, S.Pearce-2, L.Rivas, C.Utley, R.Howard-3, P.Burrell,
             J.Werth, M.Cervenak
GIDP- F.Sanchez, J.Rollins, S.Victorino
WILD PITCHES- I.Snell
WEB GEMS- Top 6th: Chase Utley robbed Nate McLouth of a base hit.
          Top 7th: Greg Dobbs robbed Jose Bautista of a base hit.
 
Chris Coste blasted 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI as the Philadelphia Phillies
defeated the woeful Pittsburgh Pirates 7 to 1 at Citizen's Bank Park.
 
Coste provided much of the offense.  He cracked a two-run shot in the 2nd
inning and lofted a solo-blast 'downtown' in the 6th inning.  Philadelphia
had 12 hits overall, while Pittsburgh had 5.  
 
Brett Myers(8-8) went 7 innings allowing 1 run for the win. Ian Snell(7-10)
was the losing pitcher.  He allowed 4 homeruns in 5 innings of work.

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August 9, 2008 Red Sox 5, White Sox 4

2010-04-28T21:46:00.001-04:00

It didn't look like a win at first when Chicago gets 4 runs off of Daisuke Matsuzaka in the 2nd inning on only two hits via a Jed Lowrie error, an RBI double for Nick Swisher and a 3-run blast for Dewayne Wise, but that would be the only inning in which the White Sox would get a hit or score a run. The Sox bail Dice-K out with David Ortiz ripping a solo homerun in the 4th, Lowrie makes up for his eror with a 6th inning 2-run double, and Kevin Youkilis puts them ahead for good with a 2-run single in the 7th. That puts Matsuzaka in line for his 12th win, Justin Masterson goes the 7th and 8th innings striking out 4 and Paps takes the 9th whiffing two more for his 22nd save. Chicago only leaves one runner on base for the game, and all four runs are unearned.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 Chicago (AL) White Sox         8/9/2008
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Drew RF           2  0  0  0 .282     O.Cabrera SS        4  0  0  0 .269  
A-C.Crisp PR,CF       1  1  0  0 .270     A.Pierzynski C      4  0  0  0 .265  
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  1  0  0 .291     C.Quentin LF        3  0  0  0 .302  
  D.Ortiz DH          4  1  2  1 .234     J.Dye RF            4  0  0  0 .346  
  K.Youkilis 1B       5  0  1  2 .324     J.Thome DH          4  1  0  0 .234  
  M.Lowell 3B         4  1  2  0 .257     A.Ramirez 2B        3  0  0  0 .286  
  J.Bay LF            4  1  1  0 .280     N.Swisher 1B        2  1  1  1 .190  
  J.Lowrie SS         3  0  2  2 .232     J.Uribe 3B          2  1  0  0 .209  
  J.Ellsbury CF,RF    4  0  0  0 .302     D.Wise CF           3  1  1  3 .226  
  J.Varitek C         4  0  0  0 .218                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  5  8  5                 Totals      29  4  2  4
 
A-Pinch Ran For Drew In 7th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  1 0 2  2 0 0  -  5  8  2
White Sox....... 0 4 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  4  2  0
 
Red Sox (70-47)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
D.Matsuzaka WIN(12-3)     6       2   4   0   2   5   1  70   3.39  A1 C5
J.Masterson HOLD(2nd)     2       0   0   0   1   4   0  26   2.79  C6 D2
J.Papelbon SAVE(22nd)     1       0   0   0   0   2   0  10   1.01  D3
Totals                    9       2   4   0   3  11   1
 
White Sox (71-45)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Contreras               5 2/3   6   3   3   2   1   1  91   3.27  A1 C7
A.Russell L(1-2) H(3rd)   0 2/3   0   2   2   2   1   0  18   4.58  C8 D2
M.Thornton BS(6th)        0       1   0   0   1   0   0  11   2.68  D3 D4
D.Carrasco                2 2/3   1   0   0   0   4   0  33   6.17  D5
Totals                    9       8   5   5   5   6   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 39,558 DATE- Saturday, August 9th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Tim Timmons, Gary Cederstrom, Fieldin Culbreth, Jim Reynolds
T- 2:31
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 8  White Sox: 1
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0  White Sox: 0
ERRORS- J.Lowrie, D.Matsuzaka
DOUBLES- J.Lowrie(9th), N.Swisher(17th)
HOME RUNS- D.Ortiz(13th), D.Wise(5th)
STOLEN BASES- M.Lowell(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- N.Swisher
WALKS- J.Drew-2, D.Pedroia, D.Ortiz, J.Lowrie, C.Quentin, N.Swisher, J.Uribe
STRIKE OUTS- C.Crisp, J.Bay-2, J.Ellsbury, J.Varitek-2, O.Cabrera,
             A.Pierzynski-3, C.Quentin, J.Thome-2, J.Uribe-2, D.Wise-2
 
David Ortiz blasted a homerun as the Boston Red Sox outscored the Chicago (AL)
White Sox 5 to 4.
 
In the top of the 7th inning Boston scored 2 runs.  The key offensive moment
was provided by Kevin Youkilis who silenced the crowd when he banged out a
single which was good for two runs.  Jonathan Papelbon was perfect in the
ninth giving him his 22nd save on the season.  
 
The victory was credited to Daisuke Matsuzaka(12-3) who went 6 innings,
allowing 4 runs. Adam Russell(1-2) was the losing pitcher in relief.  By
surrending 2 runs in 2/3 of an inning his ERA jumped from 3.71 to 4.58.
 
Boston now has a record of a division leading 70-47.  Chicago (AL) has a
record of 71-45 after the loss.

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August 8, 2008 Phillies 3, Pirates 2

2010-04-28T18:41:00.001-04:00

Once again on 8/8/08 the number 8 seems pretty good as Chris Coste's 8th homerun of the year, good for a 2-run shot, breaks a scoreles tie in the 7th inning as the Phillies win their first game in the yearly battle of Pennsylvania after being swept by the Pirates back in April. Joe Blanton goes to 2-1 as a Phillie pitching scoreless ball, but Brad Lidge loses the shutout in the 9th by allowing two runs and still records the save (undeserved if you ask me). Third straight win for the Phils and they sit three games over the .500 mark for their best record all season.

Speaking of won-loss records, Pittsburgh has the second worst record in the National League (45-70) above only the Nationals (39-77) . The Nats won their third straight game today for a season best winning streak and have won 7 of their last 11 for their best run of the year so far, but they still sit seven games worse than the Pirates.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Pittsburgh Pirates At 2008 Philadelphia Phillies      8/8/2008
 
  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  F.Sanchez 2B        4  0  1  0 .284     J.Rollins SS        4  1  1  0 .253  
  D.Mientkiewicz 1B   4  1  1  0 .271     S.Victorino CF      4  0  2  0 .316  
  N.McLouth CF        4  0  0  0 .267     C.Utley 2B          4  0  1  1 .273  
  R.Doumit C          4  1  2  1 .299     R.Howard 1B         3  0  0  0 .255  
  B.Moss LF           3  0  1  1 .195     P.Burrell LF        4  0  0  0 .243  
  S.Pearce RF         4  0  0  0 .333     J.Werth RF          3  1  1  0 .257  
  J.Bautista 3B       3  0  1  0 .238     C.Coste C           2  1  1  2 .250  
  L.Rivas SS          2  0  0  0 .225     E.Bruntlett 3B      3  0  0  0 .207  
A-C.Gomez PH,SS       1  0  1  0 .271     J.Blanton P         2  0  0  0 .000  
  P.Maholm P          2  0  0  0 .152     C.Durbin P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Grabow P          0  0  0  0 .200   C-G.Jenkins PH        1  0  0  0 .250  
B-J.Michaels PH       1  0  0  0 .205     B.Lidge P           0  0  0  0 ----  
  T.Yates P           0  0  0  0 .000                                          
  C.Hansen P          0  0  0  0 ----                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  2  7  2                 Totals      30  3  6  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Rivas In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Grabow In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Durbin In 8th Inning
 
Pirates......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 2  -  2  7  0
Phillies........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  2 1    -  3  6  0
 
Pirates (45-70)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
P.Maholm LOSS(4-11)       6 2/3   4   2   2   1   8   1 101   4.66  A1 C7
J.Grabow                  0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.85  C8 C8
T.Yates                   0 2/3   2   1   1   0   0   0  15   6.18  C9 D3
C.Hansen                  0 1/3   0   0   0   1   1   0  10   3.21  D4
Totals                    8       6   3   3   2   9   1
 
Phillies (59-56)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Blanton WIN(9-8)        7 1/3   4   0   0   1   3   0  91   3.75  A1 C8
C.Durbin HOLD(13th)       0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   2.74  C9 C9
B.Lidge SAVE(24th)        1       3   2   2   0   3   0  30   2.45  D1
Totals                    9       7   2   2   1   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 42,729 DATE- Friday, August 8th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Doug Eddings, Lance Barksdale, Dana Demuth, Ted Barrett
T- 2:56
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 4  Phillies: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0  Phillies: 2
DOUBLES- R.Doumit(26th), J.Rollins(24th)
TRIPLES- S.Victorino(6th)
HOME RUNS- C.Coste(8th)
STOLEN BASES- S.Victorino(28th)
WALKS- B.Moss, R.Howard, C.Coste
STRIKE OUTS- F.Sanchez-2, N.McLouth, S.Pearce-2, P.Maholm, C.Utley, R.Howard-3,
             P.Burrell-2, J.Werth, J.Blanton-2
GIDP- D.Mientkiewicz, J.Michaels
PASSED BALLS- C.Coste
 
One run was the difference at Citizen's Bank Park as the Philadelphia Phillies
defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 3 to 2.
 
Joe Blanton(9-8) looked very much in control throughout the night.  He was
stingy on the mound, allowing just 4 hits and 1 walk in 7 and 1/3 innings.
The game was a scoreless duel until the 7th inning.  
 
Blanton was helped out by Brad Lidge who recorded his 24th save.  Paul
Maholm(4-11) was the loser.  He pitched 6 and 2/3 innings giving up 4 hits
and 1 walk.

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August 8, 2008 Red Sox 10, White Sox 3

2010-04-27T20:55:00.001-04:00

The American League's two best teams do battle in the battle of the Sox, and the Red ones score double digits with every starter getting at least one hit. Kevin Youkilis and Big Papi each jack one out of the yard, and Jason Bay has his best day so far as a member of the Red Sox as they roll to the win.

I guess 8's are wild today on an appropiate date (8/8/08!!) as the BoSox knock around Mark Buehrle to the tune of 8 runs, the Chicago gets 8 hits for the game, Red Sox hitters strike out 8 times, and due to an error two of the runs were unearned so the White Sox pitchers allow 8 earned runs. Even the time and attendance have 8's in them - 38, 098 people and a time of 3:18. I just noticed this one too, the time right now on my clock - 8:58 PM! Gonna play the lottery after this one!!!

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 Chicago (AL) White Sox         8/8/2008
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Drew RF           4  1  1  2 .284     O.Cabrera SS        4  1  3  0 .271  
  D.Pedroia 2B        5  1  2  0 .294     A.Pierzynski C      4  0  0  0 .268  
  D.Ortiz DH          5  2  1  2 .230     C.Quentin LF        3  0  0  1 .304  
  K.Youkilis 1B,3B    5  2  2  2 .325     J.Dye RF            4  1  2  2 .349  
  M.Lowell 3B         4  1  1  0 .254     K.Griffey Jr DH     4  0  0  0 .259  
A-A.Cora PR,SS        0  0  0  0 .302     P.Konerko 1B        2  0  0  0 .272  
  J.Bay LF            5  1  3  2 .281     N.Swisher CF        3  0  0  0 .189  
  J.Lowrie SS         5  0  2  1 .217     A.Ramirez 2B        4  0  2  0 .289  
B-S.Casey 1B          0  0  0  0 .356     J.Uribe 3B          4  1  1  0 .211  
  J.Varitek C         4  1  1  0 .221                                          
  C.Crisp CF          4  1  1  1 .271                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      41 10 14 10                 Totals      32  3  8  3
 
A-Pinch Ran For Lowell In 9th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Lowrie In 9th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  2 3 1  2 0 2  - 10 14  0
White Sox....... 0 0 0  0 0 3  0 0 0  -  3  8  1
 
Red Sox (69-47)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Lester WIN(10-7)        7 1/3   7   3   3   1   4   1  93   3.47  A1 D2
D.Aardsma                 1       0   0   0   1   2   0  14   5.97  D3 D6
J.Lopez                   0 2/3   1   0   0   0   1   0  14   1.83  D7
Totals                    9       8   3   3   2   7   1
 
White Sox (71-44)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
M.Buehrle LOSS(11-5)      6 2/3  10   8   6   1   7   2 116   3.90  A1 D4
E.Wassermann              2       3   2   2   1   1   0  27   3.00  D5 E5
A.Russell                 0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   8   3.71  E6
Totals                    9      14  10   8   2   8   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 38,098 DATE- Friday, August 8th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Eric Cooper, Marty Foster, Derryl Cousins, Angel Hernandez
T- 3:18
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 6  White Sox: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2  White Sox: 1
ERRORS- J.Uribe
DOUBLES- C.Crisp(11th), O.Cabrera(25th)
HOME RUNS- D.Ortiz(12th), K.Youkilis(27th), J.Dye(32nd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Quentin
WALKS- J.Drew, M.Lowell, P.Konerko, N.Swisher
HIT BY PITCH- P.Konerko
STRIKE OUTS- J.Drew-2, D.Pedroia, K.Youkilis-2, M.Lowell, J.Bay, C.Crisp,
             A.Pierzynski-2, C.Quentin, K.Griffey Jr, N.Swisher-2, A.Ramirez
GIDP- D.Ortiz, K.Griffey Jr
WILD PITCHES- D.Aardsma
 
The Boston Red Sox cruised to a 10 to 3 victory over the Chicago (AL) White
Sox at US Cellular Field.
 
Boston jumped on top to stay in the top of the 4th inning scoring 2 runs.
J.D. Drew led off and he drew a walk.  After an out was recorded, David Ortiz
came up and he cracked a two-run shot.  Boston ended up with 14 hits for the
game while Chicago (AL) had 8.  
 
The win went to Jon Lester(10-7) who allowed 3 runs in 7 and 1/3 innings. Mark
Buehrle(11-5) was the loser.  He was not very effective, surrendering 8 runs
in 6 and 2/3 innings.

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August 7, 2008 Phillies 3, Marlins 2

2010-04-25T15:23:00.001-04:00

After being mired in a 6 for 43 slump, Jimmy Rollins has gotten back to his leadoff self the last two games. 2 for 3 with a walk last game with a steal, and a perfect 3 for 3 today again with a walk and a steal as the Phils win a squeaker and take two of three from the Marlins. Cole Hamels becomes the first Phillie to 10 wins, Brad Lidge gets his 23rd save and the team holds the opposition to three runs of less for the 8th time in the last 11 games. The Phillies are second in the wild card standings, but unfourtunately 10 1/2 games behind the wildcard leading Mets.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Florida Marlins At 2008 Philadelphia Phillies         8/7/2008
 
  Marlins            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  H.Ramirez SS        3  0  2  1 .304     J.Rollins SS        3  1  3  2 .254  
B-M.Jacobs PH         1  0  0  0 .230     S.Victorino CF      2  0  1  0 .314  
  M.Hendrickson P     0  0  0  0 .158     C.Utley 2B          4  0  1  0 .273  
  J.Hermida RF        4  0  1  0 .209     R.Howard 1B         4  0  0  1 .257  
  J.Cantu 1B          4  0  0  0 .284     P.Burrell LF        4  0  0  0 .246  
  J.Willingham LF     3  1  0  0 .302     B.Lidge P           0  0  0  0 ----  
  D.Uggla 2B          4  0  3  0 .263     G.Jenkins RF        3  1  1  0 .251  
  W.Helms 3B          4  0  0  1 .281     E.Bruntlett 3B      4  1  2  0 .211  
  C.Ross CF           4  0  0  0 .237     C.Ruiz C            4  0  0  0 .220  
  M.Treanor C         2  1  0  0 .246     C.Hamels P          2  0  1  0 .308  
  C.Volstad P         1  0  0  0 .182   D-M.Cervenak PH       1  0  0  0 .250  
A-L.Gonzalez PH       1  0  0  0 .204     C.Durbin P          0  0  0  0 .000  
C-A.Amezaga SS        0  0  0  0 .245   E-J.Werth LF          0  0  0  0 .256  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  2  6  2                 Totals      31  3  9  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Volstad In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Ramirez In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Gonzalez In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Hamels In 7th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Durbin In 9th Inning
 
Marlins......... 0 0 0  0 1 1  0 0 0  -  2  6  0
Phillies........ 1 2 0  0 0 0  0 0    -  3  9  1
 
Marlins (48-67)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Volstad LOSS(1-2)       6       6   3   3   3   3   0  95   2.34  A1 C7
M.Hendrickso              2       3   0   0   1   1   0  37   5.54  C8
Totals                    8       9   3   3   4   4   0
 
Phillies (58-56)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Hamels WIN(10-5)        7       6   2   2   1   5   0 100   3.76  A1 D1
C.Durbin HOLD(12th)       1       0   0   0   0   0   0  13   2.77  D2 D4
B.Lidge SAVE(23rd)        1       0   0   0   0   2   0   9   2.09  D5
Totals                    9       6   2   2   1   7   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 41,379 DATE- Thursday, August 7th 2008 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Jeff Kellogg, Mark Wegner, Tony Randazzo, Rick Reed
T- 2:46
LEFT ON BASE- Marlins: 5  Phillies: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Marlins: 2  Phillies: 1
ERRORS- E.Bruntlett
DOUBLES- J.Hermida(17th), D.Uggla-2(27th), J.Rollins(23rd)
STOLEN BASES- J.Rollins(25th), C.Utley(6th), E.Bruntlett(6th)
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Volstad
WALKS- M.Treanor, J.Rollins, S.Victorino-2, G.Jenkins
HIT BY PITCH- J.Willingham
STRIKE OUTS- J.Hermida-2, J.Willingham, D.Uggla, W.Helms, C.Ross, C.Volstad,
             C.Utley, P.Burrell, C.Ruiz, C.Hamels
GIDP- S.Victorino, C.Utley
WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Shane Victorino robbed Jeremy Hermida of a Homerun!
 
The Philadelphia Phillies edged the Florida Marlins at Citizen's Bank Park by
the score of 3 to 2.
 
The game started off with Philadelphia taking the lead in the first scoring a
single run.  Florida was set down quietly in the 9th.  
 
Cole Hamels(10-5) got credit for the victory, pitching 7 innings and allowing
2 runs. Hamels got help from Brad Lidge who earned his 23rd save.  Chris
Volstad(1-2) was hit with the loss.

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August 7, 2008 Nationals 14, Rockies 10

2010-04-25T14:53:00.001-04:00

It took over four months and this game sure as hell wasn't pretty, but Jason Bergmann will take it as he finally gets win number one of the 2008 season. Blessed with a big 11-2 lead, Bergamnn and two other pitchers almost implode when the Rockies score 7 runs in the 7th to close within a run, but the Nats score 3 in the top of the 9th to seal the deal and send Bergmann home happy now that he is 1-12. Six errors between the two teams (four by the Nationals with three of those errors from Ryan Zimmerman including two in the same inning) make 12 of the 24 total runs in the game unearned.

This was game two of a doubleheader, and the Nationals also won game one 7-3 for a two game winning streak to tie their highest winning streak of the season which they have now accomplished seven times.

Play account follows the box score.

Strat-O-Matic Report


Event Codes:  G
BOXSCORE: 2008 Washington Nationals At 2008 Colorado Rockies         8/7/2008
 
  Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Rockies            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Bonifacio 2B      5  0  1  0 .244     W.Taveras CF        4  1  2  0 .219  
  C.Guzman SS         6  1  1  0 .256   B-C.Barmes PH         0  0  0  1 .278  
  R.Zimmerman 3B      3  3  1  0 .282     M.Herges P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  A.Kearns RF         5  3  3  1 .216     T.Buchholz P        0  0  0  0 .000  
  L.Milledge CF       5  3  3  6 .240     L.Vizcaino P        0  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Flores C          5  0  1  0 .298   D-C.Iannetta PH       1  0  1  0 .212  
  R.Belliard 1B       4  2  2  2 .339     J.Baker 2B          6  0  0  0 .276  
  W.Harris LF         5  2  3  3 .226     M.Holliday LF       4  2  1  1 .375  
  J.Bergmann P        4  0  0  0 .000     B.Hawpe RF          4  0  1  0 .268  
  C.Manning P         0  0  0  0 .000     G.Atkins 1B         5  2  1  1 .288  
  S.Rivera P          0  0  0  0 .000     I.Stewart 3B        4  1  0  1 .293  
  S.Shell P           0  0  0  0 ----     T.Tulowitzki SS     5  1  1  1 .302  
C-R.Langerhans PH     1  0  1  2 .241     Y.Torrealba C       5  2  3  3 .322  
  L.Ayala P           0  0  0  0 ----     J.Francis P         1  0  0  0 .095  
                                          M.Corpas P          0  0  0  0 .333  
                                        A-S.Smith PH,CF       2  1  1  0 .286  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      43 14 16 14                 Totals      41 10 11  8
 
A-Pinch Hit For Corpas In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Taveras In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Shell In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Vizcaino In 9th Inning
 
Nationals....... 3 0 3  0 5 0  0 0 3  - 14 16  4
Rockies......... 1 1 0  0 0 1  7 0 0  - 10 11  2
 
Nationals (38-77)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Bergmann WIN(1-12)      6 1/3   7   6   3   3   2   3 133   8.09  A1 D3
C.Manning                 0 1/3   1   3   0   1   1   0  16   6.30  D4 D7
S.Rivera                  0       1   1   0   1   0   0   8   4.71  D8 D9
S.Shell HOLD(2nd)         1 1/3   0   0   0   1   0   0  29   0.87  E1 E6
L.Ayala                   1       2   0   0   0   1   0  22   5.86  E7
Totals                    9      11  10   3   6   4   3
 
Rockies (53-64)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Francis LOSS(4-10)      5      11  11   6   1   5   3 101   6.60  A1 C9
M.Corpas                  2       2   0   0   1   2   0  40   5.26  D1 D9
M.Herges                  1       1   1   1   0   1   0  21   6.71  E1 E4
T.Buchholz                0 2/3   2   2   2   2   0   0  22   3.55  E5 F1
L.Vizcaino                0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   6   5.86  F2
Totals                    9      16  14   9   4   9   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 36,718 DATE- Thursday, August 7th 2008 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Mike Reilly, Bob Davidson, Alfonso Marquez, Andy Fletcher
T- 3:27
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 6  Rockies:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 1  Rockies: 2
ERRORS- E.Bonifacio, R.Zimmerman-3, J.Baker-2
DOUBLES- A.Kearns-2(12th), L.Milledge(14th), R.Belliard(19th),
         R.Langerhans(5th)
TRIPLES- B.Hawpe(2nd)
HOME RUNS- L.Milledge-2(7th), W.Harris(7th), M.Holliday(22nd), G.Atkins(18th),
           Y.Torrealba(4th)
WALKS- E.Bonifacio, R.Zimmerman-2, R.Belliard, C.Barmes, M.Holliday, B.Hawpe,
       I.Stewart, J.Francis, S.Smith
STRIKE OUTS- E.Bonifacio, C.Guzman-2, L.Milledge, J.Flores, R.Belliard,
             W.Harris, J.Bergmann-2, J.Baker, B.Hawpe, I.Stewart, Y.Torrealba
GIDP- A.Kearns, J.Baker
 
Center fielder Lastings Milledge slammed 2 homeruns and had 6 RBI as the
Washington Nationals outscored the Colorado Rockies 14 to 10.
 
Milledge enjoyed a big day at the plate.  He bombed a two-run dinger in the
1st inning, belted a three-run homer in the 3rd inning and doubled bringing
in a run in the 5th inning.  Washington had 16 hits overall, while Colorado
had 11.  
 
The victory was credited to Jason Bergmann(1-12) who went 6 and 1/3 innings,
allowing 6 runs. Jeff Francis(4-10) was charged with the loss.  He was
touched for 3 homeruns in his 5 innings of work.

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2010-04-25T14:39:00.001-04:00

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*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0     E.Bonifacio 4- 6  3  2 Fly Out                        b-0 
1     C.Guzman    1- 9     2 Ground Out                     b-0 
2     R.Zimmerman 1-11     4 Walk                           b-1 
2 1   A.Kearns    4- 9 17  4 Double                         1-H b-3 
2   3 L.Milledge  2- 8  2  1 Home Run                       3-H b-H 
2     J.Flores    4- 6     1 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0     W.Taveras   3- 4  9  1 Single                         b-1 
0 1   J.Baker     6- 5     3 Ground Out Double Play         1-o b-0 
2     M.Holliday  1- 5  3  3 Home Run                       b-H 
2     B.Hawpe     2-10  5  3 Triple                         b-3 
2   3 G.Atkins    6- 7     5 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0     R.Belliard  5-10  7  3 Single                         b-1 
0 1   W.Harris    2- 8     6 Strike Out                     b-0 
1 1   J.Bergmann           3 Pop Out Double Play            1-o b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0     I.Stewart   4- 3     3 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     T.Tulowitzk 2-12     3 Line Out                       b-0 
2     Y.Torrealba 4- 9  5  3 Home Run                       b-H 
2     J.Francis   5- 8     5 Walk                           b-1 
2 1   W.Taveras   2- 6     5 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0     E.Bonifacio 2- 4     2 Fly Out                        b-0 
1     C.Guzman    3- 7     2 Single                         b-1 
1 1   R.Zimmerman 6- 7  6  5 Single                         1-2 b-1 
1 12  A.Kearns    1- 6 13  2 Line Out                       b-0 
2 12  L.Milledge  4- 9 10  3 Home Run                       2-H 1-H b-H 
2     J.Flores    2- 7 16  3 Single                         b-1 
2 1   R.Belliard  3- 7     4 Strike Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0     J.Baker     6- 7     5 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     M.Holliday  4- 4     5 1 Base Error - 3B              b-1 
1 1   B.Hawpe     1- 7     5 Walk                           1-2 b-1 
1 12  G.Atkins    4- 4     4 1 Base Error - 3B              2-3 1-2 b-1 
1 123 I.Stewart   5- 5     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
2 123 T.Tulowitzk 6- 7     6 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0     W.Harris    2- 7     6 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     J.Bergmann  1- 9     6 Strike Out                     b-0 
2     E.Bonifacio 2-10     6 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0     Y.Torrealba 5- 7     6 Strike Out                     b-0 
1     J.Francis   1- 4     6 Ground Out                     b-0 
2     W.Taveras   5-10     6 Foul Out                       b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0     C.Guzman    4- 5     6 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     R.Zimmerman 6- 8     6 1 Base Error - 2B              b-1 
1 1   A.Kearns    5-12     5 Single                         1-3 b-1 
1 1 3 L.Milledge  5- 8     5 Double                         3-H 1-3 b-2 
1  23 J.Flores    3- 9     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
2  23 R.Belliard  5- 8     3 Double                         3-H 2-H b-2 
2  2  W.Harris    3- 6 14  4 Home Run                       2-H b-H 
2     J.Bergmann  2- 5     4 Strike Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0     J.Baker     4- 8 16  4 Fly Out                        b-0 
1     M.Holliday  1-11 20  4 Fly Out                        b-0 
2     B.Hawpe     6- 8     4 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Manny Corpas
0     E.Bonifacio 1- 2 10  4 Single                         b-1 
0 1   C.Guzman    6- 9     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
1 1   R.Zimmerman 2-10     4 Walk                           1-2 b-1 
1 12  A.Kearns    2-10     5 Ground Out Double Play         1-o b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
0     G.Atkins    5- 2  5  6 Home Run                       b-H 
0     I.Stewart   6- 4     6 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     T.Tulowitzk 4- 4     6 Ground Out                     b-0 
2     Y.Torrealba 3-10 20  6 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0     L.Milledge  2- 5     6 Strike Out                     b-0 
1     J.Flores    2- 4     6 Ground Out                     b-0 
2     R.Belliard  5- 7     6 1 Base Error - 2B              b-1 
2 1   W.Harris    3- 7     1 Single                         1-2 b-1 
2 12  J.Bergmann  5- 8     5 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE PH- Seth Smith
0     S.Smith     2-11  6  6 Single                         b-1 
0 1   W.Taveras   1- 5     3 Single                         1-2 b-1 
0 12  J.Baker     4- 7 15  4 Line Out                       b-0 
1 12  M.Holliday  3- 7     4 Walk                           2-3 1-2 b-1 
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Charlie Manning
1 123 B.Hawpe     3- 9     4 Strike Out                     b-0 
2 123 G.Atkins    6- 8     3 1 Base Error - 2B              3-H 2-3 1-2 b-1 
2 123 I.Stewart   4- 8     5 Walk                           3-H 2-3 1-2 b-1 
2 123 T.Tulowitzk 3- 3  2  4 Single                         3-H 2-3 1-2 b-1 
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Saul Rivera
2 123 Y.Torrealba 6- 7  3  3 Single                         3-H 2-H 1-2 b-1 
2 12  S.Smith     1- 2     5 Walk                           2-3 1-2 b-1 
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Steven Shell
                             SUBSTITUTE PH- Clint Barmes
2 123 C.Barmes    4- 7     6 Walk                           3-H 2-3 1-2 b-1 
2 123 J.Baker     5- 4     5 1 Base Error - 3B              3-H 2-3 1-2 b-1 
2 123 M.Holliday  1-10 19  3 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Matt Herges
                             SUBSTITUTE CF- Seth Smith
0     E.Bonifacio 6- 7     5 Strike Out                     b-0 
1     C.Guzman    2-11     5 Ground Out                     b-0 
2     R.Zimmerman 5- 8     5 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
0     B.Hawpe     3-11     5 Fly Out                        b-0 
1     G.Atkins    3- 7     5 Ground Out                     b-0 
2     I.Stewart   6- 8     5 Pop Out                        b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
0     A.Kearns    5- 7  7  6 Double                         b-2 
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Taylor Buchholz
0  2  L.Milledge  6-12     5 Fly Out                        b-0 
1  2  J.Flores    5- 4     3 Ground Out                     b-0 
2  2  R.Belliard           0 Int Walk                       b-1 
2 12  W.Harris    2- 3  3  4 Single                         2-H 1-2 b-1 
                             SUBSTITUTE PH- Ryan Langerhans
2 12  R.Langerhan 3-10  1  6 Double                         2-H 1-H b-2 
2  2  E.Bonifacio 1- 8     4 Walk                           b-1 
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Luis Vizcaino
2 12  C.Guzman    4- 8     6 Strike Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Luis Ayala
0     T.Tulowitzk 2- 6     5 Fly Out                        b-0 
1     Y.Torrealba 4- 8     5 Single                         b-1 
1 1   S.Smith     3- 5 14  5 Force Play                     1-o b-1 
                             SUBSTITUTE PH- Chris Iannetta
2 1   C.Iannetta  2-11 14  3 Single                         1-2 b-1 
2 12  J.Baker     1- 9     4 Strike Out                     b-0

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August 6, 2008 Phillies 4, Marlins 3 (10)

2010-04-25T12:52:00.001-04:00

Without a doubt, one of the more interesting games I have ever played. Very quiet in the beginning, crazy at the end. Kyle Kendrick gets by far his best start of the year, going 7 only allowing 2 hits and one run (a homer to Jorge Cantu after Kendrick had retired the first 12 Marlins in order), but the Phillies couldn-t get anything going on offense either against a foursome of Florida pitchers and after 7 the score is tied at 1 apiece. J. A. Happ gives a run to the Fish in the 8th, and it was looking like another tough loss. But when Arthur Rhodes comes in for the Marlins after a So Taguchi pinch-hit single off of Jeff Nelson in the bottom of the 9th, the Phils go to work. Jayson Werth singles and Jimmy Rollins hits a fly ball deep enough to score Taguchi from third, and we have a 2-2 game after regulation.

Entering the 10th, I had two slight problems. First problem - no third basemen!! Regular third baseman Pedro Feliz in injured so Eric Bruntlett has been playing third in his abscence. I pinch-hit for Bruntlett with Mike Cervenak in the 7th, and Cervenak came in to play third. Taguchi pinch-hit for Cervenak to start that 9th inning rally and Greg Dobbs had pinch-hit in the 8th inning for the pitcher, so catcher Carlos Ruiz had to come in to play third. Ruiz did play one inning at third base during the season and was the only other person with third base on the card. That is the only inning other than catcher he has ever played in his career.

John Baker (where's Ponch?) homers off of Ryan Madson in the top of the 10th to give Florida their lead back, 3-2. With Rhodes still on the mound in the bottom of the 10th, the Phils get to him again with three straight singles (Utley, Howard and Burrell) to score a run and tie the game back up. Now, with pitcher Madson due up I have my second problem - no bats left on the bench! With no outs and runners on first and second, perfect bunt situation so the best bunter I have, pitcher Jamie Moyer (who pitched yesterday) comes in to pinch-hit for Madson and lays down a perfect bunt to third baseman Cantu. It must be the first time I have ever had a pitcher pinch-hit for someone. Cantu throws it past first base for an error which loads the bases. Chris Coste can't help and lines out for the first out, and next batter fellow catcher (now 3B) Ruiz rips one to center to drive home Howard with the winning run!! The error ended up not making a difference in the outcome.

Here is the play account from the bottom of the 9th on:
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 ***
0 C.Coste 5- 5 6 Strike Out b-0
SUBSTITUTE PH- So Taguchi
1 S.Taguchi 4-12 3 Single b-1
SUBSTITUTE P - Arthur Rhodes
SUBSTITUTE CF- Alfredo Amezaga
1 1 J.Werth 4- 8 3 Single 1-3 b-1
1 1 3 J.Rollins 2- 4 1 Sac Fly 3-H b-0
2 1 S.Victorino 5- 7 4 Strike Out b-0
*** TOP OF INNING 10 ***
SUBSTITUTE 3B- Carlos Ruiz
0 J.Baker 2- 4 6 5 Home Run b-H
0 A.Amezaga 3- 5 6 Ground Out b-0
1 H.Ramirez 5- 7 3 Ground Out b-0
2 J.Hermida 6- 6 3 Ground Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 10 ***
0 C.Utley 5- 8 5 Single b-1
0 1 R.Howard 1- 9 12 3 Single 1-3 b-1
0 1 3 P.Burrell 4- 6 1 Single 3-H 1-2 b-1
SUBSTITUTE PH- Jamie Moyer
0 12 J.Moyer 5 1 Base Error - 3B 2-3 1-2 b-1
0 123 C.Coste 5- 5 6 6 Line Out b-0
1 123 C.Ruiz 4- 8 6 Single 3-H 2-3 1-2 b-1

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Florida Marlins At 2008 Philadelphia Phillies         8/6/2008
 
  Marlins            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  H.Ramirez SS        5  0  0  0 .301     J.Rollins SS        3  0  2  1 .247  
  J.Hermida RF        5  0  0  0 .208     S.Victorino CF      5  0  0  0 .314  
  J.Cantu 3B          4  1  1  1 .286     C.Utley 2B          5  2  4  1 .274  
  J.Willingham LF     4  0  2  0 .306     R.Howard 1B         2  1  1  0 .260  
  D.Uggla 2B          3  0  0  0 .258     P.Burrell LF        5  0  2  1 .248  
  M.Jacobs 1B         4  0  0  0 .230     G.Jenkins RF        2  0  0  0 .250  
  C.Ross CF           4  1  1  0 .240     J.Happ P            0  0  0  0 .000  
  A.Rhodes P          0  0  0  0 ----     L.Walrond P         0  0  0  0 ----  
  J.Baker C           3  1  1  1 .318   D-G.Dobbs PH          1  0  0  0 .266  
  A.Sanchez P         2  0  0  0 .000     R.Madson P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Hendrickson P     0  0  0  0 .158   H-J.Moyer PH          0  0  0  0 .081  
  R.Pinto P           0  0  0  0 .000     C.Coste C           5  0  1  0 .247  
C-W.Helms PH          1  0  1  1 .287     E.Bruntlett 3B      2  0  0  0 .204  
  D.Waechter P        0  0  0  0 .000   A-M.Cervenak PH,3B    1  0  0  0 .333  
  J.Nelson P          0  0  0  0 .000   E-S.Taguchi PH        1  1  1  0 .188  
F-A.Amezaga CF        1  0  0  0 .245   G-C.Ruiz 3B           1  0  1  1 .224  
                                          K.Kendrick P        2  0  0  0 .219  
                                        B-J.Werth PH,RF       2  0  1  0 .256  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  3  6  3                 Totals      37  4 13  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Bruntlett In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Kendrick In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Pinto In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Walrond In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Cervenak In 9th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Nelson In 9th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Taguchi In 10th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Madson In 10th Inning
 
Marlins......... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 1 0  1 -  3  6  1
Phillies........ 1 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  2 -  4 13  0
 
Marlins (48-66)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
A.Sanchez                 5 2/3   5   1   1   3   4   1  84   3.72  A1 C4
M.Hendrickso              0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  10   5.64  C5 C7
R.Pinto                   1       0   0   0   1   2   0  19   3.92  C8 D2
D.Waechter                0       1   0   0   0   0   0   5   4.28  D3 D3
J.Nelson HOLD(7th)        1 1/3   1   1   1   0   1   0  17   4.10  D4 D8
A.Rhodes L(1-1) BS(3rd)   1       5   2   2   0   1   0  34   2.39  D9
Totals                    9 1/3  13   4   4   4   8   1
 
Phillies (57-56)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
K.Kendrick                7       2   1   1   0   6   1  87   5.95  A1 C5
J.Happ                    0 2/3   2   1   1   1   1   0  23   0.87  C6 D1
L.Walrond                 0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00  D2 D2
R.Madson WIN(2-4)         2       2   1   1   1   2   1  35   4.98  D3
Totals                   10       6   3   3   2   9   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 27,339 DATE- Wednesday, August 6th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Jerry Crawford, Tom Hallion, Brian O'Nora, Paul Naubert
T- 2:44
LEFT ON BASE- Marlins: 5  Phillies:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Marlins: 2  Phillies: 0
ERRORS- J.Cantu
DOUBLES- J.Willingham(15th), J.Rollins(22nd), C.Utley-2(33rd)
HOME RUNS- J.Cantu(13th), J.Baker(4th), C.Utley(32nd)
STOLEN BASES- J.Rollins(24th)
CAUGHT STEALING- R.Howard
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Moyer
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Rollins
WALKS- D.Uggla, J.Baker, J.Rollins, R.Howard-3
HIT BY PITCH- G.Jenkins
STRIKE OUTS- H.Ramirez, J.Cantu, D.Uggla-3, C.Ross-2, A.Sanchez-2, J.Rollins,
             S.Victorino, G.Jenkins, C.Coste, M.Cervenak, K.Kendrick-2, J.Werth
GIDP- P.Burrell, C.Coste
 
Chase Utley had 4 hits and Kyle Kendrick had a strong outing at Citizen's Bank
Park where the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Florida Marlins in 10 innings 4
to 3.
 
Both teams were tied at 2 runs apiece after nine innings. Philadelphia ended
up winning it in the 10th inning.  Utley kicked off the action when he lashed
a single.  Ryan Howard stepped up to the plate and he laced a single.  Pat
Burrell then stroked a base-hit.  Jamie Moyer followed and he reached on an
error.  After an out was recorded, Carlos Ruiz came to the plate and singled.
Philadelphia had 13 hits for the night while Florida had 6.  
 
Ryan Madson(2-4) went 2 innings allowing 1 run for the victory. Arthur
Rhodes(1-1) was charged with the loss in relief.  He pitched 1 inning giving
up 5 hits and no walks.

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August 6, 2008 Red Sox 8, Royals 5

2010-04-25T10:32:00.001-04:00

Tim Wakefield is a bit off in the early going, starting the game allowing asingle, sac bunt, RBI double and two consecutive wild pitches to bring another run home, but the Sox bail him out scoring seven runs in the first four innings off of Luke Hochevar to hand Hochevar his 10th loss of the year. Alex Cora ties a career high with a four hit day, Kevin Youkilis goes 3 for 4 including a 2-run homer, and Big Papi knocks one over the fence. It all adds up to Wake's 11th win of the year, putting him back into a tie with Dice-K for the team lead in wins.

Jason Bay gets his first Sox steal, and despite a walk and scoring a run continues to struggle a bit with his new team. Bay is only batting .100 (2 for 20) in the six games since coming to Boston, but both hits were for extra bases (double and homerun) and he has walked 6 times along with knocking in 3 runs and scoring three times. That got me thinking about Manny, and since going to L.A. Ramirez is .263 (5 for 19) and no homers or RBI.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 Kansas City Royals             8/6/2008
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Drew RF           5  0  2  2 .284     M.Aviles SS         5  1  2  0 .279  
  J.Lowrie SS         4  0  0  0 .207     E.German 2B         3  0  0  0 .294  
  D.Ortiz DH          4  2  2  1 .231     M.Teahen RF         3  1  1  1 .215  
  K.Youkilis 1B       4  2  3  3 .324     J.Guillen DH        4  1  2  0 .238  
  M.Lowell 3B         5  0  2  1 .254     B.Butler 1B         5  0  1  1 .309  
  J.Bay LF            3  1  0  0 .277     A.Gordon 3B         4  1  1  0 .285  
  J.Ellsbury CF       5  0  0  0 .305     J.Buck C            3  0  1  0 .248  
  K.Cash C            4  1  1  0 .173     R.Gload LF          4  1  1  0 .296  
  A.Cora 2B           4  2  4  1 .302     M.Maier CF          2  0  1  1 .382  
                                        A-D.Dejesus PH,CF     2  0  1  1 .281  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      38  8 14  8                 Totals      35  5 11  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Maier In 6th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 1 3 2  1 0 0  0 0 1  -  8 14  0
Royals.......... 2 1 0  0 0 1  1 0 0  -  5 11  0
 
Red Sox (68-47)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
T.Wakefield WIN(11-7)     5       8   4   4   3   3   0 106   5.09  A1 C7
M.Delcarmen HOLD(7th)     1 2/3   2   1   1   1   1   0  25   2.75  C8 D5
M.Timlin HOLD(5th)        0 2/3   0   0   0   0   2   0   6   3.03  D6 D7
H.Okajima SAVE(3rd)       1 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  27   3.35  D8
Totals                    9      11   5   5   4   6   0
 
Royals (55-60)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
L.Hochevar LOSS(3-10)     3 2/3   6   7   7   5   1   2  83   5.68  A1 C3
H.Ramirez                 1 1/3   3   0   0   0   0   0  23   3.03  C4 C9
R.Mahay                   2 2/3   2   0   0   0   5   0  31   3.15  D1 D9
L.Nunez                   0 2/3   2   1   1   0   1   0  12   3.93  E1 E4
R.Ramirez                 0 2/3   1   0   0   1   1   0  16   3.41  E5
Totals                    9      14   8   8   6   8   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 18,944 DATE- Wednesday, August 6th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Eric Cooper, Marty Foster, Derryl Cousins, Angel Hernandez
T- 3:24
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 9  Royals: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2  Royals: 2
DOUBLES- D.Ortiz(12th), M.Lowell(18th), A.Cora(3rd), M.Teahen(20th),
         B.Butler(18th), R.Gload(19th)
HOME RUNS- D.Ortiz(11th), K.Youkilis(26th)
STOLEN BASES- K.Youkilis(6th), J.Bay(4th), A.Cora(2nd), M.Teahen(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- E.German
WALKS- J.Lowrie, D.Ortiz, K.Youkilis, J.Bay-2, K.Cash, E.German, M.Teahen,
       J.Guillen, J.Buck
HIT BY PITCH- M.Teahen
STRIKE OUTS- J.Drew, J.Lowrie, D.Ortiz-2, J.Bay, J.Ellsbury-2, K.Cash, E.German,
             M.Teahen, J.Guillen, A.Gordon-2, J.Buck
GIDP- J.Lowrie-2, B.Butler, R.Gload
WILD PITCHES- T.Wakefield-2
PASSED BALLS- K.Cash-2
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Jacoby Ellsbury robbed Mike Aviles of a Homerun!
          Bot 9th: Jason Bay robbed Billy Butler of an extra base hit.
 
Kevin Youkilis hit one over the fence and had 3 RBI as the Boston Red Sox beat
the Kansas City Royals by a score of 8 to 5.
 
Boston came up with 3 runs in the 2nd inning.  Jason Bay started the inning
off right when he drew a walk.  Bay then stole second base.  After an out was
recorded, Kevin Cash came to the plate and drew a walk.  Alex Cora came up
and he doubled.  J.D. Drew stepped into the box and stroked a single.  Jed
Lowrie kept things alive and grounded into a double play.  For the game
Boston out-hit Kansas City 14 to 11.  
 
The winning pitcher was Tim Wakefield(11-7) who allowed 4 runs in 5 innings.
Wakefield got help from Hideki Okajima who earned his 3rd save.  Luke
Hochevar(3-10) suffered the loss.  He got hit pretty hard, allowing 6 hits
and 5 walks in 3 and 2/3 innings.

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August 5, 2008 Marlins 2, Phillies 1

2010-04-24T16:49:00.001-04:00

The Phils have owned the Marlins so far this year, 7-2 against them before today, but Jeremy Hermida's 2-run shot in the 1st inning puts the Phils in an early hole that they cannot climb out of. Marlins starter Josh Johnson retired the first 13 Phils in order before Pat Burrell gets the first Phillie hit and run on the same pitch with his 26th homer of the year, but that's all they can get. Striking out 14 times sure as hell won't help, and Marlins stopper Kevin Gregg adds to the whiff fest by striking out all five hitters he faces (Coste, Rollins, Victorino, Utley and Howard) to record the save.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Florida Marlins At 2008 Philadelphia Phillies         8/5/2008
 
  Marlins            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  H.Ramirez SS        4  1  1  0 .305     J.Rollins SS        4  0  0  0 .244  
  J.Hermida RF        3  1  1  2 .211     S.Victorino CF      4  0  0  0 .318  
C-C.Ross RF           1  0  0  0 .240     C.Utley 2B          4  0  1  0 .268  
  J.Cantu 3B          4  0  1  0 .287     R.Howard 1B         4  0  0  0 .258  
  J.Willingham LF     4  0  1  0 .303     P.Burrell LF        3  1  1  1 .246  
  M.Jacobs 1B         3  0  1  0 .233     G.Jenkins RF        3  0  1  0 .252  
  D.Uggla 2B          4  0  0  0 .260   D-J.Werth PR,RF       0  0  0  0 .254  
  J.Baker C           3  0  0  0 .317     E.Bruntlett 3B      3  0  0  0 .206  
  A.Amezaga CF        3  0  1  0 .247     C.Ruiz C            3  0  1  0 .221  
  J.Johnson P         2  0  0  0 .500     J.Moyer P           1  0  0  0 .081  
B-W.Helms PH          1  0  0  0 .283   A-G.Dobbs PH          1  0  1  0 .268  
  M.Lindstrom P       0  0  0  0 .000     J.Romero P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  K.Gregg P           0  0  0  0 .000     C.Durbin P          0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        E-C.Coste PH          1  0  0  0 .249  
                                          B.Lidge P           0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  2  6  2                 Totals      31  1  5  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Moyer In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Hermida In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Jenkins In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Durbin In 8th Inning
 
Marlins......... 2 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  6  0
Phillies........ 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  1  5  0
 
Marlins (48-65)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Johnson WIN(1-2)        7       3   1   1   0   8   1  82   5.73  A1 C5
M.Lindstrom HOLD(5th)     0 1/3   2   0   0   0   1   0  10   4.01  C6 C8
K.Gregg SAVE(15th)        1 2/3   0   0   0   0   5   0  16   1.58  C9
Totals                    9       5   1   1   0  14   1
 
Phillies (56-56)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Moyer LOSS(9-9)         6       4   2   2   1   7   1  78   3.97  A1 C4
J.Romero                  1 1/3   0   0   0   0   3   0  15   2.32  C5 C8
C.Durbin                  0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   9   2.82  C9 D1
B.Lidge                   1       2   0   0   0   1   0  16   2.14  D2
Totals                    9       6   2   2   1  11   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 38,935 DATE- Tuesday, August 5th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Lance Barksdale, Dana Demuth, Ted Barrett, Doug Eddings
T- 2:34
LEFT ON BASE- Marlins: 4  Phillies: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Marlins: 1  Phillies: 0
DOUBLES- C.Utley(31st)
HOME RUNS- J.Hermida(12th), P.Burrell(26th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Cantu
WALKS- M.Jacobs
STRIKE OUTS- J.Hermida, C.Ross, J.Willingham-2, M.Jacobs-2, D.Uggla, J.Baker,
             A.Amezaga, J.Johnson-2, J.Rollins, S.Victorino-2, C.Utley,
             R.Howard-3, P.Burrell, G.Jenkins, E.Bruntlett-2, C.Ruiz, J.Moyer,
             C.Coste
GIDP- J.Rollins
 
Josh Johnson came through with a solid 7 innings at Citizen's Bank Park where
the Florida Marlins beat the Philadelphia Phillies by the score of 2 to
1.
 
Florida took the lead off Jamie Moyer in the first inning when they tallied 2
runs on 3 hits.  That early run support was enough for Johnson(1-2) and
Florida.  Philadelphia proved to be no trouble in the bottom of the 9th.
 
Kevin Gregg gained credit for his 15th save.  Moyer(9-9) was hit with the
loss.  He pitched 6 innings allowing 4 hits and 1 walk.

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August 5, 2008 Red Sox 3, Royals 1

2010-04-24T15:35:00.001-04:00

Interesting matchup of starters today. Despite nearly identical won-loss records with the Royals' Brian Bannister at 5-8 and the Sox's Josh Beckett at 5-9, the ERAs tell the story. Beckett has just been a victim of bad luck with his 3.88 ERA and virtually no run support (his 3.95 RS is worst on the team), while Bannister has just sucked with a sky-high ERA of 7.02.. Beckett goes 7 2/3 innings of shutout ball, but Paps allows an unearned run in the 9th to lose the shutout and records his 21st save. Mike Lowell carries the Sox offense with a 2-run homerun and an RBI single to account for all 3 RBI.

JD Drew gets 3 hits falling a homerun shy of hitting a natural cycle, as he had a single in the 3rd, double in the 5th and triple in the 8th.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 Kansas City Royals             8/5/2008
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Drew RF           5  0  3  0 .282     M.Aviles SS         4  0  0  0 .276  
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  1  0  0 .293     E.German 2B         3  1  1  0 .302  
  D.Ortiz DH          4  1  1  0 .227     M.Teahen RF         4  0  0  1 .214  
  K.Youkilis 1B       3  0  1  0 .320     J.Guillen DH        4  0  0  0 .236  
  M.Lowell 3B         4  1  2  3 .252     B.Butler 1B         4  0  1  0 .311  
  J.Bay LF            3  0  0  0 .279     A.Gordon 3B         3  0  0  0 .285  
  J.Lowrie SS         4  0  1  0 .217     J.Buck C            2  0  1  0 .247  
C-K.Cash C            0  0  0  0 .170     R.Gload LF          2  0  0  0 .296  
  J.Varitek C         4  0  1  0 .221   A-D.Dejesus PH,LF     1  0  0  0 .279  
B-A.Cora PR,SS        0  0  0  0 .254     M.Maier CF          3  0  3  0 .375  
  J.Ellsbury CF       4  0  0  0 .309                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  3  9  3                 Totals      30  1  6  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Gload In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Varitek In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Lowrie In 9th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  2 0 0  0 1 0  -  3  9  1
Royals.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  1  6  0
 
Red Sox (67-47)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Beckett WIN(6-9)        7 2/3   5   0   0   2   7   0  95   3.65  A1 C9
J.Papelbon SAVE(21st)     1 1/3   1   1   0   0   0   0  21   1.03  D1
Totals                    9       6   1   0   2   7   0
 
Royals (55-59)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Bannister LOSS(5-9)     6 1/3   6   2   2   0   7   1  90   6.81  A1 C7
L.Nunez                   0 2/3   1   1   1   0   0   0   8   3.74  C8 D1
R.Ramirez                 2       2   0   0   2   1   0  38   3.45  D2
Totals                    9       9   3   3   2   8   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 25,903 DATE- Tuesday, August 5th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Angel Hernandez, Eric Cooper, Marty Foster, Derryl Cousins
T- 2:53
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 7  Royals: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 3  Royals: 1
ERRORS- J.Papelbon
DOUBLES- J.Drew(24th), D.Ortiz(11th), J.Lowrie(8th), B.Butler(17th),
         M.Maier(2nd)
TRIPLES- J.Drew(2nd)
HOME RUNS- M.Lowell(19th)
STOLEN BASES- K.Youkilis(5th)
WALKS- K.Youkilis, J.Bay, E.German, J.Buck
STRIKE OUTS- J.Drew, D.Ortiz, K.Youkilis, M.Lowell, J.Lowrie, J.Varitek-2,
             J.Ellsbury, E.German, M.Teahen, J.Guillen-3, A.Gordon, J.Buck
GIDP- J.Ellsbury, M.Aviles, R.Gload-2
WILD PITCHES- R.Ramirez
PASSED BALLS- K.Cash
 
Josh Beckett(6-9) and Brian Bannister(5-9) locked horns in a pitcher's duel
with Beckett and the Boston Red Sox coming out on top of the Kansas City
Royals 3 to 1.
 
Beckett was very good in the win.  He didn't give up much, just 5 hits and 2
walks in 7 and 2/3 innings improving his ERA from 3.88 to 3.65.  Boston had 9
hits for the night while Kansas City had 6.  
 
Beckett got help from Jonathan Papelbon who earned his 21st save.

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August 4, 2008 Royals 7, Red Sox 4

2010-04-21T21:33:00.001-04:00

A very sloppy Clay Buchholz puts the Sox in a 4-0 hole after just one inning, a hole the team can't climb out of. All kinds of craziness for Clay today, including two wild pitches (one letting a run score), a balk (only the second Sox balk of the season), a strikeout where the batter reached base when Varitek dropped the third strike for a passed ball, and 6 runs allowed before being yanked in the 3rd inning. Even Royals pitcher Gil Meche got into the craziness, committing two errors. One the normal way via fielding, and one throwing the ball past first on a pickoff attempt. First time ever in SOM that I can recall that a pitcher threw past first on a pickoff attempt.

Sean Casey and Jason Bay do their part, each with a two-run double, but it isn't enough.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Boston Red Sox At 2008 Kansas City Royals             8/4/2008
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Drew RF           5  0  1  0 .278     M.Aviles SS         5  1  1  0 .281  
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  0  0  0 .295     E.German 2B         5  0  1  0 .301  
  D.Ortiz DH          3  1  0  0 .226     M.Teahen RF         4  2  2  0 .216  
  K.Youkilis 3B       3  2  1  0 .320     J.Guillen DH        3  2  1  1 .238  
  J.Bay LF            3  1  1  2 .281     B.Butler 1B         4  1  3  2 .312  
  S.Casey 1B          4  0  2  2 .356     A.Gordon 3B         4  0  2  2 .287  
  J.Lowrie SS         2  0  0  0 .215     J.Buck C            3  1  0  0 .245  
A-M.Lowell PH         1  0  0  0 .249     R.Gload LF          4  0  1  0 .298  
  J.Varitek C         4  0  0  0 .220     M.Maier CF          4  0  2  1 .310  
  C.Crisp CF          3  0  1  0 .271                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  4  6  4                 Totals      36  7 13  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Lowrie In 9th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  2 0 0  0 2 0  -  4  6  0
Royals.......... 4 0 1  1 0 0  1 0    -  7 13  2
 
Red Sox (66-47)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Buchholz LOSS(5-5)      3 2/3   9   6   6   2   4   0  86   5.48  A1 C5
J.Masterson               3 1/3   2   1   1   0   2   0  42   2.87  C6 D8
M.Delcarmen               1       2   0   0   0   1   0  18   2.67  D9
Totals                    8      13   7   7   2   7   0
 
Royals (55-58)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
G.Meche WIN(9-7)          7 2/3   5   4   3   5   9   0 120   4.03  A1 D5
J.Soria SAVE(25th)        1 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   8   2.14  D6
Totals                    9       6   4   3   5   9   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 19,803 DATE- Monday, August 4th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Derryl Cousins, Angel Hernandez, Eric Cooper, Marty Foster
T- 3:02
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 6  Royals: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2  Royals: 2
ERRORS- G.Meche-2
DOUBLES- J.Bay(21st), S.Casey(14th), E.German(8th), M.Teahen(19th)
WALKS- D.Ortiz, K.Youkilis, J.Bay, J.Lowrie, C.Crisp, M.Teahen, J.Buck
HIT BY PITCH- J.Guillen
STRIKE OUTS- J.Drew, D.Pedroia, D.Ortiz-3, J.Lowrie-2, J.Varitek-2, M.Aviles,
             E.German-2, M.Teahen, A.Gordon, J.Buck-2
GIDP- J.Drew, J.Bay, M.Aviles, J.Buck
BALKS- C.Buchholz
WILD PITCHES- C.Buchholz-2
PASSED BALLS- J.Varitek
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Joakim Soria robbed Mike Lowell of a base hit.
 
Billy Butler had 3 base hits and 2 RBI at Kauffman Stadium where the Kansas
City Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 7 to 4.
 
Gil Meche(9-7) had a solid outing for Kansas City.  He allowed 5 hits and 5
walks in 7 and 2/3 innings.  Meche chalked up 9 strikeouts.  Kansas City
finished with 13 hits while Boston ended up with 6.  
 
Meche got help from Joakim Soria who earned his 25th save.  The losing pitcher
was Clay Buchholz(5-5).  He was knocked around by Kansas City, allowing 9
hits and 2 walks in 3 and 2/3 innings.

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August 3, 2008 Cardinals 6, Phillies 1

2010-04-19T21:06:00.001-04:00

St. Louis averts a sweep by knocking around Brett Myers, as seven pitches into the ballgame the Phillies already trailed 3-0 via doubles by Skip Schumaker and Joe Mather along with an Albert Pujols 2-run dinger. Six doubles for the Cardinals along with the Pujols homerun for seven of their 13 hits going for extra bases. J.A. Happ stops the bleeding with 4 scoreless innings of relief, but unfourtunately the Philly offense sputters against Todd Wellemeyer getting only five hits as Wellemeyer goes the distance.

And don;t look now, but the Washington Nationals are one of the hottest teams in the league!! A 4-3, 10 inning win over the Reds today allows the Nationals to take two of three from Cincy, and along with taking two of three from the Phillies the previous series gives them two consecutive series wins for the first time this season! It doesn't anywhere even remotely come close to making up for their 3-22 slide (including a 14 game losing streak) immediately preceding the last two series, but for the 40 game below .500 team Nats any kind of winning streak is a good thing.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Philadelphia Phillies At 2008 St. Louis Cardinals     8/3/2008
 
  Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Rollins SS        4  0  0  0 .246     S.Schumaker CF      4  2  2  1 .278  
  J.Werth CF,RF       3  0  1  0 .254     J.Mather LF         4  1  1  1 .272  
  C.Utley 2B          4  0  1  0 .268     A.Pujols 1B         3  1  1  2 .314  
  R.Howard 1B         4  0  0  0 .261     R.Ludwick RF        4  1  2  1 .276  
  P.Burrell LF        4  0  0  0 .246     T.Glaus 3B          4  0  1  1 .260  
  G.Jenkins RF        3  0  1  0 .251     Y.Molina C          4  0  3  0 .274  
  C.Condrey P         0  0  0  0 .400     A.Miles SS          3  0  1  0 .291  
  L.Walrond P         0  0  0  0 ----     T.Wellemeyer P      4  0  0  0 .118  
  R.Madson P          0  0  0  0 .000     A.Kennedy 2B        4  1  2  0 .317  
  G.Dobbs 3B          3  0  1  0 .263                                          
C-S.Victorino PR,CF   0  1  0  0 .321                                          
  C.Coste C           3  0  1  1 .250                                          
  B.Myers P           0  0  0  0 .150                                          
A-S.Taguchi PH        1  0  0  0 .176                                          
  J.Happ P            1  0  0  0 .000                                          
B-E.Bruntlett RF,3B   1  0  0  0 .210                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  1  5  1                 Totals      34  6 13  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Myers In 3rd Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Happ In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Dobbs In 8th Inning
 
Phillies........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  1  5  0
Cardinals....... 3 2 0  0 0 0  1 0    -  6 13  0
 
Phillies (56-55)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Myers LOSS(7-8)         2       7   5   5   1   2   1  40   3.79  A1 B4
J.Happ                    4       3   0   0   2   6   0  59   0.45  B5 D3
C.Condrey                 0 1/3   3   1   1   1   0   0  12   6.89  D4 D8
L.Walrond                 1       0   0   0   0   0   0  11   0.00  D9 E2
R.Madson                  0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.99  E3
Totals                    8      13   6   6   4   8   1
 
Cardinals (55-59)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
T.Wellemeyer WIN(11-7)    9       5   1   1   1   6   0 111   3.24  A1
Totals                    9       5   1   1   1   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 43,653 DATE- Sunday, August 3rd 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Tom Hallion, Brian O'Nora, Paul Naubert, Jerry Crawford
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 4  Cardinals: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 2  Cardinals: 1
DOUBLES- G.Dobbs(11th), C.Coste(16th), S.Schumaker(16th), J.Mather(4th),
         R.Ludwick(16th), Y.Molina(11th), A.Miles(10th), A.Kennedy(16th)
HOME RUNS- A.Pujols(13th)
CAUGHT STEALING- R.Ludwick
WALKS- J.Werth, S.Schumaker, A.Pujols-2, A.Miles
HIT BY PITCH- J.Mather
STRIKE OUTS- J.Werth, C.Utley, R.Howard, G.Dobbs, S.Taguchi, J.Happ, J.Mather-2,
             R.Ludwick, A.Miles, T.Wellemeyer-3, A.Kennedy
GIDP- P.Burrell, A.Pujols, A.Kennedy
WILD PITCHES- C.Condrey
WEB GEMS- Top 5th: Adam Kennedy robbed Greg Dobbs of a base hit.
 
Todd Wellemeyer came through with a solid 9 innings and Skip Schumaker had 2
base hits at Busch Stadium where the St. Louis Cardinals beat the
Philadelphia Phillies 6 to 1.
 
St. Louis jumped out to the early lead in the first inning with 3 runs
utilizing 4 base hits.  Schumaker kicked off the action when he doubled.  Joe
Mather came next and he doubled.  Albert Pujols then lifted one out of the
park for a two run home run.  Two outs later Yadier Molina stepped up to the
plate and he doubled.  Aaron Miles struck out, unable to help the rally.
That was all the offense they were to need.  St. Louis finished with 13 hits
in the victory.  
 
The win went to Wellemeyer(11-7) who allowed 1 run in the game. The loss was
charged to Brett Myers(7-8).  He was knocked around, surrendering 5 runs in 2
innings.  
 
'Wellemeyer took our guys to school' Gary Lucas said. 'Too bad he doesn't
pitch for us - it would make my job a whole lot easier!'

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August 3, 2008 Red Sox 9, Athletics 2

2010-04-18T16:45:00.001-04:00

The recent 4-10 slump for the Red Sox combined with Tampa Bay winning 7 of their last 9 has knocked the Sox lead in the wild card race down to 2 games over the Rays. I guess the boys in Beantown notice that, and everyone but Mike Lowell gets in on the act today. Jason Bay gets his first Sox hit and homerun on the same pitch, David Ortiz hit his first homerun since his return, and Daisuke Matsuzaka goes 8 inning striking out 9 with only one run allowed for his team-leading 11th win for the year. A fairly close 4-1 Sox leadis busted open with a 5-run 8th inning courtesy of a Jed Lowrie double, Jason Varitek single, a 2-run standup triple for Coco crisp, RBI single for jacoby Ellsbury and Dustin Pedroia ripping one over the fence for a 2-run shot - all before getting an out in the 8th. That negate the save opportunity, so Chris Smith goes an uneventful 9th except for a Frank Thomas homer.

One note of interest in the game - there was one unearned run for Oakland and one error. Normally that unearned run would occur because of the error, but not this time. Now with an error not causing it and no passed balls or anything like that, what would you may ask? Closer inspection of the box score reveals this, just above the web gems - CATCHERS INTERFERENCE - Lowrie. Good ol' Jed reached first on the interference, a Coco double send him to third and Ellsbury brings him home on a single for the unearned, error less run. That might be only the third or fourth time that I can recall where I have had an interference call in a manually played game, and two have been this season as the Phillies had one earlier in the year. They are fairly rare in real life anyway.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Oakland Athletics At 2008 Boston Red Sox              8/3/2008
 
  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Sweeney RF        4  1  2  0 .283     D.Pedroia 2B        4  1  1  2 .298  
  M.Ellis 2B          4  0  0  0 .231     K.Youkilis 1B,3B    5  0  1  1 .320  
  J.Cust LF           3  0  1  1 .206     D.Ortiz DH          4  1  1  1 .229  
  F.Thomas DH         4  1  1  1 .240     M.Lowell 3B         5  0  0  0 .250  
  C.Gonzalez CF       4  0  1  0 .230   C-S.Casey 1B          0  0  0  0 .352  
  J.Hannahan 3B       4  0  1  0 .195     J.Bay LF            3  1  1  1 .281  
  B.Crosby SS         3  0  0  0 .233     J.Lowrie SS         2  2  1  0 .221  
  D.Barton 1B         3  0  0  0 .236     J.Varitek C         4  1  2  0 .223  
  R.Bowen C           2  0  0  0 .148     C.Crisp CF          4  1  2  2 .271  
A-G.Petit PH          1  0  0  0 .185     J.Ellsbury RF       3  2  2  2 .312  
B-K.Suzuki C          0  0  0  0 .269                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  2  6  2                 Totals      34  9 11  9
 
A-Pinch Hit For Bowen In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Petit In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Lowell In 9th Inning
 
Athletics....... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 1  -  2  6  1
Red Sox......... 0 2 1  1 0 0  0 5    -  9 11  0
 
Athletics (48-62)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
D.Braden LOSS(2-4)        7       7   5   4   5   2   2 113   3.38  A1 D6
D.Meyer                   0 1/3   4   4   4   0   0   1  22 108.00  D7 E2
J.Devine                  0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   7   0.73  E3
Totals                    8      11   9   8   5   3   3
 
Red Sox (66-46)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
D.Matsuzaka WIN(11-3)     8       5   1   1   1   9   0 101   3.57  A1 D2
C.Smith                   1       1   1   1   0   1   1  17   8.22  D3
Totals                    9       6   2   2   1  10   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 37,318 DATE- Sunday, August 3rd 2008 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Paul Emmel, Gary Darling, Jerry Meals, Bill Miller
T- 2:55
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 4  Red Sox: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1  Red Sox: 1
ERRORS- R.Bowen
DOUBLES- R.Sweeney(12th), J.Cust(13th), K.Youkilis(30th), J.Lowrie(7th),
         J.Varitek(21st), C.Crisp(10th)
TRIPLES- C.Crisp(4th)
HOME RUNS- F.Thomas(6th), D.Pedroia(13th), D.Ortiz(10th), J.Bay(20th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Ellsbury(25th)
WALKS- J.Cust, D.Pedroia, D.Ortiz, J.Bay, J.Lowrie, J.Ellsbury
STRIKE OUTS- R.Sweeney-2, F.Thomas-2, C.Gonzalez, D.Barton-2, R.Bowen-2,
             G.Petit, M.Lowell-2, C.Crisp
GIDP- B.Crosby, M.Lowell
CATCHERS INTERFERENCE- J.Lowrie
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Mike Lowell robbed Jack Cust of a base hit.
 
Coco Crisp collected 2 extra-base hits and had 2 RBI as the Boston Red Sox
defeated the Oakland Athletics by a score of 9 to 2 at Fenway Park.
 
Boston went ahead for good in the bottom of the 2nd inning scoring 2 runners
on 3 hits.  For the game Boston out-hit Oakland 11 to 6.  
 
Daisuke Matsuzaka(11-3) went 8 innings allowing 1 run for the victory. Dallas
Braden(2-4) was the loser.  He surrendered 7 hits and 5 walks in 7 innings.

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August 2, 2008 Phillies 5, Cardinals 2 (10)

2010-04-18T09:05:00.002-04:00

They were outhit by the Cards 12-10, but four doubleplays turned along with Pat Burell throwing out two runners at home enable the Phillies to win their third straight. The first inning saw most of the scoring with 2 runs in the Phillie half (Jimmy Rollins walk, Shane Victorino single, Chase Utley sac fly and Ryan Howard RBI double) and St. Louis gets one back in the bottom of the first on doubles for Joe Mather and Ryan Ludwick. In the Cards 7th, they do get a run to tie the game and load the bases and when Ludwick flies out to Burrell he nails Skip Schumaker at home to end the inning and preserve the tie.

In the Cardinals 8th they try to take the lead again when Troy Glaus singles, steals second and tries to score on Yadier Molina's single but Burrell whips it home and nails Glaus for the second runner thrown out in as many innings. Burrell comes up big again in the 9th when he makes a catch at the wall off the bat of Schumaker for the third out for the third straight inning with a run-saving play. Not bad for a guy who is a 5 fielding rating and I sometimes replace on defense in the late innings.

In the top of the 10th, the Phillies put it away after Utley walks, Howard hits his third double of the day and Jayson Werth sends everyone home with a 3-run bomb over the wall. Brad Lidge had come into the game in the 9th to preserve the tie, and he just stays in for the 10th and gets the win.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Philadelphia Phillies At 2008 St. Louis Cardinals     8/2/2008
 
  Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Rollins SS        3  1  0  0 .249     S.Schumaker CF      5  0  1  1 .275  
  S.Victorino CF      5  1  2  0 .321     J.Mather LF         5  1  3  0 .273  
  C.Utley 2B          1  1  0  1 .268     A.Pujols 1B         4  0  1  0 .314  
  R.Howard 1B         5  1  3  1 .264     R.Ludwick RF        4  0  1  1 .274  
  P.Burrell LF        3  0  0  0 .248     T.Glaus 3B          4  0  2  0 .260  
  J.Werth RF          5  1  1  3 .253   C-C.Izturis PR,SS     0  0  0  0 .277  
  G.Dobbs 3B          5  0  3  0 .261     Y.Molina C          4  0  2  0 .269  
  C.Coste C           5  0  1  0 .249   D-B.Ryan PR           0  0  0  0 .204  
  J.Blanton P         0  0  0  0 .000   E-J.Larue C           0  0  0  0 .260  
A-G.Jenkins PH        1  0  0  0 .250     A.Kennedy 2B        3  0  0  0 .314  
  C.Durbin P          0  0  0  0 .000     B.Looper P          2  0  0  0 .286  
  R.Madson P          0  0  0  0 .000   B-R.Ankiel PH         1  1  1  0 .248  
F-E.Bruntlett PH      1  0  0  0 .212     R.Villone P         0  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Lidge P           0  0  0  0 ----     K.McClellan P       1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          R.Franklin P        0  0  0  0 .000  
                                          A.Miles SS,3B       4  0  1  0 .290  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  5 10  5                 Totals      37  2 12  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Blanton In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Looper In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Glaus In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Molina In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Ryan In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Madson In 9th Inning
 
Phillies........ 2 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  3 -  5 10  0
Cardinals....... 1 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  0 -  2 12  0
 
Phillies (56-54)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Blanton                 6       7   1   1   2   3   0  85   3.95  A1 C7
C.Durbin BS(3rd)          0 1/3   3   1   1   0   1   0  21   2.85  C8 D3
R.Madson                  1 2/3   2   0   0   0   0   0  19   5.05  D4 D7
B.Lidge WIN(3-2)          2       0   0   0   0   3   0  25   2.20  D8
Totals                   10      12   2   2   2   7   0
 
Cardinals (54-59)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Looper                  7       6   2   2   4   3   0 109   4.19  A1 D2
R.Villone                 0 1/3   0   0   0   1   0   0  10   6.81  D3 D5
K.McClellan LOSS(3-7)     1 2/3   3   2   2   1   0   0  32   3.02  D6 E4
R.Franklin                1       1   1   1   0   1   1  17   5.06  E5
Totals                   10      10   5   5   6   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 42,595 DATE- Saturday, August 2nd 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Rick Reed, Jeff Kellogg, Mark Wegner, Tony Randazzo
T- 2:56
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 9  Cardinals: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 4  Cardinals: 2
DOUBLES- R.Howard-3(21st), J.Mather-2(3rd), R.Ludwick(15th), T.Glaus(24th)
HOME RUNS- J.Werth(15th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Izturis(17th)
CAUGHT STEALING- S.Victorino
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Blanton-2
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Utley
WALKS- J.Rollins-2, C.Utley-2, P.Burrell-2, R.Ludwick, A.Kennedy
HIT BY PITCH- C.Utley, A.Pujols
STRIKE OUTS- J.Werth-2, C.Coste, G.Jenkins, J.Mather, A.Pujols-2, T.Glaus,
             Y.Molina, K.McClellan, A.Miles
GIDP- S.Victorino, R.Howard, A.Kennedy-2, B.Looper
WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: Chris Coste blocked the plate, saving a run!
 
The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in 10 innings by a
score of 5 to 2 at Busch Stadium.
 
The score was tied at 2 after nine. Philadelphia won the hard fought contest
in the 10th inning.  Chase Utley led off and started the rally when he drew a
walk.  Ryan Howard came to the plate and doubled.  After an out was recorded,
Jayson Werth came to the plate and smacked a three-run homer.  After another
out, Chris Coste dug into the batters box next, but he struck out.  St. Louis
was retired without difficulty in the bottom of the 10th.  
 
The win was credited to Brad Lidge(3-2) who went 2 innings allowing no runs.
The losing pitcher was Kyle McClellan(3-7) in relief.  He pitched 1 and 2/3
innings and surrendered 3 hits and 1 walk.

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August 2, 2008 Athletics 4, Red Sox 3

2010-04-17T16:57:00.001-04:00

The hits are even at 9 apiece, and even with 7 walks allowed by the A's the Sox come up short by leaving 14 men stranded on the basepaths. Jon Lester does go 6 to rest the bullpen some after the recent troubles, and the Sox get a chance in the 9th when Huston Street walks JD Drew and Sean Casey hits a pinch-hit single to send Drew to third, but Jason Varitek can't make contact striking out for the final out.

BTW, Jason Bergmann got the chance today (not yesterday as I had said before) for win number one, but allows three homers to the Reds as the Nats come up on the short end of a 6-1 score. The Nationals only had two hits in the game while Bergamnn screams "come on guys, help me out here!!" while falling to 0-12.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Oakland Athletics At 2008 Boston Red Sox              8/2/2008
 
  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Sweeney RF        5  0  2  0 .280     D.Pedroia 2B        5  0  1  0 .298  
  K.Suzuki C          5  1  1  0 .269     K.Youkilis 1B       5  0  2  1 .321  
  E.Brown LF          4  1  1  2 .256     D.Ortiz DH          4  0  1  0 .229  
  F.Thomas DH         3  0  0  0 .240     M.Lowell 3B         4  1  1  1 .254  
  M.Ellis 2B          4  0  1  0 .233     J.Bay LF            4  0  0  0 .280  
  C.Gonzalez CF       3  2  1  0 .229     J.Drew RF           2  1  0  0 .279  
  J.Hannahan 3B       4  0  1  0 .195     J.Lowrie SS         4  0  0  0 .213  
  B.Crosby SS         4  0  2  2 .235   A-S.Casey PH          1  0  1  0 .352  
  D.Barton 1B         4  0  0  0 .239     J.Varitek C         4  1  1  0 .220  
                                          C.Crisp CF          4  0  2  1 .267  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  4  9  4                 Totals      37  3  9  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Lowrie In 9th Inning
 
Athletics....... 0 1 2  1 0 0  0 0 0  -  4  9  1
Red Sox......... 0 1 1  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  3  9  0
 
Athletics (48-61)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
D.Eveland WIN(4-10)       5       5   3   3   5   5   1 101   4.98  A1 C8
J.Devine HOLD(4th)        2 1/3   3   0   0   1   2   0  51   0.75  C9 E1
J.Blevins HOLD(1st)       0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   6   1.59  E2 E3
H.Street SAVE(14th)       1       1   0   0   1   2   0  21   6.35  E4
Totals                    9       9   3   3   7  10   1
 
Red Sox (65-46)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Lester LOSS(9-7)        6       8   4   4   1   7   1 103   3.46  A1 C9
H.Okajima                 2       0   0   0   1   3   0  22   3.48  D1 D7
J.Papelbon                1       1   0   0   0   2   0  16   1.06  D8
Totals                    9       9   4   4   2  12   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 38,164 DATE- Saturday, August 2nd 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Jim Reynolds, Tim Timmons, Gary Cederstrom, Fieldin Culbreth
T- 3:33
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 7  Red Sox:14
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0  Red Sox: 0
ERRORS- J.Hannahan
DOUBLES- K.Suzuki(18th), B.Crosby(27th), K.Youkilis(29th)
HOME RUNS- E.Brown(9th), M.Lowell(18th)
STOLEN BASES- K.Youkilis(4th), M.Lowell(1st)
WALKS- F.Thomas, C.Gonzalez, D.Ortiz, M.Lowell, J.Bay, J.Drew-3, J.Varitek
STRIKE OUTS- R.Sweeney, K.Suzuki, E.Brown-2, F.Thomas-2, M.Ellis-2,
             J.Hannahan-2, B.Crosby, D.Barton, D.Pedroia, K.Youkilis, M.Lowell,
             J.Bay-2, J.Lowrie, J.Varitek-3, C.Crisp
WILD PITCHES- D.Eveland, H.Okajima
 
The Oakland Athletics edged the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park by the score of
4 to 3.
 
Oakland had 2 runs cross the plate in the 3rd inning.  The big moment was
provided by Emil Brown who silenced Fenway Park as he cracked a two-run shot.
Boston had a chance in the 9th but they came up short.  
 
The win was credited to Dana Eveland(4-10) who went 5 innings allowing 3 runs.
Eveland got help from Huston Street who was credited with his 14th save.  The
loss was charged to Jon Lester(9-7).  
 
Gary Lucas was in a contemplative mood after the tough loss, 'It is really
hard to lose this kind of a game.  It may seem weird to some, but it is
easier to take the occasional blow-out loss.  It is the ones that just barely
get away that hurt so much - like this one!'

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2010-04-17T12:42:00.001-04:00

Not exactly end of July, but August 1st is close enough. Quite a few surprises so far as you can tell by comparing the actual records in real-life with the SOM records so far. And check out those Chicago Cubs, ripping along playing .700 ball and holding a huge 24 game lead over the second place Cardinals. They might just clinch the division before the end of the month. The Cubs lead the majors in batting average at .285 (Red Sox .282, Phillies .254 and Nationals .250) and lead the NL with an ERA of 3.33 (Sox 3.89, Phillies 4.19 and Nats 4.97). Toronto leads the majors in ERA at 3.12.

For comparison's sake, the worst batting in the majors is Oakland at .230, and the worst pitching belongs to Texas with a 5.54 ERA. Interesting fact on the Rangers - despite the worst pitching in the majors, they have also scored the most runs in the majors which enables them to be just over the .500 mark and a game and a half lead in the AL West.

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LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 2008 Major Leagues
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
AL East                     WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
2008 Toronto TOA             66  43  .606 ----    52    54  55 .495   86  76 .531
2008 Boston BOA              65  45  .591  1.5          62  48 .564   95  67 .586
2008 Tampa Bay TBA           61  47  .565  4.5          64  44 .593   97  65 .599
2008 New York (AL) NYA       61  48  .560  5.0          59  50 .541   89  73 .549
2008 Baltimore BAA           48  61  .440 18.0          53  56 .486   68  93 .422
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
AL Central                  WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
2008 Chicago (AL) CHA        67  42  .615 ----    46    61  48 .560   89  74 .546
2008 Cleveland CLA           58  50  .537  8.5          47  61 .435   81  81 .500
2008 Kansas City KCA         53  57  .482 14.5          50  60 .455   75  87 .463
2008 Minnesota MNA           49  60  .450 18.0          61  48 .560   88  75 .540
2008 Detroit DEA             42  67  .385 25.0          55  54 .505   74  88 .457
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
AL West                     WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
2008 Texas TEA               56  54  .509 ----    52    57  53 .518   79  83 .488
2008 Los Angeles(AL) LAA     54  55  .495  1.5          69  40 .633  100  62 .617
2008 Seattle SEA             49  60  .450  6.5          41  68 .376   61 101 .377
2008 Oakland OAA             47  61  .435  8.0          53  55 .491   75  86 .466
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
NL East                     WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
2008 New York (NL) NYN       66  43  .606 ----    53    58  51 .532   89  73 .549
2008 Atlanta ATN             65  44  .596  1.0          50  59 .459   72  90 .444
2008 Philadelphia PHN        55  54  .505 11.0          59  50 .541   92  70 .568
2008 Florida FLN             46  64  .418 20.5          58  52 .527   84  77 .522
2008 Washington WAN          35  74  .321 31.0          39  70 .358   59 102 .366
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
NL Central                  WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
2008 Chicago (NL) CHN        77  33  .700 ----    29    65  45 .591   97  64 .602
2008 St. Louis SLN           54  58  .482 24.0          62  50 .554   86  76 .531
2008 Houston HON             51  57  .472 25.0          51  57 .472   86  75 .534
2008 Milwaukee MLN           51  59  .464 26.0          61  49 .555   90  72 .556
2008 Cincinnati CIN          51  59  .464 26.0          51  59 .464   74  88 .457
2008 Pittsburgh PIN          43  66  .394 33.5          51  58 .468   67  95 .414
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
NL West                     WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
2008 San Francisco SFN       55  53  .509 ----    54    45  63 .417   72  90 .444
2008 San Diego SDN           56  54  .509 ----          42  68 .382   63  99 .389
2008 Arizona ARN             55  54  .505   .5          57  52 .523   82  80 .506
2008 Los Angeles(NL) LAN     53  56  .486  2.5          54  55 .495   84  78 .519
2008 Colorado CON            50  61  .450  6.5          50  61 .450   74  88 .457
 
 
AL Wild Card Standings      WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2008 Boston BOA              65  45  .591 ----    51  
2008 Tampa Bay TBA           61  47  .565  3.0        
2008 New York (AL) NYA       61  48  .560  3.5        
2008 Cleveland CLA           58  50  .537  6.0        
2008 Los Angeles(AL) LAA     54  55  .495 10.5        
2008 Kansas City KCA         53  57  .482 12.0        
 
NL Wild Card Standings      WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2008 Atlanta ATN             65  44  .596 ----    45  
2008 San Francisco SFN       55  53  .509  9.5        
2008 San Diego SDN           56  54  .509  9.5        
2008 Philadelphia PHN        55  54  .505 10.0        
2008 Arizona ARN             55  54  .505 10.0        
2008 Los Angeles(NL) LAN     53  56  .486 12.0        
 
 
       OVERALL RECORD
Team   WON LOST   PCT  HOME  ROAD  LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN   LAST 10   STREAK
ARN     55   54  .505 28-24 27-30 14-24 41-30  5- 5 14-17     4-6     Won 2
ATN     65   44  .596 27-29 38-15 18-17 47-27  6- 5 17-15     6-4     Won 1
BAA     48   61  .440 25-27 23-34 11-17 37-44 10- 7 12-19     4-6     Lost 5
BOA     65   45  .591 33-21 32-24 18- 5 47-40  8- 4 13-16     4-6     Lost 3
CHA     67   42  .615 34-18 33-24 23-12 44-30 10- 8 16-18     5-5     Lost 2
CHN     77   33  .700 41-13 36-20 23- 9 54-24  4- 5 15- 9     8-2     Won 1
CIN     51   59  .464 28-27 23-32 18-22 33-37  8- 5 18-14     3-7     Lost 2
CLA     58   50  .537 33-22 25-28 15-12 43-38 10- 5 21-20     4-6     Lost 1
CON     50   61  .450 27-26 23-35 20-10 30-51  5- 3 11-13     6-4     Lost 1
DEA     42   67  .385 21-30 21-37 14-16 28-51  3- 6  9-16     3-7     Lost 2
FLN     46   64  .418 28-29 18-35 10-20 36-44  3-15 11-23     1-9     Won 1
HON     51   57  .472 27-26 24-31 18-12 33-45  7- 8 15-22     5-5     Lost 1
KCA     53   57  .482 28-26 25-31 15-20 38-37  4-10 20-14     7-3     Won 1
LAA     54   55  .495 31-21 23-34 13-14 41-41  8- 9 26-18     5-5     Lost 2
LAN     53   56  .486 29-28 24-28 17-16 36-40  9- 8 16-16     5-5     Lost 2
MLN     51   59  .464 27-28 24-31 20-15 31-44  8- 5 11-16     5-5     Lost 1
MNA     49   60  .450 33-25 16-35 15-19 34-41  6- 9 18-17     4-6     Won 2
NYA     61   48  .560 37-23 24-25 18-15 43-33  7- 3 21-12     8-2     Won 5
NYN     66   43  .606 29-23 37-20 19-13 47-30  6- 5 19-18     7-3     Won 5
OAA     47   61  .435 29-32 18-29 14-22 33-39  6- 5 19-19     5-5     Won 2
PHN     55   54  .505 25-28 30-26 21-18 34-36  6- 5 14-16     5-5     Won 2
PIN     43   66  .394 22-36 21-30 14-16 29-50  5- 5 11-17     3-7     Lost 2
SDN     56   54  .509 34-23 22-31 19-19 37-35  4- 6 20-13     8-2     Won 3
SEA     49   60  .450 24-29 25-31 19-14 30-46  3- 5 20-15     4-6     Won 3
SFN     55   53  .509 31-23 24-30 18-15 37-38  8- 6 20-18     5-5     Lost 2
SLN     54   58  .482 29-27 25-31 22-18 32-40  0- 6 14-13     5-5     Lost 1
TBA     61   47  .565 29-28 32-19 15-17 46-30  6- 9 19-13     6-4     Won 2
TEA     56   54  .509 23-28 33-26 24- 9 32-45  9- 3 18-14     4-6     Lost 3
TOA     66   43  .606 31-22 35-21 15-13 51-30 10- 5 17-19     6-4     Won 1
WAN     35   74  .321 19-35 16-39 15-25 20-49  3- 7 15-20     5-5     Won 1
TOTAL 1639 1639  .500
 
TEAM   -APRIL   MAY  JUNE  JULY   AUG SEPT+   InDiv OutDiv InterLg
ARN     15-13 15-13  8-19 16- 9  1- 0  0- 0   23-19  28-24   4-11
ATN     18- 9 16-13 17-10 13-12  1- 0  0- 0   29-15  26-24  10- 5
BAA     15-13  9-18 11-16 13-13  0- 1  0- 0   15-32  25-19   8-10
BOA     18-11 14-15 20- 7 13-11  0- 1  0- 0   25-17  25-25  15- 3
CHA     17-10 19-10 18- 9 13-12  0- 1  0- 0   30-19  27-15  10- 8
CHN     20- 7 18-11 18- 9 20- 6  1- 0  0- 0   33-14  34-14  10- 5
CIN     15-14 14-13 12-16 10-15  0- 1  0- 0   14-24  30-27   7- 8
CLA     15-13 13-14 18-10 12-12  0- 1  0- 0   26-19  22-23  10- 8
CON      9-19 15-13 11-16 15-12  0- 1  0- 0   16-23  25-32   9- 6
DEA      9-19 15-12  7-20 11-15  0- 1  0- 0   17-31  19-24   6-12
FLN     14-13 12-15 13-15  6-21  1- 0  0- 0   14-28  24-29   8- 7
HON     10-19 15-13  9-17 17- 7  0- 1  0- 0   25-22  23-20   3-15
KCA     12-15 15-14 10-17 15-11  1- 0  0- 0   19-17  24-32  10- 8
LAA     14-15 12-16 13-13 15-10  0- 1  0- 0   16-15  28-32  10- 8
LAN     17-10 13-15 13-14 10-16  0- 1  0- 0   20-20  24-30   9- 6
MLN      9-18 13-16 14-12 15-12  0- 1  0- 0   23-27  23-22   5-10
MNA     12-15  9-19 13-15 14-11  1- 0  0- 0   23-29  18-21   8-10
NYA     14-15 12-14 18-10 16- 9  1- 0  0- 0   22-23  28-18  11- 7
NYN     14-12 17-11 18-10 16-10  1- 0  0- 0   24-16  35-19   7- 8
OAA     13-16 10-17 13-13 10-15  1- 0  0- 0   16-18  21-35  10- 8
PHN     13-15 15-14 11-15 15-10  1- 0  0- 0   24-19  25-26   6- 9
PIN     11-16  8-20 14-13 10-16  0- 1  0- 0   18-31  17-28   8- 7
SDN     16-12 16-13 10-17 13-12  1- 0  0- 0   19-20  30-23   7-11
SEA     11-17 11-17 14-12 12-14  1- 0  0- 0   15-17  22-37  12- 6
SFN     14-15 15-12 15-12 11-13  0- 1  0- 0   21-17  25-27   9- 9
SLN     20- 9 13-15  9-18 12-15  0- 1  0- 0   27-22  23-25   4-11
TBA     14-13 21- 8 14-12 11-14  1- 0  0- 0   26-21  25-18  10- 8
TEA     12-16 15-14 18- 9 11-14  0- 1  0- 0   19-16  28-29   9- 9
TOA     20- 8 19-11 16-10 10-14  1- 0  0- 0   22-17  34-18  10- 8
WAN      7-21 13-16  9-18  5-19  1- 0  0- 0   14-27  14-36   7-11
 
 
WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:
 
TEAM ARN ATN BAA BOA CHA CHN CIN CLA CON DEA FLN HON KCA LAA LAN MLN MNA NYA
ARN    -   2   0   0   0   3   1   0   5   1   2   2   1   0   7   4   2   0
ATN    2   -   0   0   0   2   4   0   2   0   9   1   0   0   3   4   0   0
BAA    0   0   -   2   2   0   0   0   0   2   0   3   4   3   0   2   2   4
BOA    3   0  10   -   0   0   3   2   0   4   0   3   2   4   0   2   3   8
CHA    0   0   4   0   -   3   0   5   1  10   0   0   5   4   2   0  10   2
CHN    3   1   3   0   3   -   9   0   3   0   4   5   0   0   6   6   0   0
CIN    2   2   0   0   0   0   -   4   1   0   4   3   0   0   3   3   0   2
CLA    0   0   0   0   7   0   2   -   3   7   0   0   4   1   1   0   8   3
CON    4   2   0   0   2   3   2   0   -   3   4   1   1   0   5   1   3   0
DEA    2   0   2   3   2   0   0   5   0   -   0   0   3   2   0   0   7   3
FLN    4   3   0   0   0   0   3   0   2   0   -   0   3   0   4   3   0   0
HON    1   2   0   0   0   4   2   0   2   0   3   -   0   0   4   7   0   0
KCA    2   0   4   2   5   0   0   4   2   6   0   0   -   4   0   0   4   1
LAA    0   3   3   5   3   0   0   5   0   4   0   0   1   -   3   0   1   0
LAN    3   3   0   0   1   1   5   2   7   3   3   3   0   3   -   1   0   0
MLN    3   3   1   1   0   4   6   0   6   0   3   5   0   0   2   -   2   0
MNA    1   0   1   4   5   0   0   5   0   8   0   0   5   3   0   4   -   3
NYA    0   0   8   4   1   0   1   4   0   2   0   3   6   2   0   0   4   -
NYN    4   4   0   0   0   0   2   0   8   0   8   1   0   2   5   3   0   3
OAA    3   1   1   5   1   0   0   3   0   1   2   0   3   6   0   0   2   1
PHN    4   6   0   1   0   1   2   0   3   0   7   6   0   2   0   1   0   0
PIN    1   2   3   0   1   4   6   0   2   0   1   2   0   0   1   2   0   2
SDN    6   4   0   0   0   3   5   1   6   2   4   4   0   0   5   0   2   0
SEA    0   1   2   4   0   0   0   2   0   4   2   0   3   4   0   0   0   3
SFN    6   0   0   0   1   1   2   1   5   2   1   1   1   0   3   3   0   0
SLN    0   3   0   1   0   2   1   0   3   1   0   7   2   0   1   9   0   0
TBA    0   0   8   6   3   1   0   1   0   1   3   2   4   5   0   0   2   7
TEA    0   0   2   2   3   0   0   5   0   2   0   4   3   5   0   0   4   2
TOA    0   0   6   5   2   1   2   1   0   4   0   0   6   4   0   2   3   4
WAN    0   2   3   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   4   1   0   1   1   2   1   0
 
TEAM NYN OAA PHN PIN SDN SEA SFN SLN TBA TEA TOA WAN
ARN    2   0   3   3   6   0   5   0   0   0   0   6
ATN    5   2   6   5   2   2   0   1   0   3   3   9
BAA    0   2   0   0   0   6   0   0   3   4   6   3
BOA    0   3   2   0   0   5   0   2   6   2   1   0
CHA    0   5   0   2   0   3   2   0   4   3   2   0
CHN    2   0   2   9   4   0   6   4   2   0   2   3
CIN    5   0   6   3   2   0   1   5   0   0   1   4
CLA    0   6   0   0   2   4   2   0   3   2   3   0
CON    1   0   2   5   3   0   4   4   0   0   0   0
DEA    0   2   0   0   1   6   1   2   0   1   0   0
FLN    1   1   2   4   2   1   2   0   3   0   0   8
HON    0   0   1   7   2   0   3   5   1   2   0   5
KCA    0   3   0   0   0   2   2   4   4   3   1   0
LAA    1   7   1   0   0   5   0   0   1   4   5   2
LAN    2   0   0   2   4   0   6   2   0   0   0   2
MLN    0   0   1   4   0   0   3   4   0   0   1   2
MNA    0   1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   6   0   2
NYA    3   5   0   1   3   3   0   0   5   1   5   0
NYN    -   0   7   1   3   0   3   5   0   2   0   5
OAA    0   -   2   0   0   4   2   0   1   6   3   0
PHN    6   1   -   0   2   0   2   4   0   1   1   5
PIN    1   0   3   -   1   0   1   4   2   0   0   4
SDN    1   0   1   3   -   2   2   3   0   0   0   2
SEA    3   5   0   0   4   -   0   0   2   6   2   2
SFN    3   4   4   2   7   0   -   3   0   0   0   5
SLN    2   0   3   8   4   0   4   -   0   0   0   3
TBA    0   5   0   1   0   1   0   3   -   3   5   0
TEA    1   6   2   0   0   8   0   0   3   -   2   2
TOA    0   3   2   3   0   7   0   0   7   4   -   0
WAN    4   0   4   3   1   1   2   3   0   1   0   -
 
 
RUNS SCORED ARE ACROSS, RUNS ALLOWED ARE DOWN:
 
TEAM ARN ATN BAA BOA CHA CHN CIN CLA CON DEA FLN HON KCA LAA LAN MLN MNA NYA
ARN    -  12   0  14   0  31  12   0  61  12  21  13   7   0  41  36  12   0
ATN   17   -   0   0   0  28  30   0  19   0  83  15   0   7  23  48   0   0
BAA    0   0   -  45  28   5   0   0   0  42   0  33  50  29   0  16  16  64
BOA   22   0  78   -   0   0  21  21   0  41   0  21  15  31   0  23  47  69
CHA    0   0  30   0   -  24   0  62  11  89   0   0  51  49  13   0  82  17
CHN   38  18  22   0  25   -  66   0  38   0  24  51   0   0  40  45   0   0
CIN   15  25   0   9   0  38   -  22  15   0  40  15   0   0  27  31   0  20
CLA    0   0   0   6  58   0  18   -  26  76   0   0  24  30  15   0  41  24
CON   38  31   0   0  19  36  17  13   -  24  36  12  10   0  49  18  17   0
DEA   15   0  29  26  45   0   0  61  13   -   0   0  36  22   6   0  55  25
FLN   25  56   0   0   0  12  43   0  36   0   -   7  18   0  20  31   0   0
HON   11  13  12   6   0  44  23   0  19   0  18   -   0   0  33  54   0  10
KCA   11   0  57  23  32   0   0  21  13  45   3   0   -  25   0   0  39  26
LAA    0  18  25  45  22   0   0  33   0  28   0   0  15   -  20   0   5   5
LAN   24  34   0   0  11  28  44  13  60  15  16  27   0  24   -  12   0   0
MLN   24  29  10  24   0  33  55   0  38   0  30  60   0   0  10   -  19   0
MNA    7   0  11  37  51   0   0  37   9  62   0   0  49  10   0  18   -  23
NYA    0   0  71  38  11   0  20  29   0  26   0  21  39  12   0   0  32   -
NYN   22  26   0   0   0   2  28   0  61   0  55   8   0   9  42  33   0  26
OAA   20  15  12  31  13   0   0  24   0  12  13   0  17  43   0   0  17  12
PHN   38  50   0  10   0  10  42   0  22   0  59  48   0  18   0   9   0   0
PIN   18  31  33   0  11  47  43   0  45   0  15  34   0   0   3  17   0  10
SDN   43  16   0   0   0  21  39  16  35  18  27  17   0   0  28   0  10  11
SEA    0  11  46  30   4   0   0  12   0  38  12   0  23  42   0   0   0  22
SFN   54   0   0   0  12  12  20   8  51  16  13  12   8   0  29  23   0   0
SLN    0  28   0  12   0  25  16   0  36  16   0  54  13   0  14  89   0   0
TBA    0   0  63  52  30   8   0   8   0   5  19  11  38  27   0   0  13  54
TEA    0  13  31  18  68   0   0  40   0  29   0  28  36  50   0   0  50  18
TOA    0   8  55  47  18   8  14  14   0  36   0   0  48  33   0  11  27  35
WAN   15  32  17   0   0   7  15   0   0   0  58  20   0  16   6  24  11   0
 
TEAM NYN OAA PHN PIN SDN SEA SFN SLN TBA TEA TOA WAN
ARN   29  13  30  34  44   0  48   0   0   0   0  47
ATN   35   9  58  40  18  16   0  11   0  28  16  62
BAA    0  14   0  14   0  57   0   0  51  38  59  22
BOA    0  20  14   0   0  43   0  15  58  22  23   0
CHA    0  28   0   5   0  24  15   0  28  61  19   0
CHN   10   0  19  87  30   0  36  23  11   0  12  19
CIN   44   0  48  37  23   0  10  33   0   0   6  18
CLA    0  40   0   0  17  31   6   0  19  28  13   0
CON   29   0  17  54  31   0  45  33   0   0   0   0
DEA    0  17   0   0  10  47  18  18   2  27  11   0
FLN   24  14  34  31  17  13  17   0  27   0   0  62
HON    7   0  24  63  25   0  23  44   9  25   0  33
KCA    0  19   0   0   0  17  12  28  30  40  19   0
LAA   12  25  10   0   0  46   0   0  17  53  39  21
LAN   29   0   0   4  41   0  60  19   0   0   0  14
MLN    7   0   4  33   0   0  34  53   0   0   9  28
MNA    0  12   0   0   7   0   0   0   6  50   3  15
NYA   15  33   0   5  24  21   0   0  42  20  30   0
NYN    -   0  69   7  18   7  21  28   0  16   0  67
OAA    0   -   7   0   0  34  14   0  14  70  13   0
PHN   52  10   -  12  14   0  27  31   0  15  15  48
PIN    7   0  20   -  12   0   7  49  18   0   4  36
SDN    6   0  10  27   -  27  23  28   0   0   0   6
SEA   20  37   0   0  27   -   0   0  11  75  26  15
SFN   21  43  24  10  48   0   -  25   0   0   0  38
SLN   18   0  30  63  33   0  25   -   6   0   0  30
TBA    0  19   0  11   0   7   0  18   -  36  32   0
TEA   18  59  11   0   0  77   0   0  45   -  23  22
TOA    0  16  18   8   0  42   0   0  51  53   -   0
WAN   28   0  26  39   6   5  32  35   0  19   0   -

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August 1, 2008 Phillies 5, Cardinals 0

2010-04-17T12:29:00.001-04:00

The Phillie offense gets its spark back, rapping out 13 hits with 6 of them doubles and despite leaving 11 baserunners stranded have no problem with the Cards. Cole Hamels gets his first shutout of the year, going the distance on the five-hitter and hits one of those doubles to continue his .300 hitting.

I forgot to mention in the Sox blog an interesting stat regarding Tim Wakefield. That game isn't his only ass-kicking of the year, back on April 4th in his first start of the season he allowed 8 runs in 3 innings in an 11-8 loss to Toronto. But, besides those two games he has been solid. Take out those two starts, and his ERA drops almost a run from 5.01 down to 4.07.

Strat-O-Matic Report


BOXSCORE: 2008 Philadelphia Phillies At 2008 St. Louis Cardinals     8/1/2008
 
  Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Rollins SS        5  1  1  0 .251     C.Izturis SS        4  0  2  0 .277  
  S.Victorino CF      5  0  1  1 .320     J.Mather LF         3  0  1  0 .250  
  C.Utley 2B          5  2  1  0 .269     A.Pujols 1B         4  0  1  0 .315  
  R.Howard 1B         4  0  2  2 .259     R.Ludwick RF        4  0  1  0 .274  
  P.Burrell LF        5  0  3  1 .250     T.Glaus 3B          4  0  1  0 .258  
  G.Jenkins RF        3  0  0  0 .251     Y.Molina C          4  0  0  0 .266  
B-J.Werth PH,RF       0  0  0  0 .254     A.Miles 2B          3  0  0  0 .291  
  E.Bruntlett 3B      5  1  1  0 .213     K.Lohse P           1  0  0  0 .178  
  C.Ruiz C            4  1  3  1 .219   A-A.Kennedy PH        1  0  0  0 .318  
  C.Hamels P          4  0  1  0 .300     B.Thompson P        1  0  0  0 .267  
                                          J.Garcia P          0  0  0  0 .000  
                                          S.Schumaker CF      3  0  0  0 .277  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      40  5 13  5                 Totals      32  0  6  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Lohse In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Jenkins In 9th Inning
 
Phillies........ 1 2 0  0 0 0  2 0 0  -  5 13  0
Cardinals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  6  1
 
Phillies (55-54)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Hamels WIN(9-5)         9       6   0   0   1   5   0 114   3.82  A1
Totals                    9       6   0   0   1   5   0
 
Cardinals (54-58)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
K.Lohse LOSS(9-9)         5       7   3   3   1   4   0  83   3.85  A1 C5
B.Thompson                3 1/3   6   2   1   1   1   0  60   3.06  C6 E5
J.Garcia                  0 2/3   0   0   0   1   0   0   8   4.05  E6
Totals                    9      13   5   4   3   5   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 46,860 DATE- Friday, August 1st 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Lance Barksdale, Dana Demuth, Ted Barrett, Doug Eddings
T- 2:55
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies:11  Cardinals: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 1  Cardinals: 1
ERRORS- C.Izturis
DOUBLES- S.Victorino(25th), R.Howard(18th), P.Burrell-2(25th), C.Ruiz(11th),
         C.Hamels
TRIPLES- C.Izturis(4th)
STOLEN BASES- E.Bruntlett(5th)
WALKS- R.Howard, G.Jenkins, J.Werth, J.Mather
STRIKE OUTS- J.Rollins, C.Utley, P.Burrell-2, C.Hamels, J.Mather, A.Pujols-2,
             T.Glaus, A.Kennedy
GIDP- E.Bruntlett, Y.Molina
WILD PITCHES- B.Thompson-2
 
Ryan Howard had 2 base hits and 2 RBI and Cole Hamels threw a complete game
shutout as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals by a
score of 5 to 0 at Busch Stadium.
 
Hamels(9-5) contributed a very nicely pitched game.  He was stingy on the
mound, allowing just 6 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings lowering his ERA to 3.82.
Philadelphia had 13 hits for the night.  
 
Kyle Lohse(9-9) suffered the loss.  He pitched 5 innings and surrendered 7
hits and 1 walk.

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August 1, 2008 Athletics 15, Red Sox 3

2010-04-17T11:47:00.001-04:00

Jason Bay might wish he had stayed in Pittsburgh after today. The post-Manny era begins with a shellacking at the hands of the Oakland A's and the second Sox slaughter in three games after that 15-2 loss to the Angels two games ago. Bay goes 0 for 4 in his Sox debut and watches with horror as his new teammates get clobbered. Tim Wakefield sucked from the start allowing the first 6 A's hitters to reach and 5 runs before getting an out. I was hoping that Wakefield would settle down due to a tired bullpen, but it became painfully obvious that would not happen. Wake can only go 1 2/3 innings allowing 9 hits and 8 runs, and an ungodly bad game score of a 5!

Kurt Suzuki goes 4 for 5, scores 5 times and knocks in 4 courtesy of 2 homeruns, Chris Gonzalez drives in 5 of his own, and every A's batter had at least one hit. 10 of the A's 17 hits were for extra bases with 7 doubles and 3 homers and they still leave 10 runners on base with 8 walks allowed by the Sox pitchers. Dustin Pedroia provides the Sox's only spark with a 3-run homerun in the 6th after Oakland jumped out to a 14-0 lead. Overall, a total embarassment.

Play account follows the box score.

Strat-O-Matic Report


BOXSCORE: 2008 Oakland Athletics At 2008 Boston Red Sox              8/1/2008
 
  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Sweeney RF        5  2  2  0 .278     D.Pedroia 2B        4  1  3  3 .299  
  K.Suzuki C          5  5  4  4 .270   B-C.Crisp CF          0  0  0  0 .263  
  J.Cust LF           4  2  2  2 .205     K.Youkilis 1B       4  0  2  0 .320  
  F.Thomas DH         4  2  1  0 .244     D.Ortiz DH          4  0  0  0 .228  
  C.Gonzalez CF       6  2  2  5 .228     M.Lowell 3B         4  0  0  0 .254  
  M.Ellis 2B          6  1  2  2 .233     J.Bay LF            4  0  0  0 .283  
  J.Hannahan 3B       5  0  1  1 .194     J.Drew RF           3  0  0  0 .281  
  B.Crosby SS         5  0  1  0 .232     J.Lowrie SS         3  0  0  0 .225  
  D.Barton 1B         5  1  2  1 .242     K.Cash C            1  1  0  0 .170  
                                        A-A.Cora PH,2B        1  0  0  0 .254  
                                          J.Ellsbury CF       3  1  1  0 .309  
                                        C-J.Varitek C         0  0  0  0 .219  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      45 15 17 15                 Totals      31  3  6  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Cash In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Pedroia In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Ellsbury In 9th Inning
 
Athletics....... 6 2 2  0 2 2  0 0 1  - 15 17  0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 0 3  0 0 0  -  3  6  1
 
Athletics (47-61)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Duchschere WIN(9-5)     5       4   3   3   1   5   1  75   4.41  A1 C1
S.Casilla HOLD(3rd)       3       2   0   0   0   1   0  44   4.24  C2 D2
J.Blevins                 1       0   0   0   0   0   0  15   1.69  D3
Totals                    9       6   3   3   1   6   1
 
Red Sox (65-45)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
T.Wakefield LOSS(10-7)    1 2/3   9   8   8   1   1   1  49   5.01  A1 B6
J.Masterson               2 1/3   2   2   2   4   1   0  58   2.88  B7 D1
C.Smith                   1 2/3   4   4   4   1   1   2  40   8.10  D2 E2
J.Lopez                   1 1/3   0   0   0   1   3   0  20   1.86  E3 E7
M.Timlin                  1 2/3   2   1   0   1   2   0  37   3.08  E8 F7
M.Delcarmen               0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.72  F8
Totals                    9      17  15  14   8   8   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 36,428 DATE- Friday, August 1st 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Bill Hohn, Ron Kulpa, Dan Iassogna, Dale Scott
T- 3:33
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics:11  Red Sox: 2
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 2  Red Sox: 0
ERRORS- M.Lowell
DOUBLES- F.Thomas(6th), C.Gonzalez-2(15th), M.Ellis-2(16th), J.Hannahan(17th),
         D.Barton(12th), J.Ellsbury(17th)
HOME RUNS- K.Suzuki-2(8th), J.Cust(16th), D.Pedroia(12th)
WALKS- R.Sweeney, K.Suzuki, J.Cust-2, F.Thomas-2, J.Hannahan, B.Crosby, K.Cash
STRIKE OUTS- J.Cust, F.Thomas, C.Gonzalez-2, M.Ellis, J.Hannahan-2, D.Barton,
             K.Youkilis, M.Lowell, J.Bay, J.Drew-2, K.Cash
GIDP- D.Ortiz-2
PASSED BALLS- K.Cash
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Jed Lowrie robbed Bobby Crosby of a base hit.
 
Kurt Suzuki smacked 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI as the Oakland Athletics smashed
the overmatched Boston Red Sox, 15 to 3.
 
Suzuki was in a groove all evening.  The Boston fans hated to see him
approaching the batter's box.  He cracked a two-run shot in the 1st inning,
banged out a single in the 2nd inning, delivered a base-hit in the 5th inning
and popped a two-run clout over the fence in the 6th inning.  Oakland lit up
the scoreboard in the 1st inning with 6 runs on 6 hits.  Oakland dominated
offensively as they scored in 6 different innings.  
 
Justin Duchscherer(9-5) went 5 innings allowing 3 runs for the victory. Tim
Wakefield(10-7) suffered the loss.  He allowed 8 runs and 9 hits in 1 and 2/3
innings.  
 
 
*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0     R.Sweeney   1- 8     5 Single                         b-1 
0 1   K.Suzuki    5-10  2  1 Home Run                       1-H b-H 
0     J.Cust      3- 8     4 Walk                           b-1 
0 1   F.Thomas    5- 8 19  5 Double                         1-3 b-2 
0  23 C.Gonzalez  3- 8 16  6 Double                         3-H 2-H b-2 
0  2  M.Ellis     5- 8 11  2 Double                         2-H b-2 
0  2  J.Hannahan  1- 9     3 Fly Out                        b-0 
1  2  B.Crosby    6-10     2 Ground Out                     2-3 b-0 
2   3 D.Barton    3-10 12  5 Single                         3-H b-1 
2 1   R.Sweeney   6- 8     3 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0     D.Pedroia   6- 7     5 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     K.Youkilis  2- 2     3 Fly Out                        b-0 
2     D.Ortiz     4- 9 18  5 Line Out                       b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0     K.Suzuki    3-10     3 Single                         b-1 
0 1   J.Cust      6- 7 15  1 Single                         1-3 b-1 
0 1 3 F.Thomas    6-11     5 Strike Out                     b-0 
1 1 3 C.Gonzalez  5- 4     3 Force Play                     3-H 1-o b-1 
2 1   M.Ellis     3- 6 14  1 Double                         1-H b-2 
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Justin Masterson
2  2  J.Hannahan  4- 6     6 Walk                           b-1 
2 12  B.Crosby    6- 2 11  4 Line Out                       b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0     M.Lowell    4- 7     5 Strike Out                     b-0 
1     J.Bay       4- 7     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
2     J.Drew      6- 9     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0     D.Barton    1-11 17  3 Line Out                       b-0 
1     R.Sweeney   4- 6     6 Walk                           b-1 
1 1   K.Suzuki    2- 6     5 Walk                           1-2 b-1 
1 12  J.Cust      1-11 14  5 Fly Out                        2-3 b-0 
2 1 3 F.Thomas    2- 6     5 Walk                           1-2 b-1 
2 123 C.Gonzalez  3- 9  2  5 Double                         3-H 2-H 1-3 b-2 
2  23 M.Ellis     1- 5     6 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0     J.Lowrie    3- 8 12  2 Fly Out                        b-0 
1     K.Cash      3- 9     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
2     J.Ellsbury  2- 9     3 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0     J.Hannahan  4- 5     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
1     B.Crosby    2- 7 10  5 Single                         b-1 
1 1   D.Barton    4- 4     2 Fly Out                        b-0 
2 1   R.Sweeney   3- 8     3 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0     D.Pedroia   3- 6  6  2 Single                         b-1 
0 1   K.Youkilis  6- 6 13  2 Single                         1-2 b-1 
0 12  D.Ortiz     3- 4     5 Ground Out Double Play         2-3 1-o b-0 
2   3 M.Lowell    1- 8     3 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Chris Smith
0     K.Suzuki    2- 5  9  4 Single                         b-1 
0 1   J.Cust      1- 9     3 Home Run                       1-H b-H 
0     F.Thomas    6-10     5 Walk                           b-1 
0 1   C.Gonzalez           1 Passed Ball                    1-2 
0  2  C.Gonzalez  6- 5     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
1  2  M.Ellis     1- 8     2 Ground Out                     b-0 
2  2  J.Hannahan  1- 9     3 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0     J.Bay       4- 5     5 Pop Out                        b-0 
1     J.Drew      5- 9     5 Strike Out                     b-0 
2     J.Lowrie    1- 3     4 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
0     B.Crosby    5- 4     6 Foul Out                       b-0 
1     D.Barton    4- 8 10  5 Double                         b-2 
1  2  R.Sweeney   3- 8     3 Fly Out                        b-0 
2  2  K.Suzuki    4- 6  2  5 Home Run                       2-H b-H 
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Javier Lopez
2     J.Cust      5- 9     6 Walk                           b-1 
2 1   F.Thomas    5-12     3 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
0     K.Cash      1-11     6 Walk                           b-1 
0 1   J.Ellsbury  6- 6  1  6 Double                         1-3 b-2 
0  23 D.Pedroia   1- 4  5  5 Home Run                       3-H 2-H b-H 
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Santiago Casilla
0     K.Youkilis  6- 8 11  6 Single                         b-1 
0 1   D.Ortiz     1- 6     6 Ground Out Double Play         1-o b-0 
2     M.Lowell    3- 4     5 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0     C.Gonzalez  1- 9     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
1     M.Ellis     2- 6     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
2     J.Hannahan  2- 5     5 Strike Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
0     J.Bay       4- 4 18  3 Line Out                       b-0 
1     J.Drew      1-10     3 Ground Out                     b-0 
2     J.Lowrie    4- 8     3 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Mike Timlin
0     B.Crosby    4- 7     5 Walk                           b-1 
0 1   D.Barton    3- 7     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
1 1   R.Sweeney   3- 5     3 Single                         1-2 b-1 
1 12  K.Suzuki    1- 4 20  5 Pop Out                        b-0 
2 12  J.Cust      3- 6     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE PH- Alex Cora
0     A.Cora      3- 4     5 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     J.Ellsbury  2- 5     1 Ground Out                     b-0 
2     D.Pedroia   1-10     4 Single                         b-1 
2 1   K.Youkilis  1- 9     8 Strike Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE CF- Coco Crisp
                             SUBSTITUTE 2B- Alex Cora
                             SUBSTITUTE C - Jason Varitek
0     F.Thomas    4-10     5 2 Base Error - 3B              b-2 
0  2  C.Gonzalez  2-10     3 Ground Out                     b-0 
1  2  M.Ellis     4- 9     5 Fly Out                        b-0 
2  2  J.Hannahan  5- 7     5 Double                         2-H b-2 
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Manny Delcarmen
2  2  B.Crosby    5- 5     3 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Jerry Blevins
0     D.Ortiz     3-11     4 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     M.Lowell    5- 9     5 Ground Out                     b-0 
2     J.Bay       1- 7  9  6 Fly Out                        b-0

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July 31, 2008 Phillies 3, Nationals 1

2010-04-17T08:49:00.001-04:00

Not much offense again today from the Phillies, but the pitching holds up even with Kyle Kendrick on the mound and Kendrick gets the win. The Nationals score first in the 3rd on a Ronnie Belliard double and Willie Harris single, and the Phils get that run right back in the top of the 4th on a Shane Victorino homer. Two runs come scross in the top of the 6th for the Phillies after two are out via Utley reaching on a error by e68 (!) shortstop Pete Orr, Utley steals second, Ryan Howard is intentionally walked, Pat Burrell singles to load the bases, and Jayson Werth knocks Utley and Howard home on a 2-run single. Kendrick tires in the 6th when he allows singles to Harris and Lastings Milledge and walks Ryan Zimmerman to load the bases with no outs, and Rudy Seanez puts out the fire by striking out Austin Kearns and Jesus Flores and getting Kory Castro to pop out. Neither team seriously threatened after that.

The Phillies won't get a chance to see Jason Bergmann, who is still looking for his first win, as Bergmann will get the start in the Nats next game. Bergmann sits 0-11 right now, dangerously close to Terry Felton's 0-13. I doubt that Bergmann will go winless the entire season, but you never know. He does play for the Nationals after all. Some other interesting shitty pitchers of recent vintage - Mike Parrott of the 1980 Mariners was 1-16 (the one win was opening day!), Kyle Abbott of the 1992 Phillies (started 0-11 and finished 1-14), Anthony Young of the 1992 and 93 Mets (2-14 and 1-16 with a record 27 game losing streak) and of course the two most recent 20 game losers the infamous Brian Kingman of the 1980 A's (8-20) and Mike Maroth from the 2003 Tigers (9-21).

Strat-O-Matic Report


BOXSCORE: 2008 Philadelphia Phillies At 2008 Washington Nationals   7/31/2008
 
  Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Rollins SS        4  0  1  0 .252     W.Harris LF,2B      3  0  2  1 .233  
  S.Victorino CF      4  1  1  1 .321     L.Milledge CF       4  0  1  0 .231  
  C.Utley 2B          3  1  1  0 .269     R.Zimmerman 3B      2  0  0  0 .278  
  R.Howard 1B         2  1  0  0 .257     A.Kearns RF         4  0  0  0 .200  
  P.Burrell LF        4  0  1  0 .245     J.Flores C          4  0  1  0 .295  
  J.Werth RF          4  0  1  2 .254     K.Casto 1B          4  0  0  0 .229  
  E.Bruntlett 3B      3  0  1  0 .213     R.Belliard 2B       2  1  1  0 .341  
  C.Ruiz C            4  0  0  0 .209   B-R.Langerhans PH,LF  2  0  1  0 .279  
  K.Kendrick P        2  0  0  0 .233     P.Orr SS            4  0  0  0 .100  
  R.Seanez P          0  0  0  0 .000     J.Lannan P          1  0  0  0 .114  
A-G.Jenkins PH        1  0  1  0 .254     S.Rivera P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  C.Durbin P          0  0  0  0 .000   C-F.Lopez PH          1  0  0  0 .275  
D-S.Taguchi PH        1  0  0  0 .179     J.Colome P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  B.Lidge P           0  0  0  0 ----     G.Mock P            0  0  0  0 .143  
                                        E-C.Guzman PH         1  0  0  0 .256  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  3  7  3                 Totals      32  1  6  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Seanez In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Belliard In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Rivera In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Durbin In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Mock In 9th Inning
 
Phillies........ 0 0 0  1 0 2  0 0 0  -  3  7  0
Nationals....... 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  6  1
 
Phillies (54-54)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
K.Kendrick WIN(4-11)      5       5   1   1   1   3   0  87   6.24  A1 C3
R.Seanez HOLD(6th)        1       0   0   0   0   2   0   9   4.21  C4 C6
C.Durbin HOLD(11th)       2       1   0   0   2   1   0  26   2.72  C7 D6
B.Lidge SAVE(22nd)        1       0   0   0   0   1   0  11   2.31  D7
Totals                    9       6   1   1   3   7   0
 
Nationals (34-74)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Lannan LOSS(5-10)       5 2/3   3   3   1   3   5   1  81   4.48  A1 C4
S.Rivera                  1 1/3   3   0   0   0   1   0  20   4.76  C5 D2
J.Colome                  1 1/3   1   0   0   1   0   0  21   4.25  D3 D7
G.Mock                    0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   5.06  D8
Totals                    9       7   3   1   4   7   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 18,852 DATE- Thursday, July 31st 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Tony Randazzo, Rick Reed, Jeff Kellogg, Mark Wegner
T- 3:00
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 6  Nationals: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 0  Nationals: 2
ERRORS- P.Orr
DOUBLES- C.Utley(30th), R.Belliard(18th)
TRIPLES- G.Jenkins(1st)
HOME RUNS- S.Victorino(17th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Utley(5th), E.Bruntlett(4th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Rollins
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Lannan
WALKS- C.Utley, R.Howard-2, E.Bruntlett, W.Harris, R.Zimmerman-2
STRIKE OUTS- S.Victorino, R.Howard, P.Burrell, J.Werth, E.Bruntlett, C.Ruiz,
             K.Kendrick, R.Zimmerman, A.Kearns, J.Flores, P.Orr-2, J.Lannan,
             C.Guzman
GIDP- R.Howard, P.Burrell
 
In a game for the baseball purist, Kyle Kendrick(4-11) and John Lannan(5-10)
squared off in a tense pitching duel, Philadelphia Phillies finally emerged
victorious over hopeless Washington Nationals, 3 to 1.
 
Kendrick gave a fine effort for Philadelphia.  He went 5 innings allowing 5
hits and 1 walk.  Washington was retired without difficulty in the bottom of
the 9th.  
 
Brad Lidge got the save, his 22nd.

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July 30, 2008 Nationals 5, Phillies 4

2010-04-16T20:46:00.001-04:00

I was thinking that hey, now the Phillies will start winning now that they are playing the worst team in the league. But then, this is the Phillies we are talking about. The Phils score in three separate innings and the Nats only in two, but the Nationals make the better of their scoring. Ryan Zimmerman is the difference with a big 4 for 4 day and a 3-run homerun off of Jamie Moyer in the 3rd inning which is the difference between a win and a loss. Zimm's glove almost costs the Nats in the 9th when errors from him and Austin Kearns lead to two Phillie runs, but Pat Burrell strikes out with runners on 2nd and 3rd for the final out. 10 left on base for the Phillies is the difference.

Slumping Phillie bats also isn't helping matters either. Jimmy Rollins is only .212 (11 for 52) in his last 14 games from the leadoff spot, Ryan Howard 2 for his last 19, and Chase Utley has no homeruns in his last 11 games losing his lead league in homeruns to Howard (31 Utley, 34 Howard). The team as a whole has double digits in hits only two of the last 10 games and have not scored more than four runs in one game in the last seven games.

Strat-O-Matic Report


BOXSCORE: 2008 Philadelphia Phillies At 2008 Washington Nationals   7/30/2008
 
  Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Rollins SS        4  2  1  0 .252     W.Harris LF         3  1  1  1 .226  
  S.Victorino CF      5  0  1  1 .322     L.Milledge CF       3  1  0  0 .231  
  C.Utley 2B          5  1  2  1 .269     R.Zimmerman 3B      4  2  4  3 .280  
  R.Howard 1B         2  0  0  0 .258     A.Kearns RF         3  0  0  0 .203  
  P.Burrell LF        5  0  1  1 .245     J.Flores C          4  0  3  1 .296  
  G.Jenkins RF        4  0  0  0 .251     R.Belliard 2B       4  0  0  0 .340  
  J.Happ P            0  0  0  0 .000     P.Lo Duca 1B        4  0  1  0 .336  
  E.Bruntlett 3B      3  0  2  0 .211     F.Lopez SS          4  1  2  0 .276  
  R.Madson P          0  0  0  0 .000     T.Redding P         1  0  1  0 .235  
  C.Condrey P         0  0  0  0 .400     J.Colome P          0  0  0  0 .000  
B-J.Werth PH,RF       1  0  0  0 .254   C-C.Guzman PH         1  0  0  0 .257  
  C.Ruiz C            3  0  1  0 .213     S.Rivera P          0  0  0  0 .000  
D-S.Taguchi PR        0  1  0  0 .182     J.Hanrahan P        0  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Moyer P           1  0  0  0 .083     S.Shell P           0  0  0  0 ----  
A-G.Dobbs 3B          2  0  0  0 .248                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  4  8  3                 Totals      31  5 12  5
 
A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Moyer In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Condrey In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Colome In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Ruiz In 9th Inning
 
Phillies........ 1 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 2  -  4  8  0
Nationals....... 0 0 4  0 0 0  1 0    -  5 12  2
 
Phillies (53-54)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Moyer LOSS(9-8)         5       8   4   4   2   5   1 103   4.01  A1 C6
R.Madson                  1 1/3   2   1   1   1   1   0  30   5.20  C7 D4
C.Condrey                 0 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   6.75  D5 D6
J.Happ                    1       1   0   0   0   1   0  11   0.56  D7
Totals                    8      12   5   5   3   7   1
 
Nationals (34-73)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
T.Redding WIN(7-8)        6 2/3   7   2   2   3   5   0 110   4.65  A1 D3
J.Colome HOLD(5th)        1 1/3   0   0   0   0   2   0  14   4.34  D4 D7
S.Rivera                  0       0   1   1   1   0   0   6   4.86  D8 D8
J.Hanrahan HOLD(4th)      0 2/3   1   1   0   1   2   0  25   3.46  D9 E4
S.Shell SAVE(4th)         0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   6   1.17  E5
Totals                    9       8   4   3   5  10   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 39,134 DATE- Wednesday, July 30th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Doug Eddings, Lance Barksdale, Dana Demuth, Ted Barrett
T- 3:13
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies:10  Nationals: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 2  Nationals: 0
ERRORS- R.Zimmerman, A.Kearns
DOUBLES- J.Rollins(21st), C.Utley(29th), R.Zimmerman(11th), J.Flores(23rd),
         F.Lopez(23rd), T.Redding
HOME RUNS- R.Zimmerman(9th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Moyer, T.Redding-2
WALKS- J.Rollins, R.Howard-3, C.Ruiz, W.Harris, L.Milledge, A.Kearns
STRIKE OUTS- C.Utley, R.Howard-2, P.Burrell-3, G.Jenkins-2, G.Dobbs-2, W.Harris,
             L.Milledge-2, A.Kearns-2, R.Belliard, C.Guzman
GIDP- R.Belliard, F.Lopez
WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Lastings Milledge robbed Jayson Werth of an extra base hit.
 
Third baseman Ryan Zimmerman had 4 hits and 3 RBI as the Washington Nationals
defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 5 to 4 at Nationals Park.
 
The Washington fans enjoyed the offense provided by Zimmerman.  He lined a
one-base hit in the 1st inning, smacked a three-run homer in the 3rd inning,
doubled in the 5th inning and stroked a single in the 7th inning.
Philadelphia had a chance to come back in the 9th but they came up short.
 
The victory was credited to Tim Redding(7-8) who went 6 and 2/3 innings,
allowing 2 runs. Steven Shell recorded his 4th save.  Jamie Moyer(9-8) was
tagged with the loss.  He got hit hard, allowing 8 hits and 2 walks in 5
innings.  
 
 
*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0     J.Rollins   2- 4     3 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     S.Victorino 4- 3     3 Fly Out                        b-0 
2     C.Utley     3- 8     5 Single                         b-1 
2 1   R.Howard    6- 8     4 Walk                           1-2 b-1 
2 12  P.Burrell   4- 7     4 Single                         2-H 1-2 b-1 
2 12  G.Jenkins   2- 3     2 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0     W.Harris    2- 8     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
1     L.Milledge  3- 5     4 Strike Out                     b-0 
2     R.Zimmerman 3- 8     4 Single                         b-1 
2 1   A.Kearns    2- 3 13  3 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0     E.Bruntlett 3-10     3 Foul Out                       b-0 
1     C.Ruiz      4- 8 14  4 Line Out                       b-0 
2     J.Moyer     2- 6     3 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0     J.Flores    3- 5     3 Fly Out                        b-0 
1     R.Belliard  6- 6 11  1 Line Out                       b-0 
2     P.Lo Duca   2- 9     7 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0     J.Rollins   3- 3     6 Pop Out                        b-0 
1     S.Victorino 5- 5     5 Ground Out                     b-0 
2     C.Utley     5-12     4 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0     F.Lopez     3- 8 10  5 Double                         b-2 
0  2  T.Redding            6 Sac Bunt                       2-3 b-0 
1   3 W.Harris    2-10  7  3 Single                         3-H b-1 
1 1   L.Milledge  3- 2     6 Walk                           1-2 b-1 
1 12  R.Zimmerman 3- 4  5  6 Home Run                       2-H 1-H b-H 
1     A.Kearns    5- 5     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
2     J.Flores    2- 7  8  5 Single                         b-1 
2 1   R.Belliard  5- 5     5 Strike Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0     R.Howard    2- 5     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
1     P.Burrell   6- 8     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
2     G.Jenkins   2-10     5 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0     P.Lo Duca   2- 7     4 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     F.Lopez     1- 4     2 Fly Out                        b-0 
2     T.Redding   6- 7 13  6 Double                         b-2 
2  2  W.Harris    6- 6     5 Walk                           b-1 
2 12  L.Milledge  6- 5     6 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0     E.Bruntlett 4- 7     1 Single                         b-1 
0 1   C.Ruiz      4- 7     1 Single                         1-2 b-1 
0 12  J.Moyer              3 Sac Bunt                       2-3 1-2 b-0 
1  23 J.Rollins   1- 6     5 Walk                           b-1 
1 123 S.Victorino 3- 5     2 Force Play                     3-o 2-3 1-2 b-1 
2 123 C.Utley     5- 8     3 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0     R.Zimmerman 3- 5 17  3 Double                         b-2 
0  2  A.Kearns    4- 7     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
1  2  J.Flores    3- 6     5 Single                         2-3 b-1 
1 1 3 R.Belliard  3-10     5 Ground Out Double Play         1-o b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
0     R.Howard    3-11     5 Walk                           b-1 
0 1   P.Burrell   3- 8     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
1 1   G.Jenkins   6- 7     5 Strike Out                     b-0 
2 1   E.Bruntlett 1- 7  4  3 Single                         1-2 b-1 
2 12  C.Ruiz      5- 7     3 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Ryan Madson
                             SUBSTITUTE 3B- Greg Dobbs
0     P.Lo Duca   5- 7     3 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     F.Lopez     3- 5     4 Single                         b-1 
1 1   T.Redding            4 Sac Bunt                       1-2 b-0 
2  2  W.Harris    5- 2 16  6 Line Out                       b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0     G.Dobbs     1- 8     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
1     J.Rollins   6- 6     5 Double                         b-2 
1  2  S.Victorino 2- 9     6 Ground Out                     2-3 b-0 
2   3 C.Utley     3- 7  2  5 Double                         3-H b-2 
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Jesus Colome
2  2  R.Howard    2- 8     5 Strike Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
0     L.Milledge  4- 7     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
1     R.Zimmerman 3- 7     4 Single                         b-1 
1 1   A.Kearns    1- 8     6 Walk                           1-2 b-1 
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Clay Condrey
1 12  J.Flores    6- 9 19  4 Double                         2-H 1-o b-2 
2  2  R.Belliard  2-11 17  1 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
0     P.Burrell   1- 7     3 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     G.Jenkins   5- 7     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
                             SUBSTITUTE PH- Jayson Werth
2     J.Werth     4- 4     3 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE P - J.A. Happ
                             SUBSTITUTE RF- Jayson Werth
0     P.Lo Duca   6- 9     5 Single                         b-1 
0 1   F.Lopez     2- 4     2 Ground Out Double Play         1-o b-0 
                             SUBSTITUTE PH- Cristian Guzman
2     C.Guzman    5- 8     4 Strike Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Saul Rivera
0     C.Ruiz      3- 7     6 Walk                           b-1 
                             SUBSTITUTE PR- So Taguchi
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Joel Hanrahan
0 1   G.Dobbs     4- 6     6 Strike Out                     b-0 
1 1   J.Rollins   6-10     3 1 Base Error - 3B              1-2 b-1 
1 12  S.Victorino 2-10     5 Single & Error - RF            2-H 1-H b-3 
1   3 C.Utley     6- 6     6 Strike Out                     b-0 
2   3 R.Howard    4- 9     5 Walk                           b-1 
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Steven Shell
2 1 3 P.Burrell   5- 7     6 Strike Out                     b-0

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July 30, 2008 Angels 3, Red Sox 2 (13)

2010-04-15T19:48:00.001-04:00

After last game's 15-2 thrashing, Josh Beckett holds the Angels in check until allowing two runs in the 6th, but the Sox come out flat again and trailed until the last possible minute. A run scored on a wild pitch in the 7th, and JD Drew takes Fransico Rodriguez deep with two out in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game, 2-2. LA gets a run in the top of the 13th on a sac fly off of Craig Hansen, and Justin Speier gets his 1st save of the year. I put the play account after the game.

As we know, this will mark the last appearance in a Red Sox uniform for Manny Ramirez. He does his part today with a single and double for a 2 for 5 day. The Sox will miss him, as he was smokin' this season so far at .321, 21 homer and 71 RBI. I hope the Dodgers enjoy him (meaning that sarcastically of course) and the Phillies will see Manny when they begin a series vs. the Dodgers August 11th.

With the two straight losses, the Red Sox have also fallen back into 2nd behind the Blue Jays 1/2 game back, but still hold a 4 game lead over Tampa Bay for the wild card.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Los Angeles(AL) Angels At 2008 Boston Red Sox        7/30/2008
 
  Angels             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Figgins 3B        5  1  2  0 .264     D.Pedroia 2B        6  0  1  0 .295  
  M.Izturis SS        5  1  0  0 .284     K.Youkilis 1B       6  0  1  0 .318  
  M.Teixeira 1B       6  1  2  1 .296     D.Ortiz DH          6  1  1  0 .232  
  V.Guerrero DH       6  0  1  1 .296     M.Ramirez LF        5  0  2  0 .321  
  T.Hunter CF         5  0  0  1 .252     M.Lowell 3B         5  0  0  0 .257  
  G.Anderson LF       6  0  0  0 .309     J.Drew RF           4  1  1  1 .283  
  H.Kendrick 2B       5  0  1  0 .273     J.Lowrie SS         3  0  0  0 .235  
  G.Matthews Jr RF    4  0  1  0 .180   A-J.Ellsbury PH,CF    1  0  0  0 .309  
  J.Mathis C          4  0  0  0 .253     J.Varitek C         5  0  1  0 .219  
                                          C.Crisp CF          5  0  1  0 .263  
                                        B-A.Cora SS           0  0  0  0 .259  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      46  3  7  3                 Totals      46  2  8  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Lowrie In 12th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Crisp In 13th Inning
 
Angels.......... 0 0 0  0 0 2  0 0 0  0 0 0  1 -  3  7  0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 1  0 0 0  0 -  2  8  1
 
Angels (54-53)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Saunders                6       5   1   1   0   4   0  72   4.27  A1 C4
S.Shields HOLD(5th)       0 2/3   0   0   0   1   1   0  14   4.24  C5 C7
J.Arredondo HOLD(7th)     0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.34  C8 C8
F.Rodriguez BS(7th)       2       2   1   1   0   4   1  34   2.70  C9 D7
D.Oliver                  2 1/3   0   0   0   1   4   0  30   3.03  D8 E6
D.O'Day WIN(4-4)          0 2/3   1   0   0   0   1   0  10   4.00  E7 E9
J.Speier SAVE(1st)        1       0   0   0   0   2   0  11   4.61  F1
Totals                   13       8   2   2   2  17   1
 
Red Sox (65-44)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Beckett                 7       6   2   2   0   6   0  87   3.88  A1 C9
J.Lopez                   1       0   0   0   0   1   0  15   1.93  D1 D3
M.Delcarmen               1 2/3   0   0   0   1   2   0  27   2.73  D4 E1
H.Okajima                 2       0   0   0   2   4   0  30   3.64  E2 E9
C.Hansen LOSS(0-2)        1 1/3   1   1   1   1   1   0  26   3.33  F1
Totals                   13       7   3   3   4  14   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 32,774 DATE- Wednesday, July 30th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Dale Scott, Bill Hohn, Ron Kulpa, Dan Iassogna
T- 3:48
LEFT ON BASE- Angels: 9  Red Sox: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Angels: 1  Red Sox: 0
ERRORS- K.Youkilis
DOUBLES- V.Guerrero(25th), D.Pedroia(29th), M.Ramirez(27th)
HOME RUNS- J.Drew(18th)
STOLEN BASES- T.Hunter(9th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Hunter
WALKS- C.Figgins, M.Izturis, G.Matthews Jr, J.Mathis, J.Drew, J.Lowrie
STRIKE OUTS- C.Figgins, M.Izturis-3, M.Teixeira, V.Guerrero, T.Hunter-2,
             G.Anderson, H.Kendrick-2, G.Matthews Jr-3, D.Pedroia-2,
             K.Youkilis-4, D.Ortiz, M.Ramirez-3, J.Drew-2, J.Lowrie, J.Ellsbury,
             J.Varitek, C.Crisp-2
GIDP- D.Ortiz
WILD PITCHES- S.Shields, J.Beckett
 
The Los Angeles(AL) Angels nipped the Boston Red Sox in 13 innings 3 to 2 at
Fenway Park in a hard fought contest.
 
The score was knotted at 2 after nine innings.  Finally, Los Angeles(AL)
pulled the game out in the 13th inning.  Maicer Izturis drew a walk.  Mark
Teixeira was next and he banged out a single.  Vladimir Guerrero was the next
batter, but he struck out.  Torii Hunter was up next and he hit a sacrifice
fly.  The game was a scoreless duel until the 6th inning.  
 
Darren O'Day(4-4) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 2/3 of an inning.
Justin Speier earned the save, his 1st.  Craig Hansen(0-2) was the losing
pitcher in relief.  
 
 
*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0     C.Figgins   2- 2     1 Fly Out                        b-0 
1     M.Izturis   4- 7     4 Strike Out                     b-0 
2     M.Teixeira  1- 8     3 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0     D.Pedroia   2- 9     2 Fly Out                        b-0 
1     K.Youkilis  2- 2     3 Fly Out                        b-0 
2     D.Ortiz     6- 9     2 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 2 ***
0     V.Guerrero  1- 9     3 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     T.Hunter    1- 7     1 Ground Out                     b-0 
2     G.Anderson  6- 6     1 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 2 ***
0     M.Ramirez   1- 6  2  2 Double                         b-2 
0  2  M.Lowell    4-11 17  6 Fly Out                        b-0 
1  2  J.Drew      2- 9     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
2  2  J.Lowrie    4- 8     6 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 3 ***
0     H.Kendrick  5- 7     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
1     G.Matthews  1- 9     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
2     J.Mathis    4-10 15  2 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 3 ***
0     J.Varitek   2- 7     2 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     C.Crisp     3- 7     3 Ground Out                     b-0 
2     D.Pedroia   6- 9     2 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 4 ***
0     C.Figgins   2-10 13  4 Single                         b-1 
0 1   M.Izturis            5 Ground Out                     1-2 b-0 
1  2  M.Teixeira  1- 9     2 Ground Out                     b-0 
2  2  V.Guerrero  1- 6     2 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 4 ***
0     K.Youkilis  4-11  3  3 Single                         b-1 
0 1   D.Ortiz     3- 4     3 Ground Out Double Play         1-o b-0 
2     M.Ramirez   2- 7     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 5 ***
0     T.Hunter    5- 7     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
1     G.Anderson  2-11 14  3 Line Out                       b-0 
2     H.Kendrick  1- 6     5 Single                         b-1 
2 1   G.Matthews  6- 2     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 5 ***
0     M.Lowell    6- 9     2 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     J.Drew      6- 3     2 Fly Out                        b-0 
2     J.Lowrie    6- 5     4 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 6 ***
0     J.Mathis    1- 7     2 Fly Out                        b-0 
1     C.Figgins            4 Single                         b-1 
1 1   M.Izturis            1 Wild Pitch                     1-2 
1  2  M.Izturis   5- 5     4 Strike Out                     b-0 
2  2  M.Teixeira  4- 8     5 Single                         2-H b-1 
2 1   V.Guerrero  3- 7  1  5 Double                         1-H b-2 
2  2  T.Hunter    4- 3     5 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 6 ***
0     J.Varitek   5- 2 14  2 Fly Out                        b-0 
1     C.Crisp              3 Single                         b-1 
1 1   D.Pedroia   4- 7     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
2 1   K.Youkilis  1- 5     6 Strike Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 7 ***
0     G.Anderson  6- 3     1 Fly Out                        b-0 
1     H.Kendrick  3- 8     2 Fly Out                        b-0 
2     G.Matthews  1- 5 16  6 Single                         b-1 
2 1   J.Mathis    4- 2  4  4 Line Out                       b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 7 ***
0     D.Ortiz     6- 8     5 Single                         b-1 
0 1   M.Ramirez   4- 9  1  5 Single                         1-2 b-1 
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Scot Shields
0 12  M.Lowell    3- 6 15  2 Force Play                     2-3 1-o b-1 
1 1 3 J.Drew      4- 7     6 Strike Out                     b-0 
2 1 3 J.Lowrie    4- 4     1 Wild Pitch                     3-H 1-2 
2  2  J.Lowrie    1- 7     5 Walk                           b-1 
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Jose Arredondo
2 12  J.Varitek   3- 6     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 8 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Javier Lopez
0     C.Figgins   3- 5     5 Strike Out                     b-0 
1     M.Izturis   5- 5     4 Fly Out                        b-0 
2     M.Teixeira  4- 6     6 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 8 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Francisco Rodriguez
0     C.Crisp     5- 5     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
1     D.Pedroia   1- 5     5 Double                         b-2 
1  2  K.Youkilis  1- 6     5 Strike Out                     b-0 
2  2  D.Ortiz     1- 6     2 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 9 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Manny Delcarmen
0     V.Guerrero  1- 7     4 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     T.Hunter    5-11     1 1 Base Error - 1B              b-1 
1 1   G.Anderson  5- 9     4 Strike Out                     b-0 
2 1                        1 Stolen Base                    1-2 
2  2  H.Kendrick  3- 6     3 Fly Out                        b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 9 ***
0     M.Ramirez   2-10     6 Strike Out                     b-0 
1     M.Lowell    2- 5     5 Ground Out                     b-0 
2     J.Drew      3- 8 15  5 Home Run                       b-H 
2     J.Lowrie    5- 9     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 10 ***
0     G.Matthews  2- 8     5 Strike Out                     b-0 
1     J.Mathis    4- 7 11  5 Line Out                       b-0 
2     C.Figgins   2- 6     4 Walk                           b-1 
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Hideki Okajima
2 1   M.Izturis   5- 8     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 10 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Darren Oliver
0     J.Varitek   6- 5     2 Fly Out                        b-0 
1     C.Crisp     2- 7     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
2     D.Pedroia   4- 6     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 11 ***
0     M.Teixeira  5- 8     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
1     V.Guerrero  5- 2     3 Fly Out                        b-0 
2     T.Hunter    2- 7     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 11 ***
0     K.Youkilis  1- 9     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
1     D.Ortiz     6- 3     3 Ground Out                     b-0 
2     M.Ramirez   4- 7     5 Strike Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 12 ***
0     G.Anderson  5- 7     3 Pop Out                        b-0 
1     H.Kendrick  1- 9     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
2     G.Matthews  4- 7     6 Walk                           b-1 
2 1   J.Mathis    1- 7     6 Walk                           1-2 b-1 
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Craig Hansen
2 12  C.Figgins   5- 2     3 Line Out                       b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 12 ***
0     M.Lowell    1- 7     5 Fly Out                        b-0 
1     J.Drew      2- 7     6 Walk                           b-1 
                             SUBSTITUTE PH- Jacoby Ellsbury
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Darren O'Day
1 1   J.Ellsbury  4- 8     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
2 1   J.Varitek   4- 4     4 Single                         1-2 b-1 
2 12  C.Crisp     1- 9     3 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** TOP OF INNING 13 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE CF- Jacoby Ellsbury
                             SUBSTITUTE SS- Alex Cora
0     M.Izturis   5- 5     6 Walk                           b-1 
0 1   M.Teixeira           5 Single                         1-3 b-1 
0 1 3 V.Guerrero  3- 9     4 Strike Out                     b-0 
1 1 3 T.Hunter    4- 7     4 Sac Fly                        3-H b-0 
2 1   G.Anderson  2-10     4 Ground Out                     b-0 
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 13 ***
                             SUBSTITUTE P - Justin Speier
0     D.Pedroia   6-10     3 Ground Out                     b-0 
1     K.Youkilis  1- 9     3 Strike Out                     b-0 
2     D.Ortiz     4- 9     5 Strike Out                     b-0

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July 29, 2008 Nationals 2, Phillies 1

2010-04-14T21:18:00.001-04:00

Nationals rookie Colin Balestar does his part only allowing a Jimmy Rollins homerun before being pinch-hit for in the 7th, but Brett Myers was in control and up until the bottom of the 8th the Phillies led 1-0. Myers, at only a little over 90 pitches at that point, hopes for the shutout to give the bullpen a day off but the Nats finally get to him in the bottom of the 8th when Myers walks Christan Guzman, Willie Harris rips a triple to score Guzman to tie the game, and Ronnie Belliard raps a base knock to score Harris from third to quickly turn the 1-0 Phils lead to a 2-1 Washington lead, which is the final.

Balester gets no decision to show for his fine start since the go-ahead run scored after he was already out. Luis Ayala gets the relief win, and Joel Hanrahan takes the 9th inning for his 9th save. Myers gets the loss, despite allowing two earned runs or less for his fifth straight start.. Myers over the last five - a 2.38 ERA, but only 2-2 with one no decision.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Philadelphia Phillies At 2008 Washington Nationals   7/29/2008
 
  Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Rollins SS        3  1  1  1 .252     W.Harris LF         3  1  1  1 .225  
  S.Victorino CF      3  0  1  0 .324     R.Belliard 2B       4  0  3  1 .346  
  C.Utley 2B          4  0  0  0 .267     R.Zimmerman 3B      4  0  0  0 .268  
  R.Howard 1B         3  0  0  0 .260     A.Kearns RF         4  0  0  0 .206  
  P.Burrell LF        4  0  2  0 .246     J.Flores C          3  0  1  0 .287  
  G.Jenkins RF        3  0  0  0 .255     L.Milledge CF       3  0  0  0 .233  
C-J.Werth PH          1  0  1  0 .255     P.Lo Duca 1B        3  0  0  0 .338  
  G.Dobbs 3B          4  0  0  0 .252     F.Lopez SS          3  0  0  0 .274  
  C.Coste C           3  0  0  0 .250     C.Balester P        1  0  1  0 .111  
  B.Myers P           3  0  1  0 .150   A-R.Langerhans PH     1  0  0  0 .268  
  C.Durbin P          0  0  0  0 .000     L.Ayala P           0  0  0  0 ----  
                                        B-C.Guzman PH         0  1  0  0 .257  
                                          J.Hanrahan P        0  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  1  6  1                 Totals      29  2  6  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Balester In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Ayala In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Jenkins In 9th Inning
 
Phillies........ 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  6  0
Nationals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 2    -  2  6  1
 
Phillies (53-53)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Myers LOSS(7-7)         7 1/3   6   2   2   2   5   0 107   3.49  A1 D2
C.Durbin                  0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.81  D3
Totals                    8       6   2   2   2   5   0
 
Nationals (33-73)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Balester                6       4   1   1   1   4   1  87   4.28  A1 C4
L.Ayala WIN(2-0)          2       1   0   0   1   0   0  27   5.77  C5 D3
J.Hanrahan SAVE(9th)      1       1   0   0   1   0   0  14   3.51  D4
Totals                    9       6   1   1   3   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 29,356 DATE- Tuesday, July 29th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Kerwin Danley, Greg Gibson, Brian Runge, Charlie Reliford
T- 2:17
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 6  Nationals: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 1  Nationals: 3
ERRORS- R.Zimmerman
DOUBLES- J.Flores(22nd)
TRIPLES- W.Harris(3rd)
HOME RUNS- J.Rollins(9th)
WALKS- J.Rollins, S.Victorino, R.Howard, W.Harris, C.Guzman
STRIKE OUTS- C.Utley, R.Howard, G.Jenkins, G.Dobbs, W.Harris, R.Zimmerman,
             J.Flores, P.Lo Duca, F.Lopez
GIDP- P.Burrell, G.Jenkins, G.Dobbs, A.Kearns
WILD PITCHES- C.Balester
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Shane Victorino robbed Jesus Flores of an extra base hit.
 
One run was the difference at Nationals Park as the Washington Nationals
defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 2 to 1.
 
Washington scored the decisive runs in a big bottom of the 8th inning scoring
2 runs using 2 hits.  After an out was recorded, Cristian Guzman opened up
the rally as he drew a walk.  Willie Harris was next and he tripled.  Ronnie
Belliard then slapped a single.  Philadelphia had a chance to come back in
the 9th but they came up short.  
 
Luis Ayala(2-0) went 2 innings allowing no runs for the win. Ayala got help
from Joel Hanrahan who was credited with his 9th save.  Brett Myers(7-7)
suffered the loss.  
 
'We won because we did the little things right.' Manny Acta said after the
game.  'This is why we practice things over and over and over, so when we get
in close games we don't make mistakes.'

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July 29, 2008 Angels 15, Red Sox 2

2010-04-13T20:50:00.001-04:00

Nothing at all good to say about today, as the Angels totally embarass the Sox scoring 15 runs. It didn't matter who was on the mound for Boston, the Angels just rolled scoring at least one run in every inning except for the 7th. Macier Izturis gets 5 hits, Howie Kendrick scores 4 times along with Garrett Anderson and Ryan Quinlan pulling off the second-home double steal. Quinlan broke for second and Anderson went home, on a 1 split card chance for the steal of home. Figuring hey easy out at home, the throw is relayed to the plate - and the split card comes up a 1!! That was in the 2nd inning, and it just went down the shitter from there. Every Angel had at least one hit, all but Quinlan and catcher Jeff Mathis scored at least one run, and everybody but Anderson had at least one RBI. On the plus side, Dustin Pedroia has a three hit day and Mike Lowell hit his 17th homer to tie his real-life total.

This isn't the only high-scoring game today either. Cleveland beat Detroit 11-10, Texas beat Seattle 11-10, and Pittsburgh beat Colorado 16-10. I guess the stars were aligned or something today, maybe the air thinned out, who knows. :)

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Los Angeles(AL) Angels At 2008 Boston Red Sox        7/29/2008
 
  Angels             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Figgins 3B        6  1  2  1 .261     D.Pedroia 2B        5  0  3  0 .297  
  H.Kendrick 2B       6  4  4  2 .275     K.Youkilis 1B       3  0  0  0 .321  
  M.Izturis SS        6  3  5  2 .289   B-C.Crisp CF          1  0  1  0 .264  
  V.Guerrero RF       5  2  2  3 .298     D.Ortiz DH          5  0  0  0 .234  
  T.Hunter CF         5  2  1  1 .255     M.Ramirez LF        3  1  1  0 .320  
  G.Anderson DH       5  1  1  0 .314   C-K.Cash C            0  0  0  0 .172  
  J.Rivera LF         4  2  1  2 .218     M.Lowell 3B         4  1  1  1 .260  
  R.Quinlan 1B        4  0  1  1 .206     J.Drew RF           3  0  1  1 .284  
  J.Mathis C          3  0  1  2 .258     J.Varitek C         3  0  1  0 .220  
                                        A-S.Casey PH,1B       1  0  0  0 .348  
                                          A.Cora SS           2  0  0  0 .259  
                                        D-J.Lowrie PH         1  0  0  0 .246  
                                          J.Ellsbury CF,LF    4  0  2  0 .310  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      44 15 18 14                 Totals      35  2 10  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Varitek In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Youkilis In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Ramirez In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Cora In 9th Inning
 
Angels.......... 1 1 3  1 1 2  0 5 1  - 15 18  0
Red Sox......... 0 1 0  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  2 10  1
 
Angels (53-53)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Lackey WIN(5-5)         8 2/3  10   2   2   4   6   1 143   4.74  A1 E2
J.Speier                  0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   6   4.69  E3
Totals                    9      10   2   2   4   7   1
 
Red Sox (65-43)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Buchholz LOSS(5-4)      3 1/3   8   6   6   5   4   0  91   4.95  A1 C4
J.Masterson               2 2/3   4   3   3   0   1   2  34   2.71  C5 D6
M.Delcarmen               1       3   4   2   2   0   0  23   2.82  D7 E5
H.Okajima                 1       2   1   0   0   0   0  23   3.83  E6 F2
M.Timlin                  1       1   1   1   0   1   1  15   3.22  F3
Totals                    9      18  15  12   7   6   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 38,007 DATE- Tuesday, July 29th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Paul Emmel, Gary Darling, Jerry Meals, Bill Miller
T- 3:09
LEFT ON BASE- Angels: 9  Red Sox:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Angels: 1  Red Sox: 2
ERRORS- K.Youkilis
DOUBLES- H.Kendrick-2(17th), M.Izturis(14th), V.Guerrero(24th), D.Pedroia(28th),
         J.Drew(23rd)
HOME RUNS- H.Kendrick(3rd), M.Izturis(6th), J.Rivera(4th), M.Lowell(17th)
STOLEN BASES- G.Anderson(4th), R.Quinlan(5th)
WALKS- V.Guerrero, T.Hunter, G.Anderson, J.Rivera, R.Quinlan, J.Mathis-2,
       K.Youkilis, M.Ramirez, J.Drew, A.Cora
STRIKE OUTS- C.Figgins-2, H.Kendrick, T.Hunter, J.Mathis-2, K.Youkilis,
             D.Ortiz-4, J.Drew, J.Varitek
GIDP- V.Guerrero, T.Hunter, J.Varitek
 
Second baseman Howie Kendrick had 4 hits and 2 RBI as the Los Angeles(AL)
Angels destroyed the Boston Red Sox by a score of 15 to 2 at Fenway
Park.
 
Kendrick had a big day against Boston.  He doubled in the 1st inning, doubled
in the 4th inning, cracked a two-run shot in the 6th inning and lined a
one-base hit in the 8th inning.  Los Angeles(AL) lit up the scoreboard in the
8th inning which saw them plate 5 runs on 5 hits.  The Los Angeles(AL)
offense poured it on, scoring in 8 of the 9 innings.  
 
John Lackey(5-5) allowed 2 runs in 8 and 2/3 innings, and picked up the
victory. Clay Buchholz(5-4) was charged with the loss.  He was hit hard and
gave up 8 hits and 5 walks in 3 and 1/3 innings.

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July 28, 2008 Red Sox 4, Angels 2

2010-04-12T20:30:00.001-04:00

The defending SOM World Series champion Angels make a trip cross-country to Fenway, but they certainly haven't played like the defending champs so far this season, below the .500 mark basically all year until a recent 9-2 run has put them at the .500 mark. They were looking to go over .500 for the first time since early May, but Dice-K wasn't gonna let that happen. He is in control throughout, going 7 1/3 shutout innings only allowing 3 hits while striking out 7 to get his 10th win of the year. Mike Lowell and Jed Lowrie are the hitting stars, a Lowell solo homerun in the 4th and a 2-run single for Lowrie in the 6th give the Sox all the runs they need. The Angels do get two unearned runs thanks to a JD Drew error in the 8th, and Papelbon stops them right there in recording his 20th save.

Both starters, Dice-K and Jered Weaver, came into today within striking distance of the 100 K mark for the year. Weaver does hit 100 with seven whiffs, but Matsuzaka gets stopped at 98 with his 7 K.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Los Angeles(AL) Angels At 2008 Boston Red Sox        7/28/2008
 
  Angels             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Figgins 3B        3  0  1  0 .260     D.Pedroia 2B        3  0  1  0 .294  
  C.Kotchman 1B       4  1  2  0 .278     K.Youkilis 1B       4  0  0  0 .323  
  M.Izturis SS        4  0  1  1 .277     D.Ortiz DH          4  1  1  0 .239  
  V.Guerrero RF       3  0  0  0 .297     M.Ramirez LF        3  1  1  0 .320  
  T.Hunter CF         4  0  1  0 .256     M.Lowell 3B         4  1  1  1 .260  
  G.Anderson LF       4  0  0  0 .315     J.Drew RF           3  1  1  0 .283  
  H.Kendrick 2B       4  0  1  0 .265     J.Lowrie SS         3  0  1  2 .250  
  J.Rivera DH         4  0  0  0 .217     J.Varitek C         3  0  1  0 .218  
  J.Mathis C          1  0  0  0 .257     J.Ellsbury CF       3  0  0  0 .308  
A-E.Aybar PH          1  1  1  0 .286                                          
B-R.Budde C           0  0  0  0 .200                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  2  7  1                 Totals      30  4  7  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Mathis In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Aybar In 8th Inning
 
Angels.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 2 0  -  2  7  0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  1 0 3  0 0    -  4  7  1
 
Angels (52-53)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Weaver* LOSS(5-8)       5 1/3   5   4   4   4   7   1  90   4.62  A1 C6
J.Speier                  0 1/3   1   0   0   0   1   0   6   4.72  C7 C8
D.O'Day                   2       1   0   0   0   2   0  25   4.06  C9 D6
J.Arredondo               0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   1.35  D7
Totals                    8       7   4   4   4  10   1
 
Red Sox (65-42)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
D.Matsuzaka WIN(10-3)     7 1/3   3   0   0   2   7   0 100   3.76  A1 C8
J.Lopez                   0 1/3   2   2   0   0   0   0  10   1.98  C9 D2
J.Papelbon SAVE(20th)     1 1/3   2   0   0   0   2   0  20   1.09  D3
Totals                    9       7   2   0   2   9   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 39,253 DATE- Monday, July 28th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Jim Reynolds, Tim Timmons, Gary Cederstrom, Fieldin Culbreth
T- 2:46
LEFT ON BASE- Angels: 6  Red Sox: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Angels: 0  Red Sox: 1
ERRORS- J.Drew
DOUBLES- D.Pedroia(27th), J.Varitek(20th)
TRIPLES- T.Hunter(3rd)
HOME RUNS- M.Lowell(16th)
STOLEN BASES- D.Pedroia(11th)
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Figgins
WALKS- V.Guerrero, J.Mathis, D.Pedroia, M.Ramirez, J.Drew, J.Lowrie
STRIKE OUTS- C.Kotchman, M.Izturis, V.Guerrero-2, T.Hunter, G.Anderson,
             H.Kendrick-2, J.Mathis, D.Pedroia, K.Youkilis-2, D.Ortiz-2,
             M.Ramirez, M.Lowell, J.Varitek-2, J.Ellsbury
WILD PITCHES- J.Speier
 
In a close game it was the Boston Red Sox 4, the Los Angeles(AL) Angels 2 at
Fenway Park.
 
Boston took the lead for keeps in the 4th inning scoring one runner using 2
hits.  Both teams ended up with 7 hits on the night.  
 
Daisuke Matsuzaka(10-3) went 7 and 1/3 innings allowing no runs for the
victory. Jonathan Papelbon earned the save, his 20th.  Jered Weaver*(5-8)
suffered the loss.

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July 27, 2008 Red Sox 5, Yankees 3

2010-04-11T17:53:00.001-04:00

The Sox do all their damage in the 3rd inning, getting all 5 runs via a Dustin Pedroia RBI single, Papi sac fly and a 3-run homerun from Manny which gives Yanks starter Sidney Ponson the early hook. Jon Lester continues his recent dominance, allowing two runs or less for the seventh consecutive start in getting his 9th win.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 New York (AL) Yankees At 2008 Boston Red Sox         7/27/2008
 
  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Damon DH          3  0  1  0 .325     D.Pedroia 2B        4  1  1  1 .293  
  D.Jeter SS          3  1  1  0 .313     K.Youkilis 1B       2  1  0  0 .327  
  B.Abreu RF          4  0  1  1 .278     D.Ortiz DH          2  0  1  1 .239  
  A.Rodriguez 3B      4  1  1  1 .281   A-J.Lowrie PR,DH      0  0  0  0 .246  
  X.Nady LF           4  0  0  0 .283     M.Ramirez LF        4  1  1  3 .319  
  R.Cano 2B           4  1  1  1 .260   B-C.Crisp CF          0  0  0  0 .261  
  R.Sexson 1B         3  0  2  0 .226     M.Lowell 3B         4  0  0  0 .261  
C-J.Giambi PH         1  0  0  0 .260     J.Drew RF           3  0  1  0 .283  
  M.Cabrera CF        3  0  0  0 .198     J.Varitek C         2  1  0  0 .217  
  J.Molina C          2  0  0  0 .183     A.Cora SS           3  1  1  0 .268  
D-W.Betemit PH        1  0  0  0 .295     J.Ellsbury CF,LF    3  0  0  0 .310  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  3  7  3                 Totals      27  5  5  5
 
A-Pinch Ran For Ortiz In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Ramirez In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Sexson In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Molina In 9th Inning
 
Yankees......... 0 1 1  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  3  7  0
Red Sox......... 0 0 5  0 0 0  0 0    -  5  5  0
 
Yankees (56-48)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
S.Ponson LOSS(4-7)        2 2/3   3   5   5   2   1   1  53   5.74  A1 B4
E.Ramirez                 3 1/3   1   0   0   2   6   0  47   2.88  B5 C7
J.Veras                   2       1   0   0   0   1   0  32   3.35  C8
Totals                    8       5   5   5   4   8   1
 
Red Sox (64-42)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Lester WIN(9-6)         7       6   2   2   3   1   1  99   3.35  A1 D2
M.Delcarmen HOLD(6th)     1       1   1   1   0   1   1  10   2.52  D3 D6
J.Papelbon SAVE(19th)     1       0   0   0   0   1   0   9   1.13  D7
Totals                    9       7   3   3   3   3   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 35,774 DATE- Sunday, July 27th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Jim Joyce, Jeff Nelson, Mark Carlson, Tim Tschida
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 6  Red Sox: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1  Red Sox: 1
DOUBLES- B.Abreu(22nd), D.Ortiz(10th)
HOME RUNS- A.Rodriguez(22nd), R.Cano(10th), M.Ramirez(21st)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Jeter
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Ortiz
WALKS- J.Damon, M.Cabrera, J.Molina, K.Youkilis-2, D.Ortiz, J.Varitek
STRIKE OUTS- A.Rodriguez, X.Nady, J.Giambi, D.Pedroia, M.Ramirez-3, M.Lowell-2,
             J.Varitek, J.Ellsbury
GIDP- J.Damon, J.Varitek
 
In a close game it was the Boston Red Sox 5, the New York (AL) Yankees 3 at
Fenway Park.
 
Jon Lester(9-6) pitched a solid game.  He allowed 6 hits and 3 walks in 7
innings.  Lester got help from Jonathan Papelbon who pitched great and earned
his 19th save.  
 
Sidney Ponson(4-7) ended up with the loss.  He allowed Boston 5 runs in 2 and
2/3 innings of work.

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July 27, 2008 Braves 5, Phillies 0

2010-04-11T15:20:00.001-04:00

A scoreless duel through the first 5 innings between Jorge Campillo and Joe Blanton is broken when Blanton walks the first two hitters in the 6th and Brian McCann strikes with a 3-run shot over the fence. McCann adds another RBI later on a double, and Blanton suffers his first loss as a Phillie. Campillo goes the distance for the four-hitter at less than 100 pitches, and the Braves take two of three.

With an off-day next on the schedule, the Phillies will get a chance to gain some momentum after that with the next eight series against current .500 or worse teams with three game series against the Nationals (32-73), Cardinals (51-56), Marlins (45-60) and Pirates (42-63), a four gamer against the Dodgers (51-53) who by then will have Manny on their team, three gamers against the Padres (53-53) and Nationals again and another four gamer against L.A which will take it to the end of August.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Atlanta Braves At 2008 Philadelphia Phillies         7/27/2008
 
  Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  G.Blanco LF         5  1  1  0 .237     J.Rollins SS        4  0  0  0 .252  
  Y.Escobar SS        4  1  1  0 .323     S.Victorino CF      4  0  2  0 .324  
  M.Teixeira 1B       3  1  0  0 .299     C.Utley 2B          4  0  1  0 .270  
  B.McCann C          5  1  3  4 .313     R.Howard 1B         4  0  0  0 .262  
  M.Kotsay CF         4  0  1  0 .305     P.Burrell LF        3  0  0  0 .243  
  J.Francoeur RF      4  0  1  0 .238     J.Werth RF          3  0  0  0 .252  
  K.Johnson 2B        4  1  2  0 .304     E.Bruntlett 3B      2  0  1  0 .201  
  O.Infante 3B        3  0  1  1 .338   A-G.Dobbs PH          1  0  0  0 .260  
  J.Campillo P        3  0  1  0 .320     R.Seanez P          0  0  0  0 .000  
                                          C.Coste C           3  0  0  0 .254  
                                          J.Blanton P         2  0  0  0 .000  
                                          J.Romero P          0  0  0  0 .000  
                                          R.Madson P          0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        B-P.Feliz PH,3B       1  0  0  0 .270  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  5 11  5                 Totals      31  0  4  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Bruntlett In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Madson In 8th Inning
 
Braves.......... 0 0 0  0 0 3  1 1 0  -  5 11  0
Phillies........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  0
 
Braves (63-41)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Campillo WIN(7-5)       9       4   0   0   0   5   0  97   2.78  A1
Totals                    9       4   0   0   0   5   0
 
Phillies (53-52)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Blanton LOSS(8-8)       5 2/3   7   3   3   3   2   1  88   4.06  A1 C8
J.Romero                  0 2/3   2   1   1   2   1   0  22   2.43  C9 D5
R.Madson                  1 2/3   2   1   1   0   0   0  20   5.17  D6 E2
R.Seanez                  1       0   0   0   0   1   0   9   4.30  E3
Totals                    9      11   5   5   5   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 39,916 DATE- Sunday, July 27th 2008 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Joe West, Ed Rapuano, Cb Bucknor, Ed Hickox
T- 2:46
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 9  Phillies: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 0  Phillies: 2
DOUBLES- B.McCann(40th), S.Victorino(24th), E.Bruntlett(8th)
TRIPLES- G.Blanco(4th), K.Johnson(2nd)
HOME RUNS- B.McCann(17th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Campillo
WALKS- Y.Escobar, M.Teixeira-2, M.Kotsay, O.Infante
STRIKE OUTS- Y.Escobar, M.Kotsay, J.Francoeur, J.Campillo, R.Howard, P.Burrell,
             J.Werth, C.Coste, J.Blanton
GIDP- M.Kotsay
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Jimmy Rollins robbed Mark Teixeira of a base hit.
 
Jorge Campillo pitched 9 strong innings at Citizen's Bank Park where the
Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5 to 0.
 
Brian McCann was a seemingly constant irritant to the hometown fans as he
provided much of the offense for the visitors.  He stroked a base-hit in the
2nd inning, lofted a three-run bomb in the 6th inning and doubled scoring a
run in the 7th inning.  Atlanta managed 11 hits in their victory.
 
Campillo(7-5) was credited with the shutout. Joe Blanton(8-8) suffered the
loss.  'He came out with good stuff,' Bobby Cox said about Campillo. 'He
threw the ball good from the first pitch on.'

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Felix Hernandez 3 homer game

2010-04-11T14:29:00.001-04:00

Since I didn't see it when it happened, here is the box score for that game I was talking about in the Phillies blog that you will read after this one. Thanks to that freak homer-filled card, it enables Hernandez to go 3 for 4 with 3 homeruns and 7 RBI. After doing a little research, I found out that Hernandez would become only the second pitcher in history to hit three homeruns in one game, the other is Jim Tobin of the Braves in 1942 (they were still in Boston then) who hit 3 homers in a game against the Cubs. Interesting note on Tobin - he led the league in losses that year with a record of 12-21. In Tobin's case, it wasn't as much of a fluke as with Hernandez as he did hit 17 homeruns in his 9 year career.

With the 7 RBI for Hernandez, that falls two short of the record for a pitcher of 9 set by Tony Cloninger of the Braves in a game in 1966, their first year in Atlanta. Interesting how both the homer and RBI record for pitchers are for diferent pitchers on the same team in two different cities almost 25 years apart.

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Event Codes:  I
BOXSCORE: 2008 Seattle Mariners At 2008 New York (NL) Mets          6/23/2008
 
  Mariners           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Mets               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  I.Suzuki RF         5  1  2  0 .273     J.Reyes SS          5  0  0  0 .270  
  J.Lopez 2B          5  1  2  0 .248     L.Castillo 2B       4  0  1  0 .242  
  R.Ibanez LF         4  1  1  1 .289     D.Wright 3B         3  1  0  1 .305  
  A.Beltre 3B         4  1  1  0 .281     C.Beltran CF        3  0  1  0 .255  
  R.Sexson 1B         5  1  2  2 .204     C.Delgado 1B        4  0  1  1 .278  
  Y.Betancourt SS     5  0  2  1 .296     T.Nixon LF          2  0  0  0 .125  
  J.Clement C         4  1  0  0 .185     A.Heilman P         0  0  0  0 .000  
  W.Bloomquist CF     4  3  3  0 .317   C-M.Anderson PH       1  0  0  0 .255  
  F.Hernandez P       4  3  3  7 .750     D.Sanchez P         0  0  0  0 .000  
                                          R.Castro C          3  0  0  0 .194  
                                          E.Chavez RF         4  0  1  0 .234  
                                          J.Santana P         1  1  1  0 .172  
                                        A-F.Tatis PH          1  0  0  0 .259  
                                          P.Feliciano P       0  0  0  01.000  
                                          J.Smith P           0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        B-D.Easley LF         2  0  0  0 .277  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      40 12 16 11                 Totals      33  2  5  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Santana In 5th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Smith In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Heilman In 8th Inning
 
Mariners........ 2 2 0  2 0 3  1 0 2  - 12 16  1
Mets............ 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  2  5  0
 
Mariners (32-44)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
F.Hernandez WIN(5-4)      9       5   2   1   2   9   0 137   4.08  A1
Totals                    9       5   2   1   2   9   0
 
Mets (46-29)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Santana LOSS(11-2)      5       9   6   6   0   4   2  92   1.82  A1 C5
P.Feliciano               0 1/3   2   3   3   1   0   1  20   4.44  C6 C9
J.Smith                   1       2   1   1   1   0   0  28   3.14  D1 D6
A.Heilman                 1 2/3   1   0   0   0   0   0  13   3.09  D7 E2
D.Sanchez                 1       2   2   2   0   0   1  19   2.60  E3
Totals                    9      16  12  12   2   4   4
 
ATTENDANCE- 54,293 DATE- Monday, June 23rd 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Mark Wegner, Tony Randazzo, Rick Reed, Jeff Kellogg
T- 2:56
LEFT ON BASE- Mariners: 4  Mets: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Mariners: 0  Mets: 1
ERRORS- Y.Betancourt
DOUBLES- J.Lopez-2(23rd), R.Ibanez(23rd), C.Delgado(10th), E.Chavez(7th),
         J.Santana
HOME RUNS- R.Sexson(9th), F.Hernandez-3(3rd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Ibanez
WALKS- A.Beltre, J.Clement, C.Beltran, T.Nixon
HIT BY PITCH- D.Wright, R.Castro
STRIKE OUTS- R.Ibanez-2, A.Beltre, R.Sexson, J.Reyes-2, C.Beltran, C.Delgado,
             M.Anderson, R.Castro-2, E.Chavez-2
GIDP- J.Clement
WILD PITCHES- F.Hernandez, J.Santana
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Carlos Beltran robbed Raul Ibanez of a Homerun!
 
Felix Hernandez smacked 3 homeruns and had 7 RBI and he pitched a complete
game at Shea Stadium as the Seattle Mariners embarrassed the New York (NL)
Mets by the lopsided score of 12 to 2.
 
Hernandez enjoyed a great evening at the plate.  He bombed a two-run dinger in
the 2nd inning, popped a two-run clout over the fence in the 4th inning and
clubbed a three-run home run in the 6th inning.  Seattle dominated
offensively as they scored in 6 different innings.  
 
The victory was credited to Hernandez(5-4) who went the distance, allowing 2
runs. Johan Santana(11-2) ended up with the loss.  He allowed Seattle 6 runs
in 5 innings of work.  
 
With this win, Seattle has a 32-44 record.  They have been 6-4 lately.  With
the loss New York (NL) now has a record of 46-29.
 
SCORESHEET: 2008 Seattle Mariners at 2008 New York (NL) Mets
I.Suzuki-A1  A1:Si      B1:G/13    C1:FO/4    D1:G/13    E1:Si
                                                         
                                                         
J.Lopez-A1   A2:Do>13   B2:P/6     *5*:Do     D2:F/8     E2:G/63
                                                         
                                                         
R.Ibanez-A1  A3:WP>3#   *3*:K      C3:K       *7*:Do     *9*:F/8
             23 SF/8>3                                   
             #                                           
A.Beltre-A1  A4:G/53    B4:K       C4:G/63    D4:W>b1    E4:Si
                                                         
                                                         
R.Sexson-A1  A5:Si      B5:K       C5:G/63    D5:Force/  E5:HR>1#
                                              26>23 1o   b#
                                              b1         
Y.Betanc-A1  A6:F/9     *4*:Si     *6*:F/9    D6:Si>3#   E6:F/7
                                              13         
                                                         
J.Clemen-A1  *2*:F/7    B7:G/3>12  C7:W>b1    D7:G-DP/5  E7:G/63
                                              43>1o      
                                                         
W.Bloomq-A1  A8:Si      B8:Si>2o   C8:Si>12   *8*:F/7
                                              
                                              
F.Hernan-A1  A9:HR>1#   B9:HR>1#   C9:HR>2#   D9:G/13
             b#         b#         1# b#      
                                              
 
J.Reyes-A1   A1:G/13    B1:K       C1:G/3     D1:K       E1:P/4
                                                         
                                                         
L.Castil-A1  A2:G/31    B2:E/6>23  C2:Si      *8*:G/43
                                              
                                              
D.Wright-A1  A3:G/43    B3:G/43>3  C3:F/7     D3:HBP
                        # 12                  
                                              
C.Beltra-A1  *2*:Si     B4:K       *6*:W>b1   D4:WP>12
                                              F/8
                                              
C.Delgad-A1  A5:G/43>1  *4*:G/63   C5:K       D5:Do>2#
             2                                
                                              
T.Nixon-A1   A6:W>b1    B6:G/13    C6:Force/  D6:K
A.Heilma-C8                        54>1o b1   
M.Anders-D6+                                  
R.Castro-A1  A7:K       B7:HBP     C7:K       *9*:G/63
                                              
                                              
E.Chavez-A1  A8:G/43    B8:K       *7*:K      D8:Do
                                              
                                              
J.Santan-A1  *3*:Do     *5*:G/63   C9:G/43    D9:G/63
F.Tatis-B9                                    
P.Felici-C4+

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July 26, 2008 Phillies 3, Braves 2

2010-04-11T12:41:00.001-04:00

Chris Coste rips one over the fence for a 2-run clout in the 4th after the Braves had retaken the lead for the decisive runs and the Phillies cool off the Braves ending their 7 game winning streak and gaining a game in the standings. Cole Hamels, had he hit a homer during the season, would have gone back-to-back with Coste but instead Cole has to settle for a single. Hamels puts his batting average to the .304 mark, one of 8 NL pitchers batting over .300 this year.

Speaking of pitchers homeruns, there have been a total of 14 hit so far in 2008. Carlos Zambrano of the Cubs and Brandon Backe of the Astros have three homers each, along with Felix Hernandez of the AL Seattle Mariners!! Hernandez, who has never batted except for the interleague games since he has been a Mariner his entire career so far, in real life in the one game he batted in hit a homerun and a sac bunt off of Mets lefty Johan Santana. Because of that, his batting card against lefties has the entire first collumn except for the 12 as a homerun, and 5-12 in the third collumn except for the 8 is a homer.

In the SOM game on that date, Hernandez smokes 3 homeruns and drove in 7 runs. I didn't notice it at the time that it had even happened, and that has to be one of the best batting performances for a pitcher in history!

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Atlanta Braves At 2008 Philadelphia Phillies         7/26/2008
 
  Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  G.Blanco LF         3  0  0  0 .238     J.Rollins SS        4  0  1  0 .255  
  Y.Escobar SS        5  0  1  0 .323     S.Victorino CF      4  1  1  0 .322  
  M.Teixeira 1B       3  1  3  0 .301     C.Utley 2B          4  0  3  1 .270  
  B.McCann C          4  1  1  0 .308     R.Howard 1B         3  0  1  0 .264  
  O.Infante 3B        4  0  2  0 .338     P.Burrell LF        4  0  0  0 .245  
  J.Francoeur RF      4  0  2  1 .238     J.Werth RF          1  0  0  0 .255  
  M.Prado 2B          3  0  0  0 .379     E.Bruntlett 3B      3  1  1  0 .197  
  M.Kotsay CF         3  0  0  1 .306     C.Coste C           4  1  2  2 .259  
  M.Hampton P         1  0  0  0 .000     C.Hamels P          2  0  1  0 .304  
A-K.Johnson PH        1  0  0  0 .302   B-G.Jenkins PH        1  0  0  0 .259  
  B.Boyer P           0  0  0  0 .250     C.Durbin P          0  0  0  0 .000  
D-C.Jones PH          1  0  0  0 .351   C-G.Dobbs PH          1  0  0  0 .262  
                                          B.Lidge P           0  0  0  0 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  2  9  2                 Totals      31  3 10  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Hampton In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hamels In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Durbin In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Boyer In 9th Inning
 
Braves.......... 0 0 0  2 0 0  0 0 0  -  2  9  0
Phillies........ 0 0 1  2 0 0  0 0    -  3 10  0
 
Braves (62-41)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
M.Hampton LOSS(0-1)       5       8   3   3   4   3   1  96   5.40  A1 C7
B.Boyer                   3       2   0   0   2   4   0  39   4.68  C8
Totals                    8      10   3   3   6   7   1
 
Phillies (53-51)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
C.Hamels WIN(8-5)         6       7   2   2   4   5   0 109   4.05  A1 C9
C.Durbin HOLD(10th)       2       2   0   0   0   2   0  35   2.84  D1 D8
B.Lidge SAVE(21st)        1       0   0   0   1   2   0  15   2.37  D9
Totals                    9       9   2   2   5   9   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 39,233 DATE- Saturday, July 26th 2008 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Mervin Hudson, Randy Marsh, Mike Winters, Hunter Wendelstedt
T- 3:23
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 9  Phillies:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 2  Phillies: 1
DOUBLES- M.Teixeira-2(31st), J.Francoeur(22nd), S.Victorino(23rd),
         C.Utley(28th), R.Howard(17th), E.Bruntlett(7th), C.Coste(15th)
TRIPLES- J.Francoeur(5th)
HOME RUNS- C.Coste(7th)
STOLEN BASES- M.Prado(1st), J.Rollins(23rd)
CAUGHT STEALING- G.Blanco, Y.Escobar, J.Rollins
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Kotsay
WALKS- G.Blanco-2, M.Teixeira, M.Prado, M.Hampton, J.Rollins, R.Howard,
       J.Werth-3, E.Bruntlett
STRIKE OUTS- G.Blanco-3, Y.Escobar-2, J.Francoeur, M.Kotsay, K.Johnson, C.Jones,
             R.Howard, P.Burrell-2, E.Bruntlett, C.Coste, C.Hamels, G.Jenkins
GIDP- M.Prado, J.Rollins, C.Coste
 
Chris Coste touched them all and had 2 RBI at Citizen's Bank Park as the
Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 3 to 2.
 
Philadelphia brought 2 runs across the plate in the bottom of the 4th inning
when they had 3 base hits.  The key at-bat was by Coste who came through for
the home fans when he cleared the fences for a two-run home run.  Neither
team managed to score after the 4th inning.  
 
Cole Hamels(8-5) went 6 innings allowing 2 runs for the victory. Brad Lidge
earned his 21st save.  Mike Hampton(0-1) took the loss.  He allowed 8 hits
and 4 walks in 5 innings.

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July 26, 2008 Red Sox 7, Yankees 3

2010-04-11T11:40:00.001-04:00

JD Drew rips a 3-run homer and Mike Lowell adds a solo shot while a very wild Andy Pettitte can't get out of the 2nd inning as the Sox roll to the win over the Yankees. Pettittee, in his brief 1 1/3 inning appearance, threw two consecutive wild pitches allowing a run to score while walking three, alowing four hits and three runs. Tim Wakefield gets his fifth win in his last seven starts for his team leading 10th win. Justin Masterson pitched a spotless 7th and 8th and I was debating when it came to the 9th whether to leave him in for a three inning save or bring in Papelbon with the three run lead, but a Sox run in the bottom of the 8th took the lead to four runs and negated the save chance for Paps. Craig Hansen took the 9th to get some action, entrusted with a four run lead and doesn't walk anyone while striking out two!

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BOXSCORE: 2008 New York (AL) Yankees At 2008 Boston Red Sox         7/26/2008
 
  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Damon DH          5  0  2  0 .325     D.Pedroia 2B        4  0  1  0 .294  
  D.Jeter SS          5  0  1  1 .313     K.Youkilis 1B       4  0  1  1 .329  
  B.Abreu RF          5  1  1  0 .278     D.Ortiz DH          4  0  0  0 .236  
  A.Rodriguez 3B      3  0  0  0 .282     M.Ramirez LF        4  1  3  0 .320  
  J.Giambi 1B         3  1  1  1 .261     M.Lowell 3B         3  2  1  1 .264  
  R.Cano 2B           3  0  2  0 .260     J.Drew RF           3  3  2  3 .282  
  X.Nady LF           3  0  0  0 .287     J.Lowrie SS         3  1  2  1 .246  
  M.Cabrera CF        2  1  0  0 .199     C.Crisp CF          4  0  0  0 .261  
  J.Molina C          3  0  1  1 .185     K.Cash C            3  0  0  0 .172  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  3  8  3                 Totals      32  7 10  6
 
 
Yankees......... 0 0 0  1 1 1  0 0 0  -  3  8  0
Red Sox......... 0 3 0  0 3 0  0 1    -  7 10  1
 
Yankees (56-47)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
A.Pettitte LOSS(5-7)      1 1/3   4   3   3   3   3   1  41   4.20  A1 B1
J.Veras                   3 1/3   2   1   1   1   3   0  43   3.51  B2 C4
D.Robertson               0       1   2   2   1   0   1  10   2.86  C5 C6
D.Giese                   2 1/3   3   1   1   0   3   0  38   2.10  C7 D7
D.Marte                   1       0   0   0   0   1   0  10   3.44  D8
Totals                    8      10   7   7   5  10   2
 
Red Sox (63-42)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
T.Wakefield WIN(10-6)     6       6   3   3   4   5   0 116   4.52  A1 D1
J.Masterson HOLD(1st)     2       0   0   0   1   2   0  21   2.42  D2 D7
C.Hansen                  1       2   0   0   0   2   0  18   3.16  D8
Totals                    9       8   3   3   5   9   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 38,668 DATE- Saturday, July 26th 2008 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Gary Darling, Jerry Meals, Bill Miller, Paul Emmel
T- 2:55
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 9  Red Sox: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1  Red Sox: 2
ERRORS- J.Lowrie
DOUBLES- D.Pedroia(26th), J.Drew(22nd), J.Lowrie(6th)
TRIPLES- R.Cano(1st)
HOME RUNS- M.Lowell(15th), J.Drew(17th)
STOLEN BASES- B.Abreu(15th), J.Drew(3rd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Giambi
WALKS- A.Rodriguez, R.Cano, X.Nady, M.Cabrera, J.Molina, D.Pedroia, M.Lowell,
       J.Drew, J.Lowrie, K.Cash
HIT BY PITCH- M.Cabrera
STRIKE OUTS- J.Damon, D.Jeter, B.Abreu-2, A.Rodriguez-2, R.Cano, X.Nady,
             M.Cabrera, K.Youkilis-2, D.Ortiz, M.Ramirez, M.Lowell, J.Drew,
             J.Lowrie, C.Crisp-2, K.Cash
GIDP- J.Giambi, X.Nady, D.Ortiz
WILD PITCHES- A.Pettitte-2
PASSED BALLS- K.Cash
WEB GEMS- Top 2nd: Dustin Pedroia robbed Jason Giambi of a base hit.
 
J.D. Drew connected with a 'big fly' and had 3 RBI at Fenway Park as the
Boston Red Sox beat the New York (AL) Yankees 7 to 3.
 
The Boston fans enjoyed the offense provided by Drew.  He lofted a three-run
bomb in the 5th inning and doubled in the 8th inning.  Boston finished with
10 hits in the victory.  
 
The victory went to Tim Wakefield(10-6) who went 6 innings, allowing 3 runs.
Andy Pettitte(5-7) absorbed the loss.  He allowed 4 hits and 3 walks in 1 and
1/3 innings.

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July 26, 2008 Rays 8, Royals 0

2010-04-11T11:07:00.001-04:00

Scott Kasmir tosses the fifth no-hitter in the 2008 SOM, and also the first in history for a Tampa Bay pitcher as he no-hits the Royals. This will be the second time this year that Kansas City has been no-hit as Greg Smith of the A's no-hit them back in April.

The Royals become the fifth team since 1971 to have two no-hitters pitched against them in the same season joining the 1971 Reds, 1977 Angels, 1996 Rockies and the 2001 Padres in that dubious club. Although this isn't real life, two of the four teams who had never had a pitcher throw a no-hiter for them have in my SOM this year - Johan Santana pitched one for the Mets in June for the first Met no-hitter in their over 45 year history, and Kasmir for the Rays today. That now leaves only two teams who have never had a pitcher throw a no-hitter for them, the Rockies (since 1993) and Padres (since 1969).

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Event Codes:  B K N
BOXSCORE: 2008 Tampa Bay Rays At 2008 Kansas City Royals            7/26/2008
 
  Rays               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Royals             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Iwamura 2B        5  3  2  1 .267     D.Dejesus CF        4  0  0  0 .275  
  B.Upton CF          3  2  1  0 .249     M.Aviles SS         3  0  0  0 .273  
  C.Crawford LF       5  2  3  3 .246     M.Grudzielanek 2B   4  0  0  0 .275  
  E.Longoria 3B       4  0  0  1 .270     J.Guillen RF        3  0  0  0 .231  
  C.Pena 1B           5  0  1  1 .208     B.Butler DH         3  0  0  0 .321  
  W.Aybar DH          5  0  1  2 .208     A.Gordon 3B         3  0  0  0 .294  
  D.Navarro C         4  1  2  0 .283     J.Buck C            2  0  0  0 .248  
  E.Hinske RF         4  0  0  0 .177     R.Gload 1B          2  0  0  0 .311  
  J.Bartlett SS       4  0  2  0 .301   A-M.Olivo PH          1  0  0  0 .260  
                                          E.German LF         2  0  0  0 .289  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      39  8 12  8                 Totals      27  0  0  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Gload In 9th Inning
 
Rays............ 2 0 3  0 0 0  2 1 0  -  8 12  0
Royals.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  0  1
 
Rays (58-45)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
S.Kazmir WIN(6-4)         9       0   0   0   3  14   0 106   3.09  A1
Totals                    9       0   0   0   3  14   0
 
Royals (49-56)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
L.Hochevar LOSS(3-9)      2 1/3   5   5   3   1   2   0  56   5.44  A1 B6
R.Ramirez                 3 2/3   4   2   2   0   3   0  46   3.49  B7 D2
H.Ramirez                 1 1/3   3   1   1   0   0   0  24   2.92  D3 D9
R.Tejeda                  1 2/3   0   0   0   1   1   0  25   2.45  E1
Totals                    9      12   8   6   2   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 34,886 DATE- Saturday, July 26th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Gary Darling, Jerry Meals, Bill Miller, Paul Emmel
T- 2:46
LEFT ON BASE- Rays: 7  Royals: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rays: 0  Royals: 1
ERRORS- M.Grudzielanek
DOUBLES- C.Crawford(8th), D.Navarro(5th), J.Bartlett(17th)
WALKS- B.Upton-2, M.Aviles, J.Buck, E.German
HIT BY PITCH- E.Longoria
STRIKE OUTS- B.Upton, W.Aybar-2, E.Hinske, J.Bartlett-2, D.Dejesus-2,
             M.Aviles-2, M.Grudzielanek-2, J.Guillen-2, B.Butler, A.Gordon,
             J.Buck-2, M.Olivo, E.German
GIDP- A.Iwamura
 
Scott Kazmir(6-4) was on top of his game in Kansas City as he tossed a beauty
of a no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals.  The Tampa Bay Rays won by a
score of 8 to 0.
 
Kazmir was obviously at the top of his game as he set the Kansas City batters
down like so many dominoes.  He walked 3 Kansas City batters.  The tension
was mounting with every inning after the 6th.  Kazmir appeared oblivious
himself to the mounting history until two were out in the 9th.  Only then,
did he allow himself one deep sigh and a slow trip around the mound.  Kazmir
racked up 14 strikeouts.  Tampa Bay managed 12 hits in their victory.  
 
Luke Hochevar(3-9) was the loser.  Tampa Bay scored big getting 5 runs off him
in 2 and 1/3 innings.  What a show!' Joe Maddon said.  'Kazmir was great out
there -- I'm happy that he got it.'
 
SCORESHEET: 2008 Tampa Bay Rays at 2008 Kansas City Royals
A.Iwamur-A1  A1:E/4     *3*:Si     C1:G-DP/4  *7*:Si     E1:G/43>3
                                   63>1o                 # 23
                                                         
B.Upton-A1   A2:G/43>1  B2:W>12 b  C2:K       D2:Si>12   E2:W>b1
             2          1                                
                                                         
C.Crawfo-A1  A3:Si>2#   B3:Do>2#   *5*:G/3    D3:Si>2#   E3:G/63
                        13                    13         
                                                         
E.Longor-A1  A4:G/63>2  B4:HBP     C4:F/7     D4:G/53>3  *9*:F/8
             3                                # 23       
                                                         
C.Pena-A1    A5:Si>3#   B5:P/4     C5:F/8     D5:F/9     E5:G/63
                                                         
                                                         
W.Aybar-A1   A6:FO/2    B6:Si>3#   *6*:K      D6:F/8     E6:K
                        2# 12                            
                                                         
D.Navarr-A1  *2*:G/3    B7:Force/  C7:Do      *8*:Si
                        64>23 1o              
                        b1                    
E.Hinske-A1  A8:K       B8:G/43    C8:G/3>23  D8:P/4
                                              
                                              
J.Bartle-A1  A9:K       *4*:Si     C9:K       D9:Do>13
                                              
                                              
 
D.Dejesu-A1  A1:L/4     *4*:G/63   C1:K       D1:K
                                              
                                              
M.Aviles-A1  A2:K       B2:F/7     *7*:K      D2:W>12 b
                                              1
                                              
M.Grudzi-A1  A3:K       B3:G/31    C3:K       D3:F/8
                                              
                                              
J.Guille-A1  *2*:K      *5*:K      C4:G/53
                                   
                                   
B.Butler-A1  A5:K       B5:F/7     *8*:L/6
                                   
                                   
A.Gordon-A1  A6:K       B6:G/43    C6:G/43
                                   
                                   
J.Buck-A1    *3*:K      *6*:W>b1   C7:K
                                   
                                   
R.Gload-A1   A8:L/4     B8:Force/  *9*:K
M.Olivo-C8              54>1o b1   
                                   
E.German-A1  A9:G/53    B9:K       C9:W>b1

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July 25, 2008 Braves 10, Phillies 4

2010-04-10T19:13:00.001-04:00

After taking two of three from the wild card leading Mets and gaining a game on them in the wild card race (Phils are 9 back, Giants and Diamondbacks are 8 1/2 back), the Phillies get their chance to gain some ground on the division-leading and defending NL champion Atlanta Braves who are 1 1/2 games ahead of the Mets. But when I saw the pitching matchup I knew it might be a tall order today with the 3-10 Kyle Kendrick on the mound for the Phils and the 11-1 Jair Jurrjens going for the Braves. As I feared, it ended up just as I thought it would in a Philly loss. Jurrjens goes the distance to go to 12-1. while Kendrick sucks the joint out again allowing 8 runs in 3 innings and drops to 3-12 putting his ERA over the 6.00 mark. Mark Teixeira hits 2 homeruns for the Braves, and Pat Burell tosses in two long balls of his own in a losing cause for the Phils.

For Jurrjens, the four runs allowed is only the second time in 20 starts he has allowed more than three runs and his 12 wins is second in the NL (and majors) behind the 13 wins from Brandon Webb of Arizona and Johan Santana of the Mets. For Kendrick, it just continues a shitty season. After figuring out all the game scores, Kendrick only has cleared a 50 score four times in 21 starts, with today's score of 11 his worst of the year and the third time below 20. His 11 losses is 4th most in the NL behind Pittsburgh's Zach Duke (3-12), Aaron Cook of Colorado (6-12), and Greg Maddux from the Padres. Maddux's better days are obviously behind him as he leads the majors in losses with a record of 7-14. Former Phillie Vicente Padilla of Texas leads the AL in losses at 3-13.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Atlanta Braves At 2008 Philadelphia Phillies         7/25/2008
 
  Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  G.Blanco LF         4  0  2  2 .240     J.Rollins SS        4  0  1  0 .255  
  Y.Escobar SS        4  0  0  0 .325     S.Victorino CF      4  0  0  0 .322  
  M.Teixeira 1B       5  2  3  2 .296     C.Utley 2B          4  0  0  0 .265  
  B.McCann C          5  1  2  1 .309     R.Howard 1B         3  1  0  0 .264  
  M.Kotsay CF         5  2  1  0 .310   C-P.Feliz 3B          0  0  0  0 .271  
  J.Francoeur RF      5  2  2  0 .236     P.Burrell LF        4  2  2  2 .248  
  K.Johnson 2B        2  1  0  0 .303     G.Jenkins RF        3  0  1  0 .260  
  O.Infante 3B        4  2  2  4 .333     R.Madson P          0  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Jurrjens P        3  0  0  0 .178     J.Romero P          0  0  0  0 .000  
                                        D-C.Coste PH          1  0  0  0 .253  
                                          G.Dobbs 3B,1B       3  1  1  1 .264  
                                          C.Ruiz C            4  0  1  1 .212  
                                          K.Kendrick P        0  0  0  0 .250  
                                        A-S.Taguchi PH        1  0  0  0 .182  
                                          C.Condrey P         1  0  0  0 .400  
                                        B-J.Werth RF          1  0  0  0 .256  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      37 10 12  9                 Totals      33  4  6  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Kendrick In 3rd Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Condrey In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Howard In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Romero In 9th Inning
 
Braves.......... 0 4 4  0 0 0  1 1 0  - 10 12  0
Phillies........ 0 1 0  2 0 1  0 0 0  -  4  6  0
 
Braves (62-40)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Jurrjens WIN(12-1)      9       6   4   4   1   6   2 136   2.71  A1
Totals                    9       6   4   4   1   6   2
 
Phillies (52-51)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
K.Kendrick LOSS(3-11)     3       8   8   8   2   2   2  78   6.45  A1 C1
C.Condrey                 3       1   0   0   1   3   0  36   6.85  C2 D2
R.Madson                  1 2/3   3   2   2   0   2   1  35   5.16  D3 E1
J.Romero                  1 1/3   0   0   0   1   1   0  16   2.17  E2
Totals                    9      12  10  10   4   8   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 40,102 DATE- Friday, July 25th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Phil Cuzzi, Jim Wolf, Ed Montague, Jerry Layne
T- 2:57
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 5  Phillies: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 0  Phillies: 1
DOUBLES- G.Blanco(10th), M.Teixeira(29th), M.Kotsay(20th), J.Francoeur(21st),
         O.Infante-2(11th), J.Rollins(20th), G.Jenkins(14th)
HOME RUNS- M.Teixeira-2(19th), B.McCann(16th), P.Burrell-2(25th)
STOLEN BASES- G.Blanco(9th), G.Dobbs(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Jurrjens
WALKS- G.Blanco, Y.Escobar, K.Johnson-2, R.Howard
HIT BY PITCH- G.Dobbs
STRIKE OUTS- Y.Escobar-2, M.Kotsay-2, J.Francoeur, J.Jurrjens-3, C.Utley-2,
             R.Howard-2, P.Burrell, C.Condrey
GIDP- Y.Escobar
WILD PITCHES- K.Kendrick
PASSED BALLS- B.McCann
 
Mark Teixeira blasted 2 homeruns and Jair Jurrjens allowed Bobby Cox to rest
his bullpen, tossing a complete game as the red-hot Atlanta Braves defeated
the Philadelphia Phillies 10 to 4 at Citizen's Bank Park.
 
Teixeira had a big day against Philadelphia.  He blasted a solo shot in the
3rd inning, doubled in the 4th inning and smashed a solo-shot out of the park
in the 7th inning.  Atlanta totaled 12 hits on the night.  
 
The winning pitcher was Jurrjens(12-1) who allowed 4 runs for the game. Kyle
Kendrick(3-11) took the loss.  He was touched for 8 hits and 2 walks in 3
innings.

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July 25, 2008 Yankees 6, Red Sox 5

2010-04-10T16:07:00.001-04:00

Your typical thrilling Sox-Yankees affair. Josh Beckett is saved his 10th loss of the year when the Sox come back from a 5-1 defecit with a 3-run 6th and a run in the 7th to tie the score, but A-Rod greets Mike Timlin into the game with a solo shot leading off the 8th inning. Mariano Rivera goes the final two for New York, with the only damage off him being a Sean Casey 9th inning two-out pinch-hit single. Derek Jeter has a perfect 5 for 5 day for the Yanks, and starter Joda Chamberlin (who no-hit the Sox three weeks ago) doesn't get that chance today as Jacoby Ellsbury led off the Sox 1st inning with a single.

Today also marks the successful return of Mr. Big Papi after an almost two month abscence. David Ortiz goes back into his customary 3 spot in the lineup and does his part with a 2 for 4 day, a walk and an RBI.

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BOXSCORE: 2008 New York (AL) Yankees At 2008 Boston Red Sox         7/25/2008
 
  Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Damon DH          5  1  1  1 .324     J.Ellsbury LF,CF    5  1  2  0 .313  
  D.Jeter SS          5  1  5  0 .315     D.Pedroia 2B        5  0  1  1 .294  
  B.Abreu RF          5  1  2  3 .279     D.Ortiz DH          4  0  2  1 .241  
  A.Rodriguez 3B      4  1  1  1 .284     K.Youkilis 1B       5  1  2  0 .330  
  J.Giambi 1B         5  1  2  1 .260     M.Lowell 3B         4  0  1  1 .263  
  R.Cano 2B           4  0  1  0 .257     J.Drew RF           4  1  1  0 .278  
  M.Cabrera CF        3  0  0  0 .201     J.Lowrie SS         4  0  2  0 .224  
  J.Molina C          4  0  0  0 .182   B-S.Casey PH          1  0  1  0 .350  
  B.Gardner LF        4  1  1  0 .262   C-A.Cora PR           0  0  0  0 .264  
                                          J.Varitek C         5  1  2  1 .219  
                                          C.Crisp CF          2  1  0  0 .266  
                                        A-M.Ramirez PH,LF     0  0  0  0 .316  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      39  6 13  6                 Totals      39  5 14  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Crisp In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Lowrie In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Casey In 9th Inning
 
Yankees......... 0 0 0  2 2 1  0 1 0  -  6 13  0
Red Sox......... 0 0 1  0 0 3  1 0 0  -  5 14  0
 
Yankees (56-46)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Chamberlai              5       9   4   4   3   7   0 101   2.60  A1 C8
L.Hawkins BS(1st)         1       3   1   1   1   0   0  28   2.95  C9 D6
D.Giese WIN(4-0)          1       0   0   0   1   2   0  12   1.97  D7 E1
M.Rivera SAVE(36th)       2       2   0   0   0   1   0  32   0.66  E2
Totals                    9      14   5   5   5  10   0
 
Red Sox (62-42)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
J.Beckett                 6       9   5   5   0   7   2  84   3.95  A1 C8
H.Okajima                 1       1   0   0   0   1   0  15   3.92  C9 D3
M.Timlin LOSS(3-3)        0 1/3   1   1   1   0   1   1   8   3.06  D4 D5
J.Lopez                   1 1/3   2   0   0   1   1   0  25   2.00  D6 E3
M.Delcarmen               0 1/3   0   0   0   1   0   0   7   2.39  E4
Totals                    9      13   6   6   2  10   3
 
ATTENDANCE- 32,744 DATE- Friday, July 25th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Paul Emmel, Gary Darling, Jerry Meals, Bill Miller
T- 3:50
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees: 8  Red Sox:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 1  Red Sox: 1
DOUBLES- D.Jeter(16th), R.Cano(22nd), B.Gardner(4th), D.Ortiz(9th),
         J.Drew(21st), J.Lowrie(5th), J.Varitek-2(19th)
TRIPLES- K.Youkilis(4th)
HOME RUNS- B.Abreu(11th), A.Rodriguez(21st), J.Giambi(26th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Ellsbury
WALKS- A.Rodriguez, M.Cabrera, D.Ortiz, M.Lowell, J.Drew, C.Crisp, M.Ramirez
STRIKE OUTS- J.Damon-2, B.Abreu, J.Giambi, R.Cano, M.Cabrera, J.Molina-3,
             B.Gardner, J.Ellsbury, M.Lowell-2, J.Drew, J.Lowrie-2, J.Varitek-2,
             C.Crisp-2
GIDP- M.Cabrera, K.Youkilis
WILD PITCHES- L.Hawkins
 
Bobby Abreu left the yard and had 3 RBI as the New York (AL) Yankees defeated
the Boston Red Sox 6 to 5 at Fenway Park.
 
Dan Giese(4-0) was solid in relief, and he got credit for the win.  He was
reached for no hits and 1 walk in 1 inning.  Boston had a chance in the 9th
but they came up short.  
 
Giese got relief help from Mariano Rivera who gained credit for his 36th save.
The losing pitcher was Mike Timlin(3-3) in relief.  He pitched 1/3 of an
inning giving up 1 hit and no walks.
 
New York (AL) now has a record of 56-46.  With the loss Boston now has a
record of 62-42.

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