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Baltimore Orioles @ Boston Red Sox

2008-06-11 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 38130 · 85°F, cloudy · Wind 12 mph from LF · 2:47

Boston Red Sox defeated Baltimore Orioles 6–3. Boston Red Sox put up 5 in the 1st. Bartolo Colon earned the win and Jonathan Papelbon picked up the save. Jason Varitek went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bartolo Colon L: Garrett Olson SV: Jonathan Papelbon

Umpires — HP: Brian Runge · 1B: Scott Barry · 2B: Charlie Reliford · 3B: Greg Gibson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brian Roberts	5	0	0	0	0	1
Nick Markakis	3	0	1	0	1	1
Melvin Mora	4	0	1	0	0	0
Aubrey Huff	4	1	2	0	0	1
Kevin Millar	4	1	1	1	0	2
Luke Scott	4	1	2	1	0	1
Ramon Hernandez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Adam Jones	4	0	1	0	0	1
Freddie Bynum	2	0	0	0	1	2
Oscar Salazar	1	0	1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jacoby Ellsbury	4	1	1	0	0	0
Dustin Pedroia	4	0	0	0	0	0
J. D. Drew	3	1	1	1	1	0
Manny Ramirez	3	0	1	0	1	0
Mike Lowell	2	2	1	1	2	0
Kevin Youkilis	2	1	1	0	2	0
Jason Varitek	4	1	1	3	0	1
Coco Crisp	4	0	0	0	0	0
Julio Lugo	4	0	1	0	0	2

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Garrett Olson	5.1	7	3	0
Lance Cormier	1.2	0	3	1
Dennis Sarfate	1.0	0	0	2

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bartolo Colon	6.0	5	1	7
David Aardsma	1.0	1	0	2
Javier Lopez	1.0	0	1	1
Mike Timlin	0.2	3	0	0
Jonathan Papelbon	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Brian Roberts: 7/F7M
Nick Markakis: K
Melvin Mora: 8/F8RM

Bot 1

Jacoby Ellsbury: S8/G6M
Dustin Pedroia: 4/P4
J. D. Drew: SB2.1-3(E1/TH)
J. D. Drew: D9.3-H
Manny Ramirez: 43/G4.2-3
Mike Lowell: W+WP.3-H(NR)
Kevin Youkilis: W.1-2
Jason Varitek: HR/F7D+.2-H;1-H
Coco Crisp: 9/L9M

Top 2

Aubrey Huff: S7/G5
Kevin Millar: 54(1)3/GDP/G5
Luke Scott: DGR/L9D+
Ramon Hernandez: K

Bot 2

Julio Lugo: S7
Jacoby Ellsbury: 5/P5F
Dustin Pedroia: 2/P2RF
J. D. Drew: SB2
J. D. Drew: 13/G13

Top 3

Adam Jones: K
Freddie Bynum: K
Brian Roberts: 7/F78M

Bot 3

Manny Ramirez: S5/G5
Mike Lowell: 8/F8RXD+
Kevin Youkilis: W.1-2
Jason Varitek: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 4

Nick Markakis: S14/G15+
Melvin Mora: 9/L9M
Aubrey Huff: 5/P
Kevin Millar: K

Bot 4

Coco Crisp: E6/G6
Julio Lugo: 6(1)3/GDP/G6MS
Jacoby Ellsbury: 31/G34

Top 5

Luke Scott: HR/F9D+
Ramon Hernandez: 5/L5
Adam Jones: 7/L78D+
Freddie Bynum: W
Brian Roberts: 7/F7LM

Bot 5

Dustin Pedroia: 53/G5
J. D. Drew: 6/P78S-
Manny Ramirez: 9/F9M

Top 6

Nick Markakis: 31/G34
Melvin Mora: DGR/L9LD+
Aubrey Huff: K
Kevin Millar: K

Bot 6

Mike Lowell: HR/F7LD+
Kevin Youkilis: D8/F78XD+
Jason Varitek: 63/G6
Coco Crisp: 9/F89M
Julio Lugo: K

Top 7

Luke Scott: K
Ramon Hernandez: 9/F89D+
Adam Jones: D9/G3+
Freddie Bynum: K

Bot 7

Jacoby Ellsbury: 43/G34D
Dustin Pedroia: 43/G4MD+
J. D. Drew: W
Manny Ramirez: W.1-2
Mike Lowell: W.2-3;1-2
Kevin Youkilis: 5(2)/FO/G56S.1-2

Top 8

Brian Roberts: K
Nick Markakis: W
Melvin Mora: 54(1)3/GDP/G5+

Bot 8

Jason Varitek: K
Coco Crisp: 13/G13
Julio Lugo: K

Top 9

Aubrey Huff: D9/F9D+
Kevin Millar: D8/F78XD+.2-H
Luke Scott: 43/G34D.2-3
Ramon Hernandez: 3/L34
Adam Jones: E4/G4+.3-H(NR)(UR)
Oscar Salazar: S7/G56.1-2
Brian Roberts: 3/G34S

Notes & reviews

Roberts made a diving stop to his left and threw the ball from the ground; Millar threw the ball around the infield after the putout but started by throwing it to Roberts, who was still on the ground; the Red Sox dugout made lots of comments to their former teammate

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