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Oakland Athletics @ Boston Red Sox

2011-08-27 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 37039 · 72°F, drizzle, wet · Wind 7 mph from CF · 3:06

Boston Red Sox defeated Oakland Athletics 4–0. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 2nd. Alfredo Aceves earned the win. David Ortiz went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Alfredo Aceves L: Graham Godfrey SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ted Barrett · 1B: Tim McClelland · 2B: Brian Runge · 3B: Chris Conroy · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Jemile Weeks	3	1	1	0
Coco Crisp	4	0	0	2
Hideki Matsui	4	1	0	1
Josh Willingham	3	0	1	1
Brandon Allen	3	0	1	2
Scott Sizemore	4	0	0	1
David DeJesus	2	0	2	2
Cliff Pennington	4	0	0	1
Anthony Recker	3	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jacoby Ellsbury	4	0	1	0	0	1
Marco Scutaro	3	0	0	0	0	0
Adrian Gonzalez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Dustin Pedroia	4	2	2	0	0	1
David Ortiz	4	1	3	2	0	0
Jed Lowrie	3	1	1	0	1	0
Carl Crawford	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jarrod Saltalamacchia	4	0	2	2	0	1
Josh Reddick	3	0	0	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Graham Godfrey	4.0	6	0	1
Josh Outman	4.0	3	1	7

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Erik Bedard	4.0	2	4	5
Alfredo Aceves	3.0	0	1	3
Daniel Bard	1.0	1	0	0
Jonathan Papelbon	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jemile Weeks: W
Coco Crisp: 8/F8LD
Hideki Matsui: K
Josh Willingham: W.1-2
Brandon Allen: W.2-3;1-2
Scott Sizemore: 64(1)/FO/G6-

Bot 1

Jacoby Ellsbury: 3/G3
Marco Scutaro: 13/G13
Adrian Gonzalez: 3/G3

Top 2

David DeJesus: W
Cliff Pennington: 9/F9LS
Anthony Recker: 8/F8LM
Jemile Weeks: S9/L3D.1-3
Coco Crisp: K

Bot 2

Dustin Pedroia: D8/L78D+
David Ortiz: HR/F7D+.2-H
Jed Lowrie: 7/F7M
Carl Crawford: K
Jarrod Saltalamacchia: S3/G3+
Josh Reddick: 2/F25F-

Top 3

Hideki Matsui: 7/F7LD+
Josh Willingham: 43/G4-
Brandon Allen: K

Bot 3

Jacoby Ellsbury: 13/G13-
Marco Scutaro: 8/F8LD
Adrian Gonzalez: 3/G3+

Top 4

Scott Sizemore: 53/G5-
David DeJesus: K
Cliff Pennington: K

Bot 4

Dustin Pedroia: S7/L7S
David Ortiz: S9/G4.1-2
Jed Lowrie: S9/G34+.2-3;1-2
Carl Crawford: 4/IF/P4MD-
Jarrod Saltalamacchia: 3!1/G3.3-H;2-3;1-2
Josh Reddick: 8/F8LM

Top 5

Anthony Recker: S7/L78S
Jemile Weeks: 6/F6MD-
Coco Crisp: K
Hideki Matsui: 3/G3S-

Bot 5

Jacoby Ellsbury: D7/F7LM
Marco Scutaro: 13!/SH.2-3
Adrian Gonzalez: K
Dustin Pedroia: 1!

Top 6

Josh Willingham: K
Brandon Allen: K
Scott Sizemore: 3/F3F-

Bot 6

David Ortiz: 43/G34D-
Jed Lowrie: E5/TH1/G5+.B-2
Carl Crawford: 9/F89D.2-3
Jarrod Saltalamacchia: D39/F9LS-.3-H(UR)
Josh Reddick: WP.2-3
Josh Reddick: K

Top 7

David DeJesus: W
Cliff Pennington: 9/L9M
Anthony Recker: 8/F8RD
Jemile Weeks: 6/F6-

Bot 7

Jacoby Ellsbury: K
Marco Scutaro: 7/F7M
Adrian Gonzalez: K

Top 8

Coco Crisp: 43/G4-
Hideki Matsui: S9/L9M
Josh Willingham: 6/F6D-
Brandon Allen: 4/L34D-

Bot 8

Dustin Pedroia: K
David Ortiz: S8/L8LM
Jed Lowrie: W.1-2
Carl Crawford: K
Jarrod Saltalamacchia: K

Top 9

Scott Sizemore: K
David DeJesus: K
Cliff Pennington: 8/L8LM

Notes & reviews

played in the rain from the leading edge of Hurricane Irene; this game was scheduled for the next day but was moved ahead one day because of the hurricane; it started 1:52 late due to the length of the first game, including rain delays
1 hour rain delay

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