Red Sox 2-1 Athletics (2 Apr, 2008) Play-by-Play

Oakland Athletics

1-2, 1-2 home


BOS
OAK

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	9	0
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1

Red SoxTop 1st
- J. Blanton pitching for OAK
  BOS
  OAK
- Pitch
  1
  Strike Looking
  2
  Ground Out
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 1st
- D. Matsuzaka pitching for BOS
  BOS
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 2nd
- J. Blanton pitching for OAK
  BOS
  OAK
- M Ramirez to second on wild pitch by J Blanton.
  0
  0
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 2nd
- D. Matsuzaka pitching for BOS
  BOS
  OAK
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 3rd
- J. Blanton pitching for OAK
  BOS
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 3rd
- D. Matsuzaka pitching for BOS
  BOS
  OAK
- K Suzuki caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.
  0
  1
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 4th
- J. Blanton pitching for OAK
  BOS
  OAK
- M Lowell continues to bat after dropped foul ball by first baseman D Barton.
  0
  1
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 4th
- D. Matsuzaka pitching for BOS
  BOS
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 5th
- J. Blanton pitching for OAK
  BOS
  OAK
- 1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 5th
- D. Matsuzaka pitching for BOS
  BOS
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 6th
- J. Blanton pitching for OAK
  BOS
  OAK
- 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 6th
- D. Matsuzaka pitching for BOS
  BOS
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 7th
- J. Blanton pitching for OAK
  BOS
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 7th
- D. Matsuzaka pitching for BOS
  BOS
  OAK
- H. Okajima pitching for BOS
  BOS
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 8th
- S. Casilla pitching for OAK
  BOS
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 8th
- H. Okajima pitching for BOS
  BOS
  OAK
- M Sweeney hit for R Sweeney.
  2
  1
- J. Papelbon pitching for BOS
  BOS
  OAK
- M Sweeney hit for R Sweeney.
  2
  1
- J. Papelbon pitching for BOS
  BOS
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 9th
- K. Foulke pitching for OAK
  BOS
  OAK
- C Denorfia in center field.
  2
  1
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
AthleticsBottom 9th
- J. Papelbon pitching for BOS
  BOS
  OAK
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

Red Sox
2
Athletics
1

Game 1

2/4

Red Sox
5
Athletics
0

Game 2

2/4

Oakland Coliseum

3:05 AM, 2 April 2008

Oakland, California

Attendance: 36,067

Game Time:2:39

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Wally Bell
First Base Umpire - Paul Schrieber
Second Base Umpire - Rob Drake
Third Base Umpire - Brian Knight

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
New York	94	68	.580	-	W1
Baltimore	91	71	.562	3	W3
Boston	81	81	.500	13	W1
Tampa Bay	80	82	.494	14	L1
Toronto	74	88	.457	20	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	88	73	.547	-	W2
Seattle	85	77	.525	3.5	W4
Texas	78	84	.481	10.5	W3
Oakland	69	93	.426	19.5	L3
Los Angeles	63	99	.389	25.5	L6

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D. Matsuzaka1-0

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J. Papelbon2

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Ground Out