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Boston Red Sox @ Washington Nationals

2009-06-23 · Night game · Nationals Park · Att: 41517 · 83°F, cloudy · Wind 10 mph to RF · 3:31

Boston Red Sox defeated Washington Nationals 11–3. Boston Red Sox put up 6 in the 8th. Manny Delcarmen earned the win. Jason Bay went 4-for-6 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	6	1	11	17
WAS	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	8

W: Manny Delcarmen L: Julian Tavarez SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tim Tschida · 1B: Bob Davidson · 2B: Jeff Nelson · 3B: Mark Carlson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dustin Pedroia	6	2	3	0	0	0
J. D. Drew	3	1	0	0	2	3
Kevin Youkilis	5	2	2	2	1	0
Jason Bay	6	3	4	3	0	1
Mike Lowell	5	0	1	0	1	0
Jason Varitek	4	1	1	2	0	0
Jacoby Ellsbury	4	1	4	3	1	0
Nick Green	4	0	1	1	1	0
Brad Penny	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rocco Baldelli	2	1	1	0	0	0
Mark Kotsay	1	0	0	0	0	0

Washington Nationals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Cristian Guzman	5	0	2	0	0	0
Nick Johnson	5	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Zimmerman	3	2	2	0	1	0
Adam Dunn	4	0	1	1	0	2
Josh Willingham	3	0	0	0	1	1
Josh Bard	3	1	1	0	1	2
Willie Harris	3	0	1	1	1	0
Anderson Hernandez	3	0	0	0	0	1
John Lannan	2	0	0	0	0	2
Alberto Gonzalez	0	0	0	0	2	0
Austin Kearns	1	0	1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brad Penny	5.2	6	3	6
Manny Delcarmen	0.1	0	1	0
Hideki Okajima	1.0	0	0	0
Takashi Saito	1.0	0	1	2
Daniel Bard	1.0	2	1	0

Washington Nationals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Lannan	6.1	9	2	3
Julian Tavarez	0.1	1	1	0
Ron Villone	0.1	1	1	0
Kip Wells	0.1	0	2	0
Jesus Colome	0.2	4	0	0
Joel Hanrahan	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dustin Pedroia: 4/F34D-
J. D. Drew: W
Kevin Youkilis: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 1

Cristian Guzman: 63/G6
Nick Johnson: 63/G6+
Ryan Zimmerman: S8/G6M
Adam Dunn: D9/G3F+.1-H
Josh Willingham: 53/G56

Top 2

Jason Bay: HR/F78XD+
Mike Lowell: 63/G6
Jason Varitek: 9/F9LD
Jacoby Ellsbury: S6/G6MD
Nick Green: 3/F3F-

Bot 2

Josh Bard: K
Willie Harris: 8/F8LM
Anderson Hernandez: K23

Top 3

Brad Penny: 63/G6
Dustin Pedroia: D9/G3F+
J. D. Drew: K
Kevin Youkilis: 9/F9S

Bot 3

John Lannan: K
Cristian Guzman: S3/BG34S+
Nick Johnson: 6!(1)3/GDP/G4MS

Top 4

Jason Bay: S7/L7S+
Mike Lowell: 9/F9D
Jason Varitek: 7/L7M+
Jacoby Ellsbury: T8/F8LXD+.1-H
Nick Green: IW
Brad Penny: 53/G15-

Bot 4

Ryan Zimmerman: S7/L78M+
Adam Dunn: K
Josh Willingham: W.1-2
Josh Bard: W.2-3;1-2
Willie Harris: WP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Willie Harris: W
Anderson Hernandez: 32(3)/FO/G34S.2-3;1-2
John Lannan: K

Top 5

Dustin Pedroia: S7/L56+
J. D. Drew: K
Kevin Youkilis: WP.1-2
Kevin Youkilis: S7/L7S+.2-H
Jason Bay: 8/F8LM
Mike Lowell: S7/G56+.1-2
Jason Varitek: 64(1)/FO/G6

Bot 5

Cristian Guzman: 7/F78M
Nick Johnson: 7/F78D
Ryan Zimmerman: 5!3/G5

Top 6

Jacoby Ellsbury: S57/G56+
Nick Green: SB2
Nick Green: 8/F8LD.2-3
Brad Penny: 3/P3F
Dustin Pedroia: 8/F8LM

Bot 6

Adam Dunn: K
Josh Willingham: 9/F9S
Josh Bard: S9/G4+
Willie Harris: D9/F9LD+.1-H
Anderson Hernandez: 9/F9LM

Top 7

J. D. Drew: K
Kevin Youkilis: E5/TH/G56.B-1
Jason Bay: S7/L6D.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Mike Lowell: IW
Jason Varitek: 7/SF/F78M.3-H(UR)
Jacoby Ellsbury: W.2-3;1-2
Nick Green: 8!/F8LM

Bot 7

Alberto Gonzalez: W
Cristian Guzman: 5/LDP/L56S+.1X1(53)
Nick Johnson: 53/G56

Top 8

Rocco Baldelli: S7/L6D+
Dustin Pedroia: 8/F8RM
J. D. Drew: W.1-2
Kevin Youkilis: W.2-3;1-2
Jason Bay: S7/G56+.3-H;2-H;1-2
Mike Lowell: 8/F8LM
Jason Varitek: S68/L6.2-H;1-3
Jacoby Ellsbury: T9/L89D+.3-H;1-H
Nick Green: S7.3-H
Rocco Baldelli: 64(1)/FO/G56

Bot 8

Ryan Zimmerman: W
Adam Dunn: 63/G4M.1-2
Josh Willingham: K
Josh Bard: K

Top 9

Dustin Pedroia: D9/F9LS
Mark Kotsay: 9/F89M
Kevin Youkilis: D7/L78M+.2-H
Jason Bay: K
Mike Lowell: 53/G5

Bot 9

Willie Harris: 3!1/G34
Austin Kearns: S9/L4D-
Alberto Gonzalez: W.1-2
Cristian Guzman: S7/L78S.2-3;1-2
Nick Johnson: 36(1)1/GDP/G34

Notes & reviews

Green fielded the ball at the bag but after his foot came off; his motion carried him into Guzman, tagging the runner on the face; Green somersaulted, came up and threw the ball the first for the double play
infield shifted to right for Dunn
Debut game for Dusty Brown

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