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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Boston Red Sox

2005-06-18 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 35216 · 55°F, cloudy · Wind 5 mph from LF · 2:58

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Boston Red Sox 2–0. Rick White earned the win and Jose Mesa picked up the save. Humberto Cota went 3-for-5 with 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	10
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6

W: Rick White L: Alan Embree SV: Jose Mesa

Umpires — HP: Jerry Crawford · 1B: CB Bucknor · 2B: Phil Cuzzi · 3B: Ed Rapuano · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Matt Lawton	4	0	0	0	1	0
Freddy Sanchez	4	0	2	0	1	0
Jason Bay	3	1	1	0	1	0
Daryle Ward	5	0	1	0	0	0
Ryan Doumit	3	1	1	1	1	2
Rob Mackowiak	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Castillo	5	0	2	0	0	0
Humberto Cota	5	0	3	1	0	1
Jack Wilson	3	0	0	0	1	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	5	1	0	1
Edgar Renteria	4	1	1	0
David Ortiz	3	1	1	0
Manny Ramirez	1	0	0	0
Kevin Millar	4	0	0	1
Jay Payton	4	2	0	1
Bill Mueller	3	0	1	0
Doug Mirabelli	3	1	0	0
Mark Bellhorn	3	0	1	0
Kevin Youkilis	2	0	0	2
Jason Varitek	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
David Williams	6.0	5	4	4
Rick White	2.0	1	0	1
Jose Mesa	1.0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tim Wakefield	7.0	7	3	5
Alan Embree	0.1	0	0	0
Matt Mantei	0.1	1	1	0
Mike Myers	0.1	0	0	0
John Halama	1.0	2	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Matt Lawton: 3/G3
Freddy Sanchez: 43/G4S-
Jason Bay: D7/L7LD+
Daryle Ward: 43/G4

Bot 1

Johnny Damon: K
Edgar Renteria: W
David Ortiz: S9/L9S.1-3
Manny Ramirez: 7/F78S
Kevin Millar: K

Top 2

Ryan Doumit: K
Rob Mackowiak: 4/P4D
Jose Castillo: S9/L89S
Humberto Cota: S7/G56.1-2
Jack Wilson: 54(1)/FO/G5

Bot 2

Jay Payton: D7/G5+
Bill Mueller: 4/P3DF
Doug Mirabelli: 3/G3.2-3
Mark Bellhorn: 13/G15

Top 3

Matt Lawton: 13/G13-
Freddy Sanchez: 63/G6MD
Jason Bay: W
Daryle Ward: 3/G3S

Bot 3

Johnny Damon: S4/G34
Edgar Renteria: 13/G13.1-2
David Ortiz: 8/L8LD+
Manny Ramirez: HP
Kevin Millar: 7/F7D

Top 4

Ryan Doumit: W
Rob Mackowiak: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M
Jose Castillo: S8/G6M
Humberto Cota: S5/G56.1-2
Jack Wilson: 6/P6

Bot 4

Jay Payton: D7/L7LM+
Bill Mueller: 5/P5F
Doug Mirabelli: 7/F78M
Mark Bellhorn: W
Johnny Damon: 46(1)/FO/G4.2-3

Top 5

Matt Lawton: 43/G4
Freddy Sanchez: S8/L6MD-
Jason Bay: HP.1-2
Daryle Ward: 9/F9LM
Ryan Doumit: K

Bot 5

Edgar Renteria: 63/G6
David Ortiz: W
Kevin Youkilis: K
Kevin Millar: 9/F9M

Top 6

Rob Mackowiak: K
Jose Castillo: E6/G6M.B-1
Humberto Cota: K
Jack Wilson: K23

Bot 6

Jay Payton: K
Bill Mueller: W
Doug Mirabelli: D7/F78XD+.1-3
Mark Bellhorn: 53/G56
Johnny Damon: 31/G34

Top 7

Matt Lawton: W
Freddy Sanchez: WP.1-2
Freddy Sanchez: S6/G6.2-2
Jason Bay: 8/F8LM
Daryle Ward: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Bot 7

Edgar Renteria: S6/G6M
David Ortiz: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Kevin Youkilis: K

Top 8

Ryan Doumit: HP
Rob Mackowiak: 14/SH.1-2
Jose Castillo: 53/G56.2-3
Humberto Cota: D8/F7D+.3-H
Jack Wilson: W
Matt Lawton: 9/F9S

Bot 8

Kevin Millar: 4/P4D
Jay Payton: 9/L89D+
Bill Mueller: 43/G4

Top 9

Freddy Sanchez: W
Jason Bay: 64(1)/FO/G6
Daryle Ward: S7/F7S.1-2
Ryan Doumit: S7/L7LS.2-H;1-2
Rob Mackowiak: HP.2-3;1-2
Jose Castillo: 42(3)/FO/G34S.2-3;1-2;B-1
Humberto Cota: 9/F89M

Bot 9

Jason Varitek: 7/F78D+
Mark Bellhorn: 9/F89D+
Johnny Damon: 3E1/G34S
Edgar Renteria: 53/G5S

Notes & reviews

first pitch hit Ryan Doumit, but HP umpire Jerry Crawford ruled he stuck his arm into it intentionally; minimal argument from the Pirates
Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez left the game due to an injured leg

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