Oakland Athletics vs. Boston Red Sox - Box Score - July 28, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Jul 28, 2009

Final in 11

Series: Game 2 of 4

Series tied 1-1 (as of 7/28)

Game 1: Monday, July 27
Oakland	3	Final
Boston	8	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, July 28
Oakland	9	Final in 11
Boston	8	Final in 11
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Game 3: Wednesday, July 29
Oakland	8	Final
Boston	6	Final
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Game 4: Thursday, July 30
Oakland	5	Final
Boston	8	Final
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Athletics 9

(42-57, 20-32 away)

Red Sox 8

(58-41, 34-16 home)

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7:10 PM ET, July 28, 2009

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
OAK	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	2	9	21	0
BOS	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	8	14	3

W: C. Breslow (4-4)

L: M. Delcarmen (2-2)

S: A. Bailey (12)

Oakland Athletics
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Kennedy 3B	7	0	5	3	0	1	35	.295	.349	.425
O Cabrera SS	5	0	3	0	1	0	25	.281	.319	.368
N Garciaparra DH	6	0	2	0	0	1	16	.253	.292	.364
J Cust RF	4	2	1	0	2	3	25	.232	.329	.411
K Suzuki C	6	0	1	0	0	0	16	.284	.321	.399
R Sweeney CF-LF	6	1	2	1	0	0	29	.276	.323	.361
T Everidge 1B	6	1	1	1	0	1	22	.167	.167	.333
M Ellis 2B	6	4	4	1	0	0	22	.237	.285	.375
E Patterson LF	3	0	0	0	0	2	10	.158	.150	.158
a-R Davis PH-CF	3	1	2	2	0	1	14	.265	.340	.371
Totals	52	9	21	8	3	9	214
a-struck out swinging for E Patterson in the 8th
BATTING 2B: R Sweeney (14, C Buchholz); A Kennedy (15, C Buchholz); J Cust (12, R Ramirez); M Ellis 2 (9, H Okajima, M Delcarmen); T Everidge (1, J Papelbon); N Garciaparra (5, M Delcarmen) RBI: M Ellis (23), A Kennedy 3 (37), R Sweeney (23), T Everidge (1), R Davis 2 (13) 2-out RBI: A Kennedy 2, R Sweeney, T Everidge, R Davis 2 GIDP: N Garciaparra Athletics RISP: 9-25 (R Davis 2-3, T Everidge 1-3, O Cabrera 0-1, E Patterson 0-1, N Garciaparra 0-3, J Cust 0-2, K Suzuki 0-4, R Sweeney 1-2, M Ellis 2-2, A Kennedy 3-4) Team LOB: 13
BASERUNNING SB: M Ellis (5, 3rd base off J Papelbon/G Kottaras); N Garciaparra (1, 3rd base off M Delcarmen/G Kottaras); R Davis (14, 2nd base off T Saito/G Kottaras) CS: A Kennedy (4, 2nd base by T Saito/G Kottaras)
FIELDING DP: 2 (T Everidge-O Cabrera-T Everidge, K Suzuki-O Cabrera). Outfield Assist: R Sweeney (J Bay at Home).

Oakland Athletics
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
V Mazzaro	6.0	9	6	6	2	3	0	104-65	5.16
R Springer	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	17-13	4.42
B Ziegler	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	11-7	3.11
M Wuertz	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	17-10	3.17
C Breslow (W, 4-4)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10-6	4.43
A Bailey (S, 12)	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	14-9	2.14
Totals	11.0	14	8	8	2	6	0	173-110
PITCHING HBP: J Bay (By B Ziegler) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: V Mazzaro 16/27; R Springer 4/4; B Ziegler 3/5; M Wuertz 1/3; C Breslow 2/3; A Bailey 4/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: V Mazzaro 17-5-21-22; R Springer 3-3-4-3; B Ziegler 0-0-3-4; M Wuertz 2-2-5-1; C Breslow 1-0-3-2; A Bailey 1-1-2-5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: V Mazzaro 7-7; R Springer 1-1; B Ziegler 0-2; M Wuertz 0-1; C Breslow 1-2; A Bailey 2-1 Game Scores: V Mazzaro 31

Boston Red Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Ellsbury CF	6	1	2	1	0	1	26	.298	.342	.399
D Pedroia 2B	6	1	1	0	0	0	26	.303	.376	.427
K Youkilis 1B	5	1	3	2	0	1	20	.296	.409	.553
D Ortiz DH	3	0	0	1	0	2	16	.225	.312	.410
a-A LaRoche PH-DH	2	0	0	0	0	1	11	.357	.357	.714
J Bay LF	4	1	1	1	0	0	16	.254	.380	.500
J Drew RF	5	2	3	1	0	0	14	.244	.361	.449
M Lowell 3B	4	0	2	2	0	0	15	.292	.331	.474
J Lowrie PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.108	.146	.243
G Kottaras C	3	1	2	0	2	1	19	.224	.303	.376
N Green SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	.246	.311	.386
Totals	42	8	14	8	2	6	173
a-struck out swinging for D Ortiz in the 7th
BATTING 2B: K Youkilis (25, V Mazzaro); J Drew 2 (20, B Ziegler, V Mazzaro); M Lowell (21, V Mazzaro); G Kottaras (10, B Ziegler) RBI: K Youkilis 2 (59), D Ortiz (55), J Bay (74), J Drew (40), M Lowell 2 (44), J Ellsbury (33) S: N Green SF: M Lowell 2-out RBI: J Bay, J Drew GIDP: J Ellsbury Red Sox RISP: 3-12 (D Ortiz 0-2, D Pedroia 1-2, K Youkilis 1-2, M Lowell 0-1, G Kottaras 0-1, N Green 0-2, J Ellsbury 0-1, J Bay 1-1) Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING SB: J Ellsbury (45, 2nd base off V Mazzaro/K Suzuki) CS: K Youkilis (2, 2nd base by V Mazzaro/K Suzuki)
FIELDING E: J Ellsbury (2, throw); N Green 2 (11, throw 2) DP: 1 (N Green-D Pedroia-K Youkilis).

Boston Red Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Buchholz	5.2	9	2	2	2	5	0	107-67	3.52
R Ramirez (H, 9)	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	10-7	2.34
H Okajima	0.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	29-19	3.24
D Bard (H, 4)	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6-4	2.15
J Papelbon (B, 3)	1.0	3	3	2	1	1	0	21-15	2.09
M Delcarmen (L, 2-2)	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	34-22	2.52
T Saito	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7-5	3.24
Totals	11.0	21	9	8	3	9	0	214-139
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Buchholz 19/28; R Ramirez 3/4; H Okajima 3/5; D Bard 0/2; J Papelbon 7/7; M Delcarmen 5/8; T Saito 1/1 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Buchholz 19-9-18-21; R Ramirez 2-1-1-3; H Okajima 6-2-7-4; D Bard 1-1-0-2; J Papelbon 4-2-4-5; M Delcarmen 6-1-9-6; T Saito 1-2-1-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Buchholz 9-3; R Ramirez 1-1; H Okajima 0-1; D Bard 2-0; J Papelbon 1-1; M Delcarmen 1-3; T Saito 0-0 Game Scores: C Buchholz 46

Scoring Summary

			OAK	BOS
	2nd	M Ellis singled to right, R Sweeney scored, M Ellis to second advancing on throw.	1	0
	2nd	A Kennedy singled to center, M Ellis scored.	2	0
	3rd	K Youkilis doubled to left, G Kottaras and J Ellsbury scored, D Pedroia to third.	2	2
	3rd	D Ortiz grounded out to second, D Pedroia scored, K Youkilis to third.	2	3
	3rd	J Bay reached on infield single to shortstop, K Youkilis scored.	2	4
	3rd	J Drew doubled to deep right, J Bay scored, J Drew to third advancing on throw.	2	5
	6th	M Lowell doubled to left, J Drew scored.	2	6
	7th	R Sweeney singled to center, J Cust scored, R Sweeney to second on throwing error by center fielder J Ellsbury.	3	6
	8th	A Kennedy singled to right, M Ellis scored.	4	6
	8th	M Lowell hit sacrifice fly to right, J Drew scored.	4	7
	9th	T Everidge doubled to left center, J Cust scored.	5	7
	9th	M Ellis reached on infield single to shortstop, T Everidge scored, M Ellis to second on throwing error by shortstop N Green.	6	7
	9th	R Davis reached on infield single to shortstop, M Ellis scored, R Davis to third on throwing error by shortstop N Green.	7	7
	11th	R Davis singled to right, M Ellis scored.	8	7
	11th	A Kennedy singled to right, R Davis scored.	9	7
	11th	J Ellsbury grounded out to first, J Lowrie scored, G Kottaras to third.	9	8
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Game Notes

THE GAME IS UNDERWAY AFTER A 3 MINUTE DELAY.
ATHLETICS MANAGER BOB GEREN WAS EJECTED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE THIRD INNING BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE ADRIAN JOHNSON FOR ARGUING BALS AND STRIKES.

Game Information

Stadium	Fenway Park, Boston, MA
Attendance	38,084 (102.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	4:08
Weather	82 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind	11 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Adrian Johnson, First Base - Fieldin Culbreth, Second Base - Jim Wolf, Third Base - Gary Cederstrom