The Quest for Best | Boston Red Sox

[beamerball811]

LAA at BOS - Fenway Park
May 2, 2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles Angels (15-13)	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	5	14	1
Boston Red Sox (21-7)	4	2	0	1	1	3	0	0	X	11	14	0
W: Clay Buchholz (5-1) L: Matt Palmer (3-1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			LAA	BOS
	1	Kevin Youkilis doubles to LF scoring Kalish and Crawford	0	2
	1	David Ortiz hits a Sacrifice Fly to CF scoring Gonzalez	0	3
	1	J.D. Drew hits a Sacrifice Fly to CF scoring Youkilis	0	4
	2	Ryan Kalish triples to CF scoring Scutaro	0	5
	2	Carl Crawford hits a Sacrifice Fly to RF scoring Kalish	0	6
	4	Erik Aybar doubles to LF scoring Bourjos	1	6
	4	Howie Kendrick singles to CF scoring Aybar	2	6
	4	Adrian Gonzalez singles to LF scoring Scutaro	2	7
	5	Peter Bourjos singles to RF scoring Wells and Callaspo	4	7
	5	Marco Scutaro singles to CF scoring Saltalamacchia	4	8
	6	David Ortiz homers to LF scoring Gonzalez and Youkilis	4	11
	7	Hank Conger singles to CF scoring Callaspo	5	11

Los Angeles Angels
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
2B Howie Kendrick	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	.333
LF Bobby Abreu	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.239
1B Kendry Morales	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.260
CF Vernon Wells	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	.288
3B Alberto Callaspo	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	.283
DH Mark Trumbo	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	.283
C Hank Conger	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	.287
Bobby Wilson C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285
RF Peter Bourjos	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	.264
SS Erik Aybar	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.295
TEAM TOTALS	39	5	14	5	2	5	0

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
CF Ryan Kalish	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	.381
LF Carl Crawford	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.408
1B Adrian Gonzalez	5	2	4	1	0	1	0	.530
3B Kevin Youkilis	3	2	1	2	1	1	0	.450
Drew Sutton 3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.294
DH David Ortiz	4	1	1	4	0	0	1	.347
RF J.D. Drew	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	.400
C Jarrod Saltalamacchia	5	1	1	0	0	4	0	.411
2B Jed Lowrie	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.291
SS Marco Scutaro	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	.252
TEAM TOTALS	36	11	14	11	3	9	1

Los Angeles Angels
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Matt Palmer (L)	3.0	6	6	4	0	3	0	6.04
Kevin Jepsen	2.0	5	4	4	3	2	0	11.45
Jordan Walden	3.0	3	1	1	0	4	1	3.57
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	14	11	9	3	9	1

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Clay Buchholz (W)	8.0	13	5	5	2	5	0	4.95
Bobby Jenks	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.70
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	14	5	5	2	5	0

[beamerball811]

Palmer's Errors Cost Angels Game
Matt Palmer started the bottom of the first with a strike, which is alway relief for a pitcher. However, on his next pitch he hit Ryan Kalish, and he wasn't the same since then. An error in the inning prolonged the four-run Red Sox strike. Boston wouldn't touch him in the third, but he was pulled after three innings. Kevin Jepsen came in and allowed his team to get some run support, but it wouldn't be enough because Boston scored a run each in the fourth and fifth innings where they were outscored 4-2 by the Angels. In the sixth inning, Jepsen got wild and allowed two base runners. Jordan Walden would come into pitch and get two outs, then David Ortiz stepped into the box and hit a three-run homer into the Monster seats. Boston would only allow one more run winning 11-5 and capitalizing on the Angels' mistakes.

David Ortiz launches the lone home run of the game from his launching pad.

[beamerball811]

LAA at BOS - Fenway Park
May 3, 2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Los Angeles Angels (15-14)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0 0 0 0	3	13	0
Boston Red Sox (22-7)	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0 0 0 1	4	14	0
W: Alfredo Aceves (1-0) L: Scott Downs (0-1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			LAA	BOS
	5	Kevin Youkilis singles to LF scoring Crawford	0	1
	7	Bobby Abreu singles to CF scoring Aybar	1	1
	7	Morales doubles to LF scoring Kendrick and Abreu	3	1
	7	Carl Crawford homers to RF scoring Scutaro	3	3
	13	J.D. Drew doubles to RF scoring Lowrie	3	4

Los Angeles Angels
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
2B Howie Kendrick	6	1	3	0	0	1	0	.342
LF Bobby Abreu	6	1	1	1	0	2	0	.235
1B Kendry Morales	5	0	4	2	0	0	0	.281
Andrew Romine 1B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.142
CF Vernon Wells	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.282
3B Alberto Callaspo	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	.278
DH Mark Trumbo	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	.279
C Hank Conger	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	.270
RF Peter Bourjos	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.270
Rich Chavez RF	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000
SS Erik Aybar	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.291
TEAM TOTALS	50	3	13	3	3	11	0

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
CF Mike Cameron	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	.327
Ryan Kalish CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.371
LF Carl Crawford	6	2	3	2	0	2	1	.412
3B Kevin Youkilis	6	0	1	1	0	1	0	.436
1B Adrian Gonzalez	6	0	2	0	0	1	0	.521
DH David Ortiz	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333
2B Jed Lowrie	6	1	2	0	0	1	0	.293
RF J.D. Drew	6	0	2	1	0	2	0	.396
C Greg Zaun	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	.400
SS Marco Scutaro	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250
TEAM TOTALS	50	4	14	4	1	10	1

Los Angeles Angels
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hisanori Takahashi	6.0	8	2	2	1	6	0	6.83
Jeff Weaver	4.2	4	1	1	0	2	1	5.09
Scott Downs (L)	1.2	2	1	1	0	2	0	1.46
TEAM TOTALS	12.1	14	4	4	1	10	1

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Daisuke Matsuzaka	8.0	10	3	3	2	7	0	3.56
Dan Wheeler	2.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0.61
Alfredo Aceves (W)	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	4.50
TEAM TOTALS	13.0	13	3	3	3	11	0

[beamerball811]

Late Inning Heroics
The Angels and Boston had a great pitcher's duel last night. Takahashi only allowed one run in the fifth inning, coming on a two out single by Kevin Youkilis. Daisuke would give up three runs in the seventh, all with two outs; giving the Angels a 3-1 lead. You may not expect more offense from either team, however in the bottom of the seventh with two outs Crawford hits Pesky's Pole to tie the game up at three. Daisuke pitched a scoreless eighth inning, and Weaver started to struggle, however Boston stranded runners at first and third. There would not be very many hits in the extra innings, however in the bottom of the thirteenth, there was one that mattered: J.D. Drew doubled to right field, a ball that Rich Chavez couldn't handle cleanly allowing Jed Lowrie to score from first base in walk-off fashion.

J.D. Drew fist pumps with a walk-off winner going to second base.

[BrntO4Life]

Wow, first close game you've had since reporting here. From a reader's viewpoint, let's see more games like that one! Very nice win.

[beamerball811]

Wow, first close game you've had since reporting here. From a reader's viewpoint, let's see more games like that one! Very nice win.

I've had quite a few close ones, just been hitting the ball well lately, but I adjusted the sliders after the 13-4 win againist the M's in our last game in April.

[beamerball811]

LAA at BOS - Fenway Park
May 4, 2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles Angels (15-15)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	7	0
Boston Red Sox (23-7)	0	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	X	9	15	0
W: Jon Lester (5-2) L: Dan Haren (3-2)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			LAA	BOS
	2	David Ortiz homers to LF	0	1
	4	Jarrod Saltalamacchia doubles to LF scoring Ortiz and Drew	0	3
	4	Drew Sutton homers to RF scoring Saltalamacchia	0	5
	5	Erik Aybar grounds into Fielder's Choice scoring Abreu	1	5
	5	J.D. Drew homers to LF scoring Gonzalez and Ortiz	1	8
	6	David Ortiz doubles to LF scoring Crawford	1	9
	9	Rich Chavez singles to RF scoring Kendrick	2	9

Los Angeles Angels
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
2B Howie Kendrick	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.339
3B Alberto Callaspo	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.265
CF Vernon Wells	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.281
1B Kendry Morales	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.273
LF Bobby Abreu	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.240
C Hank Conger	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.260
DH Mark Trumbo	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	.289
SS Erik Aybar	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	.286
RF Peter Bourjos	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.275
TEAM TOTALS	30	2	6	1	0	7	0

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
CF Ryan Kalish	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	.373
LF Carl Crawford	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	.408
1B Adrian Gonzalez	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	.510
DH David Ortiz	4	3	4	2	0	0	1	.355
RF J.D. Drew	4	2	3	3	0	0	1	.408
C Jarrod Saltalamacchia	3	1	2	2	1	0	0	.419
2B Jed Lowrie	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283
3B Drew Sutton SS	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	.278
SS Marco Scutaro	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	.263
Kevin Youkilis 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.423
TEAM TOTALS	33	9	15	9	2	2	3

Los Angeles Angels
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Dan Haren (L)	3.1	7	5	5	1	1	2	5.49
Kevin Jepsen	0.2	4	3	3	0	2	1	13.11
Jordan Walden	4.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	3.38
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	15	9	9	2	3	3

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jon Lester (W)	9.0	7	2	2	0	7	0	2.81
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	7	2	2	0	7	0

2k's Box scores get all screwed up when someone gets injured, I apologize for how awful the box score is.

[beamerball811]

LAA at BOS - Fenway Park
May 5, 2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles Angels (15-16)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	9
Boston Red Sox (24-7)	4	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	X	10	15	2
W: Andrew Miller (4-2) L: Jered Weaver (0-5)

Los Angeles Angels
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
2B Howie Kendrick	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.328
Barry Hudson 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
3B Alberto Callaspo	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.264
CF Vernon Wells	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.275
1B Kendry Morales	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.272
LF Bobby Abreu	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.248
C Hank Conger	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250
Bobby Wilson C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286
DH Mark Trumbo	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.296
SS Maicer Izturis	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	.200
RF Peter Bourjos	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250
BATTING: 2B: Maicer Izturis (5) RBI: Maicer Izturis (7,8)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
CF Ryan Kalish	5	1	2	0	0	2	0	.375
LF Carl Crawford	4	2	4	1	0	0	0	.424
Mike Cameron LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.321
1B Adrian Gonzalez	5	2	2	4	0	0	1	.507
DH David Ortiz	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.349
RF J.D. Drew	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	.400
C Jarrod Saltalamacchia	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.422
2B Jed Lowrie	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	.284
3B Drew Sutton	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	.318
SS Bobby Crosby	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	39	10	15	10	2	5	1
BATTING: 2B: Carl Crawford (14), Jarrod Saltalamacchia (16,17), Jed Lowrie (9) HR: Adrian Gonzalez (18) RBI: Carl Crawford (24), Adrian Gonzalez (47,48,49,50), J.D. Drew (38), Jarrod Saltalamacchia (30), Jed Lowrie (23), Drew Sutton (6), Bobby Crosby (1)

Los Angeles Angels
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jered Weaver (L)	4.0	11	7	7	2	0	0	5.57
Jeff Weaver	1.2	4	3	3	0	1	1	5.84
Jordan Walden	2.1	0	0	0	0	4	0	3.10
TEAM TOTALS	8.0	15	10	10	2	5	1

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Andrew Miller (W)	6.1	4	2	2	1	3	0	4.10
Alfredo Aceves	2.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	3.12
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	7	2	2	1	4	0

[beamerball811]

Boston Completes Sweep of Angels
Boston contiues as the hottest team in baseball, they can't be stopped. Adrian Gonzalez continues his hot start by hitting his eighteenth homerun in the fifth inning. That homerun was the last scoring play in the game, and made the game 10-2. Andrew Miller pitched well today, but he was limited with his pitch count because he wasn't fully rested after his last start. Miller is on fire as he has won his third consecutive game, and will not be sent down. "We limited his pitch count today because he was a little bit fatigued. We expect the same in his next start, though we will continue to start Andrew in Beckett's spot until Josh can come back." Manager Terry Francona commented. Boston will continue their homestand with four more home games in a series against the Minnesota Twins.

Adrian Gonzalez has brought his power with him to Boston.

[beamerball811]

May 6-9, 2011
17-14 25-7
Projected Starters

4-1 2.23 ERA Carl Pavano Game 1 John Lackey 4-1 4.83 ERA
2-1 5.81 ERA Brian Duensing Game 2 Clay Buchholz 5-1 4.95 ERA
1-3 3.82 ERA Scott Baker Game 3 Daisuke Matsuzaka 3-0 3.56 ERA
3-3 5.57 ERA Kevin Slowey Game 4 Jon Lester 5-2 2.81 ERA
Projected Lineups

CF Denard Span 1 CF Ryan Kalish
C Joe Mauer 2 LF Carl Crawford
1B Jim Thome 3 1B Adrian Gonzalez
RF Jason Kubel 4 3B Kevin Youkilis
LF Delmon Young 5 DH David Ortiz
DH Michael Cuddyer 6 RF J.D. Drew
3B Danny Valencia 7 C Jarrod Saltalamacchia
2B Willy Aybar 8 2B Jed Lowrie
SS Alexei Casilla 9 SS Bobby Crosby
Series Notes
Fenway Park - Boston, MA
Capacity: 37,493

[beamerball811]

MIN at BOS - Fenway Park
May 6, 2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Minnesota Twins (17-14)	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	3	2	9	17	0
Boston Red Sox (25-7)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
W: Carl Pavano (5-1) L: John Lackey (4-2)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			MIN	BOS
	2	Alexei Casilla singles to LF scoring Young	1	0
	3	Delmon Young triples to RF scoring Thome	2	0
	3	Michael Cuddyer singles to CF scoring Young	3	0
	6	Alexei Casilla hits a Sacrifice Fly to LF scoring Cuddyer	4	0
	8	Alexei Casilla doubles to CF scoring Young and Cuddyer	6	0
	8	Denard Span singles to LF scoring Casilla	7	0
	9	Michael Cuddyer hits a Sacrifice Fly to CF scoring Thome	8	0
	9	Danny Valencia singles to RF scoring Kubel	9	0

Minnesota Twins
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
CF Denard Span	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	.261
Ben Revere CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083
C Joe Mauer	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	.386
1B Jim Thome	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	.235
RF Jason Kubel	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	.288
LF Delmon Young	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	.260
DH Michael Cuddyer	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	.326
3B Danny Valencia	5	0	3	1	0	1	0	.285
2B Willy Aybar	5	0	2	0	0	2	0	.263
SS Alexei Casilla	4	1	2	4	0	0	0	.200
TEAM TOTALS	39	9	17	9	3	5	0
BATTING: 2B: Jim Thome (6), Alexei Casilla (4) 3B: Jim Thome (1), Delmon Young (1) RBI: Denard Span (8), Delmon Young (25), Michael Cuddyer (2,3), Danny Valencia (27), Alexei Casilla (9,10,11,12)

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
CF Mike Cameron	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.305
Ryan Kalish CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.370
LF Carl Crawford	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.419
1B Adrian Gonzalez	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.493
3B Kevin Youkilis	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.410
DH David Ortiz	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.348
RF J.D. Drew	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.402
C Greg Zaun	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	.411
Jarrod Saltalamacchia C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.418
2B Jed Lowrie	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.277
SS Bobby Crosby	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	32	0	5	0	1	7	0
BATTING: 2B: Carl Crawford (15), J.D. Drew (14) HBP: David Ortiz
FIELDING: E: Jed Lowrie (8)

Minnesota Twins
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Carl Pavano (W)	9.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	1.79
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	5	0	0	1	7	0

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
John Lackey (L)	6.0	9	4	4	3	3	0	4.98
Matt Albers	1.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	9.82
Daniel Bard	2.0	5	3	1	0	2	0	14.73
TEAM TOTALS	9.0	17	9	7	3	5	0

[beamerball811]

Role Reversal?
Boston's lineup went ice cold tonight against Carl Pavano. Pavano is off to a great start notching his fifth win of the year, and lowering his earned run average to 1.79. Boston could only scrap five hits off of him and two of them were delivered by J.D. Drew. Boston had a chance to keep the score 4-0, however a ground ball to Lowrie was thrown away prolonging the inning. Boston will say goodbye to their fifteen game winning streak and look to start a fresh one tomorrow against Brian Duensing and the Twins. Boston's five game winner Clay Buchholz will take the mound tomorrow afternoon against Minnesota.

Pavano pitched a gem in tonight's game against the Sox.