Red Sox 8, Athletics 3
Josh Beckett notched his American League-leading 12th win. (Charles Krupa/AP)
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
All nine starters got at least one hit, with Dustin Pedroia, Adam LaRoche, Jason Varitek, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay and Jed Lowrie contributing RBIs behind Josh Beckett, who struck out 10.
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Oakland
(41-57)
Lost 2
Boston 8, Oakland 3
Today's Boxes 7/27/09
KC 5, BAL 3
NYY 11, TB 4
NYM 7, COL 3
STL 6, LAD 1
CIN 6, SD 4
TEX 5, DET 2
CHC 5, HOU 1
WSH 14, MIL 6
MIN 4, CWS 3
PHI 6, ARI 2
CLE 8, LAA 6
TOR 11, SEA 4
SF 4, PIT 2
Boston
(58-40)
Won 1
July 27, 2009
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Oakland
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
3
9
0
Boston
1
0
1
3
1
0
2
0
X
8
14
1
Standings thru 7/27/09  | Recap: OAK | BOS  | Gameday  | Athletics stats  | Red Sox stats
Oakland
AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
LOB
AVG
Kennedy, A , 3B
5
1
2
0
0
1
1
.284
Cabrera, O , SS
4
0
1
0
0
1
1
.278
Hairston, S , LF
4
1
1
0
0
3
3
.290
Davis, R , CF
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.256
Cust , DH
3
0
0
0
1
2
2
.232
Suzuki, K , C
4
0
1
2
0
0
0
.286
Sweeney , RF
4
0
2
0
0
2
3
.274
Ellis, M , 2B
4
1
1
0
0
2
2
.219
Crosby , 1B
4
0
0
0
0
1
2
.222
Patterson, E , CF-LF
3
0
1
1
0
0
0
.188
Totals
35
3
9
3
1
12
14
BATTING 2B : Sweeney (13, Beckett), Ellis, M (7, Beckett).3B : Hairston, S
(2, Beckett).TB : Sweeney 3; Ellis, M 2; Suzuki, K; Hairston, S 3; Patterson, E; Cabrera, O; Kennedy,
A 2.RBI : Suzuki, K 2 (46), Patterson, E (1).2-out RBI : Suzuki, K.Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out : Crosby; Sweeney 2.SF : Patterson, E.Team RISP :
1-for-8.Team LOB : 7.FIELDING DP : 3 (Kennedy, A-Ellis, M-Crosby 2, Ellis, M-Cabrera,
O-Crosby).
Boston
AB
R
H
RBI
BB
SO
LOB
AVG
Ellsbury , CF
5
1
3
1
0
0
2
.297
Pedroia , 2B
4
1
2
2
0
0
4
.305
Youkilis , 3B
4
1
1
0
1
1
3
.291
Ortiz , DH
5
0
1
0
0
2
1
.227
Bay , LF
2
2
1
1
2
0
1
.254
Drew, J , RF
4
2
2
0
0
2
2
.238
LaRoche, Ad , 1B
4
1
2
1
0
0
4
.253
Varitek , C
2
0
1
1
2
1
1
.233
Lowrie , SS
4
0
1
2
0
0
4
.108
Totals
34
8
14
8
5
6
22
BATTING 2B : LaRoche, Ad 2 (27, Cahill, Cahill), Drew, J (18, Gonzalez, E), Lowrie (2, Gonzalez, E).3B :
Ellsbury (4, Cahill).HR : Pedroia (5, 1st inning off Cahill, 0 on, 1 out).TB :
Ortiz; Ellsbury 5; Lowrie 2; Drew, J 3; Pedroia 5; LaRoche, Ad 4; Youkilis; Varitek; Bay.RBI : Pedroia
2 (43), LaRoche, Ad (43), Varitek (41), Ellsbury (32), Bay (73), Lowrie 2 (5).2-out RBI : Lowrie 2.Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out : Lowrie; Youkilis; Ellsbury 2.SF : Pedroia.GIDP :
Pedroia, LaRoche, Ad, Youkilis.Team RISP : 5-for-15.Team LOB : 8.FIELDING E :
Beckett (2, fielding).DP : (LaRoche, Ad-Beckett-Pedroia).
Oakland
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
HR
ERA
Cahill (L, 6-9)
5.0
10
6
6
2
5
1
4.77
Casilla
1.0
1
0
0
1
1
0
5.80
Gonzalez, E
2.0
3
2
2
2
0
0
5.12
Boston
IP
H
R
ER
BB
SO
HR
ERA
Beckett (W, 12-4)
7.0
8
3
3
1
10
0
3.44
Bard
1.0
1
0
0
0
2
0
2.20
Delcarmen
1.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2.15
Beckett pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. IBB : Varitek (by Gonzalez, E).Pitches-strikes :
Cahill 110-61, Casilla 25-15, Gonzalez, E 35-17, Beckett 103-77, Bard 21-15, Delcarmen 11-7.Groundouts-flyouts :
Cahill 4-2, Casilla 0-2, Gonzalez, E 4-0, Beckett 3-4, Bard 1-0, Delcarmen 2-0.Batters faced : Cahill
25, Casilla 5, Gonzalez, E 10, Beckett 30, Bard 4, Delcarmen 3.Inherited runners-scored : Bard 1-1.Umpires :
HP: Gary Cederstrom. 1B: Adrian Johnson. 2B: Fieldin Culbreth. 3B: Jim Wolf. Weather : 81 degrees, partly cloudy.Wind :
13 mph, Out to CF.T : 2:56.Att : 37,955.
July 27, 2009 Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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