Blue Jays devour Red Sox subs.Byline: Bill Ballou BLUE JAYS 12, RED SOX 0 FENWAY PARK • • [ , BOSTON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Tor 0 2 3 0 3 2 0 1 1 12 17 0 Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Winning pitcher: Halladay (17-10). Losing pitcher: Wakefield (11-5). Att: 37,246. There may not be a Red Sox fan alive that saw a Boston team play a game with as many bad players on the field as in last night's 12-0 loss to the Blue Jays. The Sox were outhit, 17-3. Their top offensive player was Joey Gathright Joey Renard Gathright (born April 27, 1981 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is a Major League Baseball player for the Kansas City Royals. Joey made his major league debut with the Devil Rays on June 25, 2004. with two singles. They wound up using catcher Dusty Brown to pitch the top of the ninth, with Rocco Baldelli Rocco Dan Baldelli (born September 25, 1981 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island) is a Major League Baseball player for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Baldelli is a New England area fan favorite and is known for his outstanding speed and throwing ability. His natural position is center field. at third base. Brown became only the second player in franchise history to catch and pitch in the same season. Jack Rothrock, the ultimate utility player, had one game at each position in 1928. Manager Terry Francona
"Any time we get to Dusty Brown pitching, that's a tough night," Francona said. Boston has lost six straight. It was swept by Toronto in this three-game series and its pitchers gave up 13 home runs. The Sox were outscored, 31-12, in the three games. Blue Jays starter Roy Halladay Harry Leroy "Roy" Halladay III (born May 14 1977 in Denver, Colorado), nicknamed Doc, is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher. He currently pitches for the Toronto Blue Jays pitching staff. had a no-hitter into the sixth inning. He wound up with his 17th win, league-best ninth complete game, and league-best fourth shutout. He also retaliated for Adam Lind Adam Alan Lind (born July 17, 1983 in Anderson, Indiana) is a left-fielder for the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League of Major League Baseball. He was drafted in the third round (83rd overall) of the 2004 Major League Baseball amateur draft and was signed on June 30, 2004. being hit on the right elbow by Jonathan Papelbon Jonathan Robert Papelbon (born November 23, 1980 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is the closer for the Boston Red Sox. He bats and throws right-handed. Papelbon was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 2002 out of Mississippi State. on Tuesday night. Halladay hit Ortiz, also on the right elbow, in the second. Both benches were warned, but there were no repercussions repercussions npl → répercussions fpl repercussions npl → Auswirkungen pl after that. Tim Wakefield Timothy Stephen Wakefield (born August 2, 1966 in Melbourne, Florida) is a right-handed knuckleball pitcher in Major League Baseball who has played with the Boston Red Sox since 1995. started for Boston and made what is almost certainly his final appearance of 2009. Given his age and the fact that he will require surgery on his back this winter, there has to be some question as to whether he has made his final appearance, period, for the Red Sox. Wakefield pitched three innings and allowed seven hits and five runs. He is 0-2 and has allowed 13 earned runs in 14 innings in his last three starts. "He wanted to stay in there," Francona said, "but that was not in his best interests." "I don't want to give up on the team," is how Wakefield answered questions about why he keeps on pitching. "I feel like I'm needed." Francona declined to address the team's postseason plans for Wakefield. "If I'm with the team, great. I'll give it everything I have," the pitcher said. "If not, I'll be the biggest cheerleader in the dugout." Sox may open on Thursday The Sox will probably meet on Monday to determine their playoff roster, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Francona. Early indications are that the Yankees will choose the format that has them opening on Wednesday and playing Game 2 on Friday. That would have Boston starting in Anaheim on Thursday and playing the next night there as well. Which format the Sox play under might determine who Boston keeps as its 25th player, GM Theo Epstein Theo Nathan Epstein (born December 29, 1973 in New York City) is the Executive Vice President/General Manager of the Boston Red Sox. In November 2002, the Red Sox made him the youngest GM in the history of Major League Baseball by hiring him at the age of 28. said. Indians in for four Boston closes the regular season with four games against the Indians starting at 7:10 tonight. Jon Lester, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Josh Beckett and Clay Buchholz will be the Red Sox starters in that order. Diamond Dust Some good news yesterday - Beckett threw 62 pitches in his side session and is good to go for his playoff-tuneup start on Saturday. ... Hunter Jones worked a scoreless seventh, snapping his streak of seven straight relief appearances in which he'd been scored on. The last time that happened to a Sox pitcher was in 1997, to Vaughn Eshelman. ... Boston starters have lost six straight games for the first time since 1998. ... The Sox have used a franchise-record three position players at pitcher this season - Brown, Nick Green and Jonathan Van Every. Box score Toronto AB R H BI BB SO Avg. J.Bautista rf 5 1 1 3 0 1 .235 A.Hill 2b 6 0 3 2 0 0 .288 Millar 3b 4 1 1 0 2 0 .223 V.Wells cf 5 1 3 0 1 1 .265 Overbay 1b 3 1 1 3 3 0 .270 Barajas c 6 0 0 0 0 1 .228 R.Ruiz dh 6 4 4 2 0 1 .298 Snider lf 4 3 2 0 1 0 .240 Jo.McDonald ss 3 1 2 2 0 0 .245 Totals 42 12 17 12 7 4 Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Gathright cf-rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500 Reddick lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .179 Kotchman 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .215 D.Ortiz dh 3 0 0 0 0 3 .238 Baldelli rf-3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Kottaras c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Ale.Gonzalez ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Bri.Anderson cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Lowrie 3b-ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .145 Woodward 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .215 Totals 29 0 3 0 2 6 LOB-Toronto 13, Boston 5. 2B-A B-A basolateral-to-apical .Hill (37), V.Wells 2 (37), R.Ruiz (5). 3B-Snider (1). HR-Overbay (16), off Wakefield; R.Ruiz (8), off Wakefield; R.Ruiz (9), off Delcarmen; J.Bautista (11), off Okajima. RBIs-J.Bautista 3 (37), A.Hill 2 (107), Overbay 3 (64), R.Ruiz 2 (16), Jo.McDonald 2 (12). SB-Baldelli (1). S-Jo.McDonald. SF-J.Bautista. Runners left in scoring position-Toronto 7 (Barajas 3, J.Bautista, Overbay, R.Ruiz 2); Boston 1 (Ale.Gonzalez). Runners moved up-J.Bautista, Millar, Overbay. GIDP-Gathright. DP-Toronto 1 (A.Hill, Jo.McDonald, Overbay). Toronto IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Halladay W, 17-10 9 3 0 0 2 6 100 2.79 BOSTON IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Wakefield L, 11-5 3 7 5 5 2 2 76 4.58 F.Cabrera 1 3 3 3 2 0 28 9.00 D.Richardson 1 1 0 0 1 0 18 0.00 Delcarmen 1 3 2 2 0 0 19 4.53 H.Jones 1 0 0 0 2 1 23 9.24 Okajima 1 1 1 1 0 0 15 3.39 D.Brown 1 2 1 1 0 1 13 9.00 F.Cabrera pitched to 3 batters in the 5th. Inherited runners-scored-D.Richardson 2-2. HBP-by Halladay (D.Ortiz), by Wakefield (Jo.McDonald). WP-Wakefield, D.Richardson. Balk-D.Richardson. T-2:38. NAME: BOSTON RED SOX The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox are a member and currently champions of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball’s American League. From to the present, the Red Sox have played in Fenway Park. |
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