Monday, July 03, 2006
May 18, 2005 Red Sox 4, A's 3
Strat-O-Matic Report
Nice little comeback for the Sox as a top of the 9th Bellhorn homer ties the game. Damon reaches 2nd on a hit and error, goes to 3rd on a groundout, and scores on an Ortiz grounder to first as the A's throw home on a 1-19 chance that Damon would be safe. Didn't count as a sacrafice though, as that would be amazing for Big Papi! A little bit of a sweat in the bottom of the 9th as Foulke gives up two hits, but holds on for the save.
BOXSCORE: 2005 Boston Red Sox At 2005 Oakland Athletics 5/18/2005
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG
J.Damon CF 5 2 2 1 .312 M.Kotsay CF 5 1 1 0 .257
K.Youkilis 3B 4 0 1 0 .250 E.Byrnes RF 5 1 2 1 .189
B-B.Mueller 3B 1 0 0 0 .279 J.Kendall C 4 0 0 0 .250
D.Ortiz DH 3 0 0 1 .259 E.Chavez 3B 4 0 2 1 .291
M.Ramirez LF 5 0 1 1 .284 K.Ginter 2B 4 0 0 0 .162
T.Nixon RF 4 0 0 0 .268 S.Hatteberg 1B 4 1 1 0 .271
K.Millar 1B 4 0 1 0 .303 E.Durazo DH 4 0 4 0 .301
J.Varitek C 2 0 0 0 .254 M.Ellis SS 3 0 1 0 .380
R.Vazquez SS 2 0 0 0 .200 M.Watson LF 3 0 0 0 .167
A-E.Renteria PH,SS 1 0 0 0 .281 C-M.Scutaro PH 1 0 1 0 .295
M.Bellhorn 2B 4 2 2 1 .171
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Totals 35 4 7 4 Totals 37 3 12 2
A-Pinch Hit For Vazquez In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Youkilis In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Watson In 9th Inning
Red Sox......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 4 7 1
Athletics....... 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 12 1
Red Sox (18-22) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Wells 6 9 3 2 1 2 1 103 6.37
M.Timlin 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2.70
J.Halama WIN(1-2) 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 5.14
K.Foulke SAVE(10th) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 3.50
Totals 9 12 3 2 1 2 1
Athletics (23-17) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Etherton 5 2/3 3 1 1 5 2 1 88 1.59
J.Duchschere HOLD(6th) 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 18 4.91
H.Street L(0-1) BS(3rd) 2 1/3 3 2 1 0 3 1 37 1.89
Totals 9 7 4 3 6 5 2
ATTENDANCE- 22,808 DATE- Wednesday, May 18th 2005 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Dan Iassogna, Dale Scott, Tim Tschida, Ron Kulpa
T- 3:36
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:10 Athletics: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 3 Athletics: 0
ERRORS- K.Youkilis, K.Ginter
DOUBLES- E.Durazo(7th)
TRIPLES- E.Byrnes(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Damon(4th), M.Bellhorn(4th), E.Byrnes(3rd)
WALKS- D.Ortiz-2, T.Nixon, J.Varitek-2, R.Vazquez, M.Ellis
HIT BY PITCH- J.Kendall
STRIKE OUTS- D.Ortiz, M.Ramirez, T.Nixon, J.Varitek, M.Bellhorn, E.Byrnes,
S.Hatteberg
GIDP- M.Kotsay, M.Ellis, M.Watson
Center fielder Johnny Damon lofted one into the 'cheap seats' as the Boston
Red Sox staged a dramatic comeback over the Oakland Athletics by a score of 4
to 3 at McAfee Coliseum.
Boston came through with the game-winning runs in the 9th inning with 2 runs
using 2 hits. Mark Bellhorn started the attack as he cracked a solo homerun
(his 4th of the season). Damon was next and he laced a one-base hit, and an
error was also committed. After an out was recorded, David Ortiz came up and
he would hit into a fielders choice scoring the final run of the inning.
Oakland had 12 hits in the game while Boston had 7, but Boston had the more
timely hits.
John Halama(1-2) got credit for the victory, pitching 2/3 of an inning and
allowing no runs. Keith Foulke recorded his 10th save. Huston Street(0-1)
absorbed the loss in relief.
'We just kept swinging the bats and didn't give up,' Damon said. 'If you just
keep trying good things can happen!'
# posted by Gary @ 12:35 PM 
