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Cleveland Guardians @ Boston Red Sox

2000-09-20 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 33002 · 78°F, sunny · Wind 10 mph from LF · 2:44

Cleveland Indians defeated Boston Red Sox 2–1. Steve Woodard earned the win and Bob Wickman picked up the save. Kenny Lofton went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Steve Woodard L: Pedro Martinez SV: Bob Wickman

Umpires — HP: Rich Rieker · 1B: Lance Barksdale · 2B: Gerry Davis · 3B: Paul Emmel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kenny Lofton	4	2	2	1	0	0
Omar Vizquel	3	0	2	0	1	0
Roberto Alomar	4	0	1	1	0	2
Manny Ramirez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Thome	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bill Selby	3	0	0	0	0	1
Travis Fryman	3	0	1	0	0	1
Russell Branyan	3	0	0	0	0	2
Einar Diaz	3	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Trot Nixon	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Offerman	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jason Varitek	4	1	0	0	0	1
Nomar Garciaparra	4	0	2	0	0	0
Troy O'Leary	4	0	1	1	0	1
Dante Bichette	3	0	1	0	1	0
Brian Daubach	4	0	0	0	0	2
Manny Alexander	2	0	0	0	0	0
Darren Lewis	2	0	1	0	0	0
Midre Cummings	1	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Everett	1	0	1	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Woodard	6.0	3	0	4
Paul Shuey	2.0	1	1	0
Bob Wickman	1.0	2	1	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Pedro Martinez	8.0	5	1	9
Derek Lowe	0.2	2	1	0
Jeff Fassero	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kenny Lofton: S9/L9S
Omar Vizquel: S9/G3.1-3
Roberto Alomar: S9/L3D+.3-H;1-3;BX2(96)
Manny Ramirez: 63/G6S+
Jim Thome: 3/FL

Bot 1

Trot Nixon: 6/P6-
Jose Offerman: K23
Jason Varitek: 31/G34

Top 2

Bill Selby: K
Travis Fryman: 6/L6
Russell Branyan: 9/F89M

Bot 2

Nomar Garciaparra: 8/F8RXD+
Troy O'Leary: K
Dante Bichette: D7/F78D+
Brian Daubach: WP.2-3
Brian Daubach: K

Top 3

Einar Diaz: K/C
Kenny Lofton: 3/G3-
Omar Vizquel: 7/F78M

Bot 3

Manny Alexander: 7/F7M
Darren Lewis: S/G6S-
Trot Nixon: SB2
Trot Nixon: 8/F8LS-
Jose Offerman: 7/L7S

Top 4

Roberto Alomar: K
Manny Ramirez: 8/F8RS
Jim Thome: K

Bot 4

Jason Varitek: K
Nomar Garciaparra: D7/L8LXD+
Troy O'Leary: 7/F7M
Dante Bichette: 6/P6-

Top 5

Bill Selby: 13/G13
Travis Fryman: K/C
Russell Branyan: K

Bot 5

Brian Daubach: 31/G34S
Manny Alexander: 6/L6
Darren Lewis: 53/G5+

Top 6

Einar Diaz: 43/G4+
Kenny Lofton: 43/G4
Omar Vizquel: S7/L8LS-
Roberto Alomar: K

Bot 6

Trot Nixon: 63/G6
Jose Offerman: 7/F7LM
Jason Varitek: 13/G15-

Top 7

Manny Ramirez: K
Jim Thome: W
Bill Selby: 64(1)/FO/G6
Travis Fryman: CS2(24)

Bot 7

Nomar Garciaparra: 7/F78D
Troy O'Leary: 31/G
Dante Bichette: W
Brian Daubach: 43/G4

Top 8

Travis Fryman: S5/G5.B-2(E5/TH1)
Russell Branyan: K
Einar Diaz: FC5/DP/G5.2X3(5);BX1(53)

Bot 8

Midre Cummings: 43/G34S-
Carl Everett: S7/L6D
Trot Nixon: 36(1)3/GDP/G3S

Top 9

Kenny Lofton: HR/F9LD+
Omar Vizquel: W
Roberto Alomar: 6(1)3/GDP/G6MS
Manny Ramirez: S8/G6M
Jim Thome: 63/G4

Bot 9

Jose Offerman: W
Jason Varitek: 46(1)/FO/G34S-
Nomar Garciaparra: D7/L78XD+.1-3
Troy O'Leary: S/G4.3-H;2-3
Dante Bichette: FC1.3XH(12);1-2;B-1#
Brian Daubach: K23

Notes & reviews

Red Sox manager Williams ejected by HP umpire Rieker for arguing that Branyan had swung and missed on a pitch ruled a foul ball; Branyan struck out on next pitch

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