Boston Red Sox vs. Texas Rangers - Play By Play - August 16, 2009

Scores for Aug 16, 2009

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Texas won 2-1

Game 1: Friday, August 14
Boston	8	Final
Texas	4	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, August 15
Boston	2	Final
Texas	7	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, August 16
Boston	3	Final
Texas	4	Final
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Red Sox 3

(66-51, 28-33 away)

Rangers 4

(66-50, 39-22 home)

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2:05 PM ET, August 16, 2009

Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	0
TEX	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	-	4	11	1

W: D. Nippert (4-1)

L: J. Tazawa (1-2)

S: F. Francisco (17)

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Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Boston - Top of 1st	SCORE
Dustin Nippert pitching for Texas	BOS	TEX
J Ellsbury flied out to left.	0	0
D Pedroia flied out to left.	0	0
V Martinez singled to right.	0	0
J Bay lined out to third.	0	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Bottom of 1st	SCORE
Junichi Tazawa pitching for Boston	BOS	TEX
J Borbon reached on bunt single to first.	0	0
M Young walked, J Borbon to second.	0	0
D Murphy grounded into fielder's choice to second, M Young out at second, J Borbon to third.	0	0
M Byrd lined into double play, second to first, D Murphy doubled off first.	0	0
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 2nd	SCORE
Dustin Nippert pitching for Texas	BOS	TEX
D Ortiz homered to right center.	1	0
M Lowell struck out swinging.	1	0
C Kotchman safe at first on error by second baseman I Kinsler.	1	0
B Anderson flied out to center.	1	0
A Gonzalez grounded out to third.	1	0
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors
Texas - Bottom of 2nd	SCORE
Junichi Tazawa pitching for Boston	BOS	TEX
J Hamilton flied out to center.	1	0
I Kinsler homered to left.	1	1
H Blalock lined out to right.	1	1
T Teagarden singled to center.	1	1
E Andrus hit a ground rule double to deep right center, T Teagarden to third.	1	1
J Borbon flied out to left.	1	1
1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 3rd	SCORE
Dustin Nippert pitching for Texas	BOS	TEX
J Ellsbury lined out to right.	1	1
D Pedroia grounded out to shortstop.	1	1
V Martinez singled to center.	1	1
J Bay grounded into fielder's choice to third, V Martinez out at second.	1	1
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Bottom of 3rd	SCORE
Junichi Tazawa pitching for Boston	BOS	TEX
M Young singled to center.	1	1
D Murphy grounded into fielder's choice to first, M Young out at second.	1	1
M Byrd flied out to right.	1	1
J Hamilton doubled to deep center, D Murphy scored.	1	2
I Kinsler singled to left, J Hamilton scored.	1	3
H Blalock fouled out to first.	1	3
2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 4th	SCORE
Dustin Nippert pitching for Texas	BOS	TEX
D Ortiz walked.	1	3
M Lowell walked, D Ortiz to second.	1	3
C Kotchman flied out to center, D Ortiz to third.	1	3
B Anderson hit sacrifice fly to right, D Ortiz scored.	2	3
A Gonzalez hit a ground rule double to deep left, M Lowell to third.	2	3
J Ellsbury grounded out to second.	2	3
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Bottom of 4th	SCORE
Junichi Tazawa pitching for Boston	BOS	TEX
T Teagarden grounded out to shortstop.	2	3
E Andrus lined out to center.	2	3
J Borbon walked.	2	3
M Young grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Borbon out at second.	2	3
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 5th	SCORE
Dustin Nippert pitching for Texas	BOS	TEX
D Pedroia grounded out to shortstop.	2	3
V Martinez struck out swinging.	2	3
J Bay singled to left.	2	3
D Ortiz walked, J Bay to second.	2	3
M Lowell struck out swinging.	2	3
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Bottom of 5th	SCORE
Junichi Tazawa pitching for Boston	BOS	TEX
D Murphy popped out to second.	2	3
M Byrd doubled to left.	2	3
J Hamilton flied out to center, M Byrd to third.	2	3
I Kinsler walked.	2	3
H Blalock grounded out to second.	2	3
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 6th	SCORE
Dustin Nippert pitching for Texas	BOS	TEX
C Kotchman singled to right.	2	3
B Anderson grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, C Kotchman out at second.	2	3
A Gonzalez grounded out to shortstop.	2	3
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Bottom of 6th	SCORE
Junichi Tazawa pitching for Boston	BOS	TEX
T Teagarden homered to left.	2	4
E Andrus singled to left.	2	4
H Okajima relieved J Tazawa.	2	4
J Borbon sacrificed to third, E Andrus to second.	2	4
M Young intentionally walked.	2	4
A Jones hit for D Murphy.	2	4
A Jones lined into double play, third to second, E Andrus doubled off second.	2	4
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 7th	SCORE
Doug Mathis pitching for Texas	BOS	TEX
D Mathis relieved D Nippert.	2	4
J Ellsbury struck out looking.	2	4
D Pedroia homered to left.	3	4
V Martinez walked.	3	4
J Bay grounded into double play, pitcher to second to first, V Martinez out at second.	3	4
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Bottom of 7th	SCORE
Hideki Okajima pitching for Boston	BOS	TEX
M Byrd struck out swinging.	3	4
J Hamilton grounded out to second.	3	4
I Kinsler flied out to center.	3	4
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 8th	SCORE
C.J. Wilson pitching for Texas	BOS	TEX
C Wilson relieved D Mathis.	3	4
D Ortiz struck out swinging.	3	4
M Lowell singled to left.	3	4
C Kotchman walked, M Lowell to second.	3	4
N Green ran for M Lowell.	3	4
B Anderson struck out looking.	3	4
A Gonzalez struck out looking.	3	4
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Texas - Bottom of 8th	SCORE
Ramon Ramirez pitching for Boston	BOS	TEX
N Green at third base.	3	4
R Ramirez relieved H Okajima.	3	4
H Blalock flied out to center.	3	4
T Teagarden walked.	3	4
E Andrus struck out swinging.	3	4
J Borbon singled to right center, T Teagarden to second.	3	4
M Young struck out looking.	3	4
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 9th	SCORE
Frank Francisco pitching for Texas	BOS	TEX
F Francisco relieved C Wilson.	3	4
J Ellsbury flied out to left.	3	4
D Pedroia struck out looking.	3	4
V Martinez struck out swinging.	3	4
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

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