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Baltimore Orioles @ Boston Red Sox

2008-09-01 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 37565 · 78°F, sunny · Wind 11 mph to RF · 2:50

Boston Red Sox defeated Baltimore Orioles 7–4. Boston Red Sox put up 4 in the 6th. Paul Byrd earned the win and Jonathan Papelbon picked up the save. Juan Castro went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Paul Byrd L: Garrett Olson SV: Jonathan Papelbon

Umpires — HP: Tim Tschida · 1B: Jim Joyce · 2B: Jeff Nelson · 3B: Rob Drake · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brian Roberts	3	0	0	0	0	1
Adam Jones	4	1	1	1	0	1
Nick Markakis	4	0	1	1	0	1
Aubrey Huff	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ramon Hernandez	3	0	0	0	1	1
Luke Scott	4	0	1	0	0	1
Kevin Millar	4	1	2	1	0	1
Jay Payton	4	0	1	0	0	0
Juan Castro	3	2	2	1	0	0
Oscar Salazar	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jacoby Ellsbury	5	0	1	0	0	1
Dustin Pedroia	4	1	2	2	1	0
David Ortiz	3	0	0	0	2	0
Kevin Youkilis	4	0	0	0	1	0
Jason Bay	4	1	1	0	1	2
Jed Lowrie	2	1	1	2	3	1
Jason Varitek	5	1	1	1	0	1
Jeff Bailey	2	2	1	1	2	0
Coco Crisp	4	1	1	1	0	2

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Garrett Olson	5.2	6	5	4
Dennis Sarfate	1.1	1	3	2
Jim Miller	0.2	1	2	1
Randor Bierd	0.1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Byrd	7.0	7	1	4
Javier Lopez	1.0	0	0	0
Jonathan Papelbon	1.0	2	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Brian Roberts: K
Adam Jones: HR/F78XD+
Nick Markakis: 6/P7LS
Aubrey Huff: 9/F9LD

Bot 1

Jacoby Ellsbury: K
Dustin Pedroia: W
David Ortiz: 3/P3F
Kevin Youkilis: W.1-2
Jason Bay: W.2-3;1-2
Jed Lowrie: K

Top 2

Ramon Hernandez: 63/G6
Luke Scott: S9/L34D
Kevin Millar: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Bot 2

Jason Varitek: HR/L7LD+
Jeff Bailey: HR/F78XD+
Coco Crisp: K
Jacoby Ellsbury: 63/G6
Dustin Pedroia: 8/F8RXD+

Top 3

Jay Payton: 8/F89XD+
Juan Castro: HR/F78XD+
Brian Roberts: 63/G6
Adam Jones: K

Bot 3

David Ortiz: 9/L89M+
Kevin Youkilis: 9/F9LM
Jason Bay: 9/F89D+

Top 4

Nick Markakis: K
Aubrey Huff: 7/F78D
Ramon Hernandez: 13/G13

Bot 4

Jed Lowrie: W
Jason Varitek: 9/F9M
Jeff Bailey: 7/F78M
Coco Crisp: K

Top 5

Luke Scott: 2/P23F
Kevin Millar: K
Jay Payton: 53/G56

Bot 5

Jacoby Ellsbury: 63/G6
Dustin Pedroia: 8/F8LD
David Ortiz: 9/F9D+

Top 6

Juan Castro: S9/F9LM
Brian Roberts: 13/SH/BG25.1-2
Adam Jones: 3/P3F
Nick Markakis: S8/G6M+.2-H
Aubrey Huff: D9/L9LS.1-3
Ramon Hernandez: W
Luke Scott: 9/F89M

Bot 6

Kevin Youkilis: 7/F7D+
Jason Bay: DGR/F89D+
Jed Lowrie: D7/L7D+.2-H
Jason Varitek: 63/G6.2-3
Jeff Bailey: W
Coco Crisp: S8/F8RM.3-H;1-2
Jacoby Ellsbury: S4/G4MD.2-3;1-2
Dustin Pedroia: S9/L9LS.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2(E9)
David Ortiz: IW
Kevin Youkilis: 54(1)/FO/G56

Top 7

Kevin Millar: HR/F7LD+
Jay Payton: 13/G13+
Juan Castro: 13/G
Brian Roberts: 43/G4

Bot 7

Jason Bay: K
Jed Lowrie: W
Jason Varitek: K
Jeff Bailey: W.1-2
Coco Crisp: 46(1)/FO/G4

Top 8

Adam Jones: 53/G5
Nick Markakis: 43/G4
Aubrey Huff: 53/G5-

Bot 8

Jacoby Ellsbury: 31/G3
Dustin Pedroia: S8/L6D
David Ortiz: SB2
David Ortiz: IW
Kevin Youkilis: E1/G15-.2-3;1-2
Jason Bay: K
Jed Lowrie: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Jason Varitek: 3/G3

Top 9

Ramon Hernandez: K
Luke Scott: K
Kevin Millar: S7/L7LD+
Jay Payton: S7/G56-.1-2
Oscar Salazar: PB.2-3;1-2
Oscar Salazar: 43/G4

Notes & reviews

the ball hit just above the top of the wall and just inside the LF pole
Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis dropped the ball as he pulled it out of his glove to throw it into the infield, allowing batter Dustin Pedroia to advance
Debut game for Jim Miller

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