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Boston Red Sox @ Toronto Blue Jays

2008-04-06 · Day game · Rogers Centre · Att: 30114 · 68°F, dome, dry · 2:58

Toronto Blue Jays defeated Boston Red Sox 7–4. Toronto Blue Jays put up 4 in the 5th. Roy Halladay earned the win and Jeremy Accardo picked up the save. Frank Thomas went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Roy Halladay L: Josh Beckett SV: Jeremy Accardo

Umpires — HP: Scott Barry · 1B: Alfonso Marquez · 2B: Andy Fletcher · 3B: Mike Reilly · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

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

Toronto Blue Jays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Shannon Stewart	3	0	0	0	1	1
Aaron Hill	4	1	2	1	0	0
Alex Rios	2	2	1	0	2	0
Vernon Wells	3	2	1	2	1	0
Frank Thomas	4	1	1	4	0	0
Lyle Overbay	4	0	0	0	0	3
Marco Scutaro	4	1	0	0	0	2
Rod Barajas	4	0	0	0	0	3
John McDonald	3	0	0	0	1	3

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Josh Beckett	4.2	3	4	6
Manny Delcarmen	0.1	1	0	1
David Aardsma	1.0	1	1	2
Hideki Okajima	1.0	0	0	0
Jonathan Papelbon	1.0	0	0	3

Toronto Blue Jays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roy Halladay	8.0	8	1	6
Jeremy Accardo	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dustin Pedroia: S6/G56
Kevin Youkilis: K
David Ortiz: 46(1)3/GDP/G34

Bot 1

Shannon Stewart: E5/G56S-.B-1
Aaron Hill: 64(1)3/GDP/G56
Alex Rios: D7/G
Vernon Wells: 8/F8LD

Top 2

Manny Ramirez: K
Mike Lowell: 2/P23F
J. D. Drew: S8/L4D
Jason Varitek: 63/G6M

Bot 2

Frank Thomas: 9/F9S
Lyle Overbay: K
Marco Scutaro: K

Top 3

Jacoby Ellsbury: HR/F9D+
Julio Lugo: 63/G6S
Dustin Pedroia: 7/F7D
Kevin Youkilis: W
David Ortiz: 63/G6S

Bot 3

Rod Barajas: 4/L4+
John McDonald: W
Shannon Stewart: K
Aaron Hill: 5/P25F-

Top 4

Manny Ramirez: 6/L6D-
Mike Lowell: 4/P34D
J. D. Drew: K

Bot 4

Alex Rios: W
Vernon Wells: HR/F78XD+.1-H
Frank Thomas: 7!/F7D+
Lyle Overbay: K23
Marco Scutaro: E6/G6-.B-1
Rod Barajas: K

Top 5

Jason Varitek: HR/F8RXD+
Jacoby Ellsbury: 31/G3
Julio Lugo: 13/G13
Dustin Pedroia: 3/G3

Bot 5

John McDonald: K23
Shannon Stewart: 53/G56
Aaron Hill: S8/L6D-
Alex Rios: SB2
Alex Rios: W
Vernon Wells: W.2-3;1-2
Frank Thomas: HR/F78XD+.3-H;2-H;1-H
Lyle Overbay: K

Top 6

Kevin Youkilis: 3/P3
David Ortiz: K
Manny Ramirez: D8/L8LS+
Mike Lowell: K

Bot 6

Marco Scutaro: E6/TH/G6MS.B-1
Rod Barajas: K
John McDonald: K
Shannon Stewart: W.1-2
Aaron Hill: D64/G6MD.2-H(UR);1-3
Alex Rios: 6/P

Top 7

J. D. Drew: HR/F89D+
Jason Varitek: K
Jacoby Ellsbury: 43/G4
Julio Lugo: 7/F78S

Bot 7

Vernon Wells: E6/TH/G6.B-1
Frank Thomas: 64(1)3/GDP/G6
Lyle Overbay: 31/G3

Top 8

Dustin Pedroia: 6!3/G6M
Kevin Youkilis: T69/F8RS
David Ortiz: S8/L8LM+.3-H
Manny Ramirez: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Bot 8

Marco Scutaro: K
Rod Barajas: K
John McDonald: K

Top 9

Mike Lowell: S6/G6M
J. D. Drew: 6/P8LS
Jason Varitek: S8/L8RS.1-3
Jacoby Ellsbury: K
Julio Lugo: 8/F8RM

Notes & reviews

the Blue Jays infield shifted to the right for Ortiz in an unusual way: 3Bman Scutaro moved to the right of 2B while SS McDonald stayed in his usual place; 2Bman Hill slid to his right and beyond the infield area
the infield shifted as before for Ortiz

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