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Veteran gets No. 11
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Red Sox 5, Athletics 4
Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield fanned a season-high eight batters. (Eric Shelton/AP)
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
Tim Wakefield allowed three runs over six-plus innings to become the American League's first 11-game winner. J.D. Drew and David Ortiz each went deep as the Sox won the rubber match vs. the A's.
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Series at a glance:
OAK
Oakland (35-48)
Lost 2 		Boston 5, Oakland 4   BOS
Boston (51-33)
Won 2
July 8, 2009
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E 
Oakland
 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1   4 13 0
Boston
 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 X   5 7 0
Standings thru 7/8/09  |  Recap: OAK | BOS  |  Gameday  |  Athletics stats  |  Red Sox stats
Oakland AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Kennedy, A, 3B 4 2 1 0 1 2 0 .294
Cabrera, O, SS 5 0 2 0 0 2 2 .252
Hairston, S, CF 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .296
Holliday, LF 4 1 1 0 1 2 3 .275
Suzuki, K, C 5 0 3 2 0 0 2 .289
Cust, DH 5 0 3 1 0 1 4 .232
Sweeney, R, RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .265
Ellis, M, 2B 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 .223
Crosby, 1B 3 1 1 0 0 1 4 .206
  a-Garciaparra, PH-1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
Totals 38 4 13 4 3 11 24  

a-Popped out for Crosby in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Holliday (17, Wakefield), Hairston, S (15, Wakefield), Cust (11, Wakefield).
TB: Kennedy, A; Cabrera, O 2; Hairston, S 2; Holliday 2; Suzuki, K 3; Cust 4; Sweeney, R; Crosby.
RBI: Cust (43), Suzuki, K 2 (35), Hairston, S (31).
2-out RBI: Suzuki, K 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Crosby; Suzuki, K 2; Ellis, M; Cust 2.
SF: Hairston, S.
Team RISP: 3-for-15.
Team LOB: 11.
 
Boston AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Drew, J, RF 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 .260
Pedroia, 2B 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .296
Youkilis, 3B 2 1 0 0 2 1 2 .289
Ortiz, D, DH 4 1 1 4 0 0 3 .223
Bay, LF 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .263
Ellsbury, CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 .303
Kotsay, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .288
Green, N, SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .258
Kottaras, G, C 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .218
Totals 30 5 7 5 5 5 14  

BATTING
2B: Pedroia 2 (26, Cahill, Wuertz).
HR: Drew, J (12, 6th inning off Cahill, 0 on, 0 out), Ortiz, D (10, 6th inning off Cahill, 2 on, 0 out).
TB: Drew, J 4; Pedroia 5; Ortiz, D 4; Ellsbury; Kotsay.
RBI: Drew, J (37), Ortiz, D 4 (42).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ellsbury 4; Kottaras, G 2.
Team RISP: 2-for-9.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Kotsay (1, 2nd base off Wuertz/Suzuki, K), Ellsbury (37, 2nd base off Breslow/Suzuki, K), Bay (9, 2nd base off Ziegler/Suzuki, K).
CS: Ellsbury (7, 2nd base by Cahill/Suzuki, K).

FIELDING
DP: (Youkilis-Kotsay).
 
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Cahill (L, 5-8) 5.1 4 4 4 3 2 2 4.67
Breslow 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.28
Wuertz 1.1 1 1 1 2 2 0 2.90
Ziegler 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.03
 
Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Wakefield (W, 11-3) 6.0 10 3 3 1 8 0 4.31
Delcarmen (H, 4) 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1.93
Okajima (H, 16) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.11
Papelbon (S, 22) 1.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 1.89

Breslow pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.
Wakefield pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

HBP: Ellsbury (by Cahill).
Pitches-strikes: Cahill 102-57, Breslow 9-4, Wuertz 35-19, Ziegler 13-9, Wakefield 100-72, Delcarmen 22-11, Okajima 8-7, Papelbon 30-18.
Groundouts-flyouts: Cahill 6-7, Breslow 0-0, Wuertz 2-0, Ziegler 1-2, Wakefield 4-5, Delcarmen 0-1, Okajima 2-2, Papelbon 0-1.
Batters faced: Cahill 23, Breslow 2, Wuertz 7, Ziegler 4, Wakefield 28, Delcarmen 4, Okajima 4, Papelbon 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Wuertz 2-0, Ziegler 2-0, Delcarmen 2-2, Okajima 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Tim McClelland. 1B: Andy Fletcher. 2B: Greg Gibson. 3B: Ted Barrett.
Weather: 62 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 11 mph, In from CF.
T: 3:03.
Att: 37,981.
July 8, 2009

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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