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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Phillies

2011-06-30 · Day game · Citizens Bank Park · Att: 45810 · 78°F, sunny · Wind 7 mph to RF · 3:03

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Phillies 5–2. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 5th. Jon Lester earned the win and Jonathan Papelbon picked up the save. Jason Varitek went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	5	13
PHI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4

W: Jon Lester L: David Herndon SV: Jonathan Papelbon

Umpires — HP: Jim Wolf · 1B: John Tumpane · 2B: Derryl Cousins · 3B: Ron Kulpa · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jacoby Ellsbury	5	0	3	1	0	1
Darnell McDonald	3	0	0	0	0	0
Adrian Gonzalez	4	0	0	0	1	2
Dustin Pedroia	5	1	1	1	0	0
Jason Varitek	4	2	2	2	0	0
Josh Reddick	4	1	2	0	0	0
Drew Sutton	4	1	2	1	0	1
Marco Scutaro	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jon Lester	3	0	0	0	0	3
J. D. Drew	2	0	1	0	0	0
David Ortiz	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Rollins	4	0	0	0	0	1
Placido Polanco	4	1	1	0	0	0
Chase Utley	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ryan Howard	3	1	2	2	1	0
Shane Victorino	2	0	0	0	2	0
Ben Francisco	4	0	0	0	0	0
Raul Ibanez	4	0	0	0	0	3
Carlos Ruiz	3	0	0	0	0	1
Cole Hamels	1	0	0	0	0	1
Michael Martinez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ross Gload	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jon Lester	7.0	2	2	5
Daniel Bard	1.0	0	0	1
Bobby Jenks	0.1	2	1	0
Jonathan Papelbon	0.2	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cole Hamels	4.0	2	0	2
David Herndon	2.0	5	0	1
Drew Carpenter	2.0	4	0	4
Scott Mathieson	1.0	2	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jacoby Ellsbury: S6/G6MS-
Darnell McDonald: 54(1)3/GDP/G56
Adrian Gonzalez: K

Bot 1

Jimmy Rollins: 53/G56
Placido Polanco: 43/G4
Chase Utley: K

Top 2

Dustin Pedroia: 9/F9LM
Jason Varitek: 53/G56-
Josh Reddick: S8/L8LS
Drew Sutton: 63/G6-

Bot 2

Ryan Howard: W
Shane Victorino: 7/F7D
Ben Francisco: 53/G5.1-2
Raul Ibanez: K

Top 3

Marco Scutaro: 1
Jon Lester: K
Jacoby Ellsbury: 43/G34

Bot 3

Carlos Ruiz: K
Cole Hamels: K
Jimmy Rollins: 53/G56

Top 4

Darnell McDonald: 7/F78D
Adrian Gonzalez: 13
Dustin Pedroia: 53/G56

Bot 4

Placido Polanco: 53/G56
Chase Utley: S7
Ryan Howard: SB2
Ryan Howard: 7/F7D
Shane Victorino: 8/F8LXD+

Top 5

Jason Varitek: 63/G6
Josh Reddick: T9/F9LM
Drew Sutton: S9/G34.3-H
Marco Scutaro: S9/G34.1-3
Jon Lester: K
Jacoby Ellsbury: S7/G56+.3-H;1-2
Darnell McDonald: 63/G6S-

Bot 5

Ben Francisco: 2/F2R-
Raul Ibanez: 43/G4
Carlos Ruiz: 8/F8LS

Top 6

Adrian Gonzalez: 43/G4+
Dustin Pedroia: 31/G34S
Jason Varitek: HR/F9LD+
Josh Reddick: 43/G4M+

Bot 6

Michael Martinez: 3/F3F-
Jimmy Rollins: 13/G13-
Placido Polanco: 63/G6M

Top 7

Drew Sutton: S8/L6MD
Marco Scutaro: S9/G34.1-3
Jon Lester: K/BF
Jacoby Ellsbury: K
J. D. Drew: 8/L8LD+

Bot 7

Chase Utley: 43/G4+
Ryan Howard: S8/L8LS-
Shane Victorino: W.1-2
Ben Francisco: 8/F8RXD
Raul Ibanez: K

Top 8

Adrian Gonzalez: K
Dustin Pedroia: HR/F9LD+
Jason Varitek: HR/F9D+
Josh Reddick: 9/F9D+
Drew Sutton: K

Bot 8

Carlos Ruiz: 43/G4S-
Ross Gload: 3/G3
Jimmy Rollins: K

Top 9

Marco Scutaro: 9/F89M
David Ortiz: 7/F78D+
Jacoby Ellsbury: S8/L4MD-
J. D. Drew: S9/G34+.1-3
Adrian Gonzalez: W.1-2
Dustin Pedroia: 4/F4MD-

Bot 9

Placido Polanco: S9/F89S-
Chase Utley: 5/F6-
Ryan Howard: HR/F9D+.1-H
Shane Victorino: W
Ben Francisco: SB2
Ben Francisco: 43/G4-.2-3
Raul Ibanez: K

Notes & reviews

the line drive by Adrian Gonzalez hit pitcher Cole Hamels on the right (non-pitching) hand
Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels left the game due to a bruised right hand; he had some swelling and a few stitches in the hand

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