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	Spoiled Rice

Athletics 9, Red Sox 8

Flanked by former Sox stars, Jim Rice displays his retired No. 14. (Brita Meng Outzen/MLB.com)

By Ian Browne / MLB.com

The Red Sox retired Hall of Famer Jim Rice's No. 14 and initially made him smile with a five-run third inning, but closer Jonathan Papelbon blew a three-run lead and Nick Green made two errors in the ninth inning, before Manny Delcarmen allowed the A's to win it in the 11th.

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Series at a glance:

Mon. 07/27: BOS 8, OAK 3
Tue. 07/28: OAK 9, BOS 8
Wed. 07/29: OAK 8, BOS 6
Thu. 07/30: BOS 8, OAK 5

Oakland (42-57)
Won 1

Oakland 9, Boston 8

Boston (58-41)
Lost 1

July 28, 2009

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Oakland	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	2	9	21	0
Boston	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	8	14	3

Oakland	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Kennedy, A, 3B	7	0	5	3	0	1	1	.295
Cabrera, O, SS	5	0	3	0	1	0	1	.281
Garciaparra, DH	6	0	2	0	0	1	6	.253
Cust, RF	4	2	1	0	2	3	3	.232
Suzuki, K, C	6	0	1	0	0	0	6	.284
Sweeney, CF-LF	6	1	2	1	0	0	3	.276
Everidge, 1B	6	1	1	1	0	1	4	.167
Ellis, M, 2B	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	.237
Patterson, E, LF	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.158
a-Davis, R, PH-CF	3	1	2	2	0	1	1	.265
Totals	52	9	21	8	3	9	26
a-Struck out for Patterson, E in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: Sweeney (14, Buchholz, C), Kennedy, A (15, Buchholz, C), Cust (12, Ramirez, R), Ellis, M 2 (9, Okajima, Delcarmen), Everidge (1, Papelbon), Garciaparra (5, Delcarmen). TB: Sweeney 3; Ellis, M 6; Suzuki, K; Cust 2; Davis, R 2; Everidge 2; Cabrera, O 3; Kennedy, A 6; Garciaparra 3. RBI: Ellis, M (23), Kennedy, A 3 (37), Sweeney (23), Everidge (1), Davis, R 2 (13). 2-out RBI: Kennedy, A 2; Sweeney; Everidge; Davis, R 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Suzuki, K 2; Garciaparra 2; Cabrera, O; Everidge; Kennedy, A. GIDP: Garciaparra. Team RISP: 9-for-25. Team LOB: 13. BASERUNNING SB: Ellis, M (5, 3rd base off Papelbon/Kottaras), Garciaparra (1, 3rd base off Delcarmen/Kottaras), Davis, R (14, 2nd base off Saito/Kottaras). CS: Kennedy, A (4, 2nd base by Saito/Kottaras). FIELDING Outfield assists: Sweeney (Bay at home). DP: 2 (Everidge-Cabrera, O-Everidge, Suzuki, K-Cabrera, O).

Boston	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Ellsbury, CF	6	1	2	1	0	1	2	.298
Pedroia, 2B	6	1	1	0	0	0	2	.303
Youkilis, 1B	5	1	3	2	0	1	1	.296
Ortiz, DH	3	0	0	1	0	2	3	.225
a-LaRoche, Ad, PH-DH	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.251
Bay, LF	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.254
Drew, J, RF	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	.244
Lowell, 3B	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	.292
1-Lowrie, PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.108
Kottaras, C	3	1	2	0	2	1	1	.224
Green, SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	.246
Totals	42	8	14	8	2	6	15
a-Struck out for Ortiz in the 7th. 1-Ran for Lowell in the 11th.
BATTING 2B: Youkilis (25, Mazzaro), Drew, J 2 (20, Mazzaro, Ziegler), Lowell (21, Mazzaro), Kottaras (10, Ziegler). TB: Ellsbury 2; Lowell 3; Pedroia; Drew, J 5; Kottaras 3; Youkilis 4; Bay. RBI: Youkilis 2 (59), Ortiz (55), Bay (74), Drew, J (40), Lowell 2 (44), Ellsbury (33). 2-out RBI: Bay; Drew, J. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ortiz; Lowell; Green 2; Pedroia. SAC: Green. SF: Lowell. GIDP: Ellsbury. Team RISP: 3-for-12. Team LOB: 6. BASERUNNING SB: Ellsbury (45, 2nd base off Mazzaro/Suzuki, K). CS: Youkilis (2, 2nd base by Mazzaro/Suzuki, K). FIELDING E: Ellsbury (2, throw), Green 2 (11, throw, throw). DP: (Green-Pedroia-Youkilis).

Oakland	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Mazzaro	6.0	9	6	6	2	3	0	5.16
Springer	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.42
Ziegler	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.11
Wuertz	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3.17
Breslow (W, 4-4)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.43
Bailey, A (S, 12)	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.14

Boston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Buchholz, C	5.2	9	2	2	2	5	0	3.52
Ramirez, R (H, 9)	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	2.34
Okajima	0.2	3	1	1	0	1	0	3.24
Bard (H, 4)	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.15
Papelbon (BS, 3)	1.0	3	3	2	1	1	0	2.09
Delcarmen (L, 2-2)	1.2	3	2	2	0	1	0	2.52
Saito	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.24

HBP: Bay (by Ziegler).
Pitches-strikes: Mazzaro 104-65, Springer 17-13, Ziegler 11-7, Wuertz 17-10, Breslow 10-6, Bailey, A 14-9, Buchholz, C 107-67, Ramirez, R 10-7, Okajima 29-19, Bard 6-4, Papelbon 21-15, Delcarmen 34-22, Saito 7-5.
Groundouts-flyouts: Mazzaro 6-3, Springer 1-1, Ziegler 0-1, Wuertz 0-0, Breslow 1-1, Bailey, A 2-1, Buchholz, C 9-2, Ramirez, R 1-0, Okajima 0-1, Bard 1-0, Papelbon 1-0, Delcarmen 1-1, Saito 0-0.
Batters faced: Mazzaro 27, Springer 4, Ziegler 5, Wuertz 3, Breslow 3, Bailey, A 5, Buchholz, C 28, Ramirez, R 4, Okajima 5, Bard 2, Papelbon 7, Delcarmen 8, Saito 1.
Inherited runners-scored: Ramirez, R 1-0, Okajima 1-1, Bard 1-0, Saito 1-1.
Ejections: Oakland Athletics Manager Bob Geren ejected by HP umpire Adrian Johnson (3rd)
Umpires: HP: Adrian Johnson. 1B: Fieldin Culbreth. 2B: Jim Wolf. 3B: Gary Cederstrom.
Weather: 82 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 11 mph, Out to CF.
T: 4:08.
Att: 38,084.
July 28, 2009

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

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