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Boston Red Sox @ Toronto Blue Jays

2005-09-14 · Night game · Rogers Centre · Att: 25865 · 68°F, dome, dry · Wind R to L · 2:24

Boston Red Sox defeated Toronto Blue Jays 5–3. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 5th. David Wells earned the win and Mike Timlin picked up the save. David Ortiz went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: David Wells L: Josh Towers SV: Mike Timlin

Umpires — HP: Wally Bell · 1B: John Hirschbeck · 2B: Lance Barksdale · 3B: Rob Drake · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Graffanino	4	2	3	2	0	0
Bill Mueller	4	1	1	0	0	0
David Ortiz	4	1	1	3	0	1
Manny Ramirez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Trot Nixon	3	0	1	0	0	1
Jason Varitek	3	0	0	0	1	2
John Olerud	4	0	1	0	0	0
Alex Cora	3	0	0	0	0	0
Gabe Kapler	2	0	0	0	0	1
Alejandro Machado	1	1	0	0	0	0

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Reed Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Rios	4	0	0	0	0	1
Vernon Wells	4	0	0	0	0	0
Corey Koskie	3	2	3	0	0	0
Shea Hillenbrand	4	1	2	2	0	0
Aaron Hill	3	0	1	0	1	0
Gregg Zaun	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Menechino	3	0	1	1	0	0
Guillermo Quiroz	2	0	0	0	1	0
Russ Adams	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
David Wells	7.0	7	2	1
Chad Bradford	1.0	0	0	0
Mike Timlin	1.0	0	0	1

Toronto Blue Jays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Josh Towers	8.0	7	1	5
Scott Schoeneweis	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Graffanino: D8/G6
Bill Mueller: 8/F8LXD+.2-3
David Ortiz: 31/G34.3-H
Manny Ramirez: 9/F9LSF

Bot 1

Reed Johnson: 63/G6-
Alex Rios: K
Vernon Wells: 53/G56

Top 2

Trot Nixon: S8/G4M
Jason Varitek: K
John Olerud: S9/G34.1-2
Alex Cora: 4!6(1)/FO/G4.2-3
Gabe Kapler: K

Bot 2

Corey Koskie: S8/G4M
Shea Hillenbrand: SB2
Shea Hillenbrand: S7/G56+.2-H;B-2(TH)
Aaron Hill: 43/G4.2-3
Gregg Zaun: 6/P
Frank Menechino: D7.3-H
Guillermo Quiroz: 63/G6

Top 3

Tony Graffanino: S9/L34D
Bill Mueller: 5/L56
David Ortiz: 45(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 3

Reed Johnson: 5/P5F
Alex Rios: 9/F9S
Vernon Wells: 7/F78M

Top 4

Manny Ramirez: 4/P34D
Trot Nixon: 43/G4
Jason Varitek: K

Bot 4

Corey Koskie: S8/G4M
Shea Hillenbrand: 7/F7M
Aaron Hill: D7.1-3
Gregg Zaun: 53/G56S-
Frank Menechino: 63/G6

Top 5

John Olerud: 43/G34
Alex Cora: 3/G
Gabe Kapler: E5/TH/G5
Tony Graffanino: HR/L7D+.1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Bill Mueller: 31/G3

Bot 5

Guillermo Quiroz: 31/G3F
Reed Johnson: 43/G4
Alex Rios: 63/G6

Top 6

David Ortiz: K
Manny Ramirez: 63/G6M
Trot Nixon: K

Bot 6

Vernon Wells: 53/G56
Corey Koskie: D7/L5D
Shea Hillenbrand: S8/G6M.2-H
Aaron Hill: W.1-2
Gregg Zaun: 6(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 7

Jason Varitek: W
John Olerud: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Alex Cora: 31/G34

Bot 7

Frank Menechino: 7/F7LS
Guillermo Quiroz: W
Reed Johnson: 8/F8LS
Alex Rios: 53/G5

Top 8

Alejandro Machado: 43/G4
Tony Graffanino: 9/F89D+
Bill Mueller: S9/L9S+
David Ortiz: HR/F8LXD+.1-H
Manny Ramirez: 63/G6

Bot 8

Vernon Wells: 13/G15-
Corey Koskie: HP
Shea Hillenbrand: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 9

Trot Nixon: HP
Jason Varitek: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
John Olerud: 13/G13

Bot 9

Aaron Hill: 3/P3DF
Gregg Zaun: 6/P6M
Russ Adams: K

Notes & reviews

Kapler was injured rounding 2B; after a 5-minute delay during which Graffanino waited between bases and the pinch-runner entered so that the home run could be completed

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