Red Sox 11, White Sox 1
Jermaine Dye reached the 25-home run plateau for the fifth time on Sunday. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)
By Scott Merkin / MLB.com
The White Sox completed a weekend to forget against the Red Sox, getting shut down by Boston spot starter Julian Tavarez in their fifth straight loss. Jermaine Dye hit his 25th homer to get the Sox going, but Javier Vazquez was undone by a four-run fifth inning.
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Boston
(80-51)
Won 4
Boston 11, Chi White Sox 1
Today's Boxes 8/26/07
DET 5, NYY 4
CIN 9, FLA 3
MIN 11, BAL 3
PHI 14, SD 2
TB 7, OAK 4
HOU 5, PIT 4
CLE 5, KC 3
STL 4, ATL 1
COL 10, WSH 5
LAA 3, TOR 1
SF 5, MIL 4
ARI 5, CHC 4
LAD 6, NYM 2
TEX 5, SEA 3
Chi White Sox
(56-74)
Lost 5
August 26, 2007
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Standings thru 8/26/07  | Gameday  | Red Sox Stats  | White Sox Stats
Boston AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Lugo , SS5 2 1 1 0 1 2 .240
Pedroia , 2B5 1 1 2 0 1 2 .319
Ortiz , DH4 2 1 2 1 1 0 .324
Lowell , 3B5 0 1 1 0 0 1 .323
Drew , RF3 2 1 1 2 0 1 .262
Youkilis , 1B4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .291
Varitek , C4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .264
Kielty , LF4 2 2 2 0 1 0 .259
Crisp , CF4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .273
Totals 38 11 9 9 3 11 12
BATTING HR : Drew (7, 2nd inning off Vazquez, 0 on, 1 out), Ortiz (24, 5th inning off Vazquez, 1 on, 2 out), Kielty (1, 6th inning off Vazquez, 1 on, 2 out).TB : Lugo; Pedroia; Ortiz 4; Lowell; Drew 4; Varitek; Kielty 5; Crisp.RBI : Drew (46), Pedroia 2 (42), Ortiz 2 (87), Kielty 2 (11), Lugo (63), Lowell (93).2-out RBI : Pedroia 2; Ortiz 2; Kielty 2; Lowell.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Youkilis.Team LOB : 3. BASERUNNING SB : Lugo (28, 2nd base off Vazquez/Pierzynski). FIELDING DP : (Lugo-Pedroia-Youkilis).
Chi White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Owens , CF4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .241
Fields , LF4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .238
Thome , DH3 0 0 0 1 2 1 .263
Konerko , 1B4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .263
Pierzynski , C3 0 0 0 1 2 0 .267
Dye , RF3 1 1 1 0 0 1 .249
Uribe , SS3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .219
Richar , 2B3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .205
Gonzalez , 3B2 0 0 0 1 1 1 .216
Totals 29 1 3 1 3 12 9
BATTING HR : Dye (25, 2nd inning off Tavarez, 0 on, 1 out).TB : Fields; Dye 4; Richar.RBI : Dye (65).Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Fields.GIDP : Fields.Team LOB : 4. FIELDING E : Bukvich (1, fielding), Fields (9, fielding).
Chi White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Vazquez (L, 11-7)6.0 6 7 7 3 10 3 3.89
Bukvich 2.0 1 2 1 0 1 0 4.50
Myers 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 3.71
Bukvich pitched to 2 batters in the 9th.Pitches-strikes : Tavarez 94-58, Delcarmen 14-8, Gagne 19-12, Papelbon 13-11, Vazquez 109-70, Bukvich 25-18, Myers 24-14.Ground outs-fly outs : Tavarez 5-6, Delcarmen 1-1, Gagne 1-1, Papelbon 0-0, Vazquez 1-7, Bukvich 3-2, Myers 1-2.Batters faced : Tavarez 22, Delcarmen 3, Gagne 4, Papelbon 3, Vazquez 27, Bukvich 8, Myers 6.Inherited runners-scored : Myers 2-2.Umpires : HP: Brian Gorman. 1B: Paul Nauert. 2B: Rob Drake. 3B: Gerry Davis.Weather : 76 degrees, sunny.Wind : 5 mph, In from CF.T : 2:59.Att : 36,745.
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