GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: TORONTO (44-45) at BOSTON (54-35)

AL: TORONTO at BOSTON

<div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: W Pena in right field.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 4
BOSTON 9 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR TORONTO: G Zaun (.235, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at BOSTON

<div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: E Hinske in left field.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 4
BOSTON 9 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR TORONTO: G Zaun (.235, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at BOSTON

<div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - PITCHING CHANGE
BOS: HIDEKI OKAJIMA (2-0, 0.81) STARTING THE 9TH
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 4, BOSTON 9

DUE UP FOR TORONTO: G ZAUN (.235, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at BOSTON

<div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: H Okajima relieved M Delcarmen.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 4
BOSTON 9 TOP, 9TH

DUE UP FOR TORONTO: G Zaun (.235, 0-FOR-3)</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at BOSTON

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TORONTO 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 11 0
BOSTON 1 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 x 9 12 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: TOR - DUSTIN MCGOWAN, BRIAN TALLET (6TH), BRIAN WOLFE (6TH), JASON
FRASOR (8TH) AND GREGG ZAUN

BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA, MANNY DELCARMEN (7TH), HIDEKI
OKAJIMA (9TH) AND JASON VARITEK

HOME RUNS: TOR - TROY GLAUS (12) OFF DAISUKE MATSUZAKA IN THE 4TH, 0 ON
AARON HILL (10) OFF DAISUKE MATSUZAKA IN THE 6TH, 1 ON

BOS - DAVID ORTIZ (15) OFF DUSTIN MCGOWAN IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
ERIC HINSKE (4) OFF DUSTIN MCGOWAN IN THE 4TH, 0 ON
JASON VARITEK (9) OFF DUSTIN MCGOWAN IN THE 6TH, 1 ON</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at BOSTON

<div class="pre">AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TORONTO 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 11 0
BOSTON 1 0 2 1 0 5 0 0 x 9 12 0 (FINAL)

BATTERIES: TOR - DUSTIN MCGOWAN, BRIAN TALLET (6TH), BRIAN WOLFE (6TH), JASON
FRASOR (8TH) AND GREGG ZAUN

BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA, MANNY DELCARMEN (7TH), HIDEKI
OKAJIMA (9TH) AND JASON VARITEK


WP - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA (11-6)
LP - DUSTIN MCGOWAN (5-5)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: TOR - TROY GLAUS (12) OFF DAISUKE MATSUZAKA IN THE 4TH, 0 ON
AARON HILL (10) OFF DAISUKE MATSUZAKA IN THE 6TH, 1 ON

BOS - DAVID ORTIZ (15) OFF DUSTIN MCGOWAN IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
ERIC HINSKE (4) OFF DUSTIN MCGOWAN IN THE 4TH, 0 ON
JASON VARITEK (9) OFF DUSTIN MCGOWAN IN THE 6TH, 1 ON


TIME: 3:13 ATT: 36,830

PROBABLES: TOR - JESSE LITSCH (1-3, 4.74)
BOS - JOSH BECKETT (12-2, 3.44)</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at BOSTON

<div class="pre">TORONTO (4) VS BOSTON (9) - FINAL

TORONTO ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
V Wells cf 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .254
R Johnson lf 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 .255
A Rios rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .302
F Thomas dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .255
T Glaus 3b 4 2 3 2 0 0 0 .289
L Overbay 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .257
A Hill 2b 4 1 3 2 0 1 1 .274
G Zaun c 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .234
J McDonald ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .271

Totals 36 4 11 4 2 7 13

BATTING: 2B - V Wells (23, D Matsuzaka); A Hill (25, D Matsuzaka); F Thomas
(13, D Matsuzaka); T Glaus (14, D Matsuzaka). HR - T Glaus (12, 4th inning off
D Matsuzaka 0 on, 0 Out), A Hill (10, 6th inning off D Matsuzaka 1 on, 1 Out).
RBI - T Glaus 2 (39), A Hill 2 (51). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
F Thomas 2, J McDonald 2. GIDP - A Rios. Team LOB - 7.


BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
C Crisp cf 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 .265
D Pedroia 2b 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 .310
D Ortiz dh 4 1 2 2 1 0 1 .320
M Ramirez lf 3 0 0 1 1 2 3 .286
W Pena rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213
K Youkilis 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 .323
M Lowell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .302
J Varitek c 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 .278
E Hinske rf-lf 4 1 1 1 0 2 0 .194
J Lugo ss 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 .209

Totals 35 9 12 9 4 8 12

BATTING: 2B - D Ortiz (31, D McGowan). 3B - C Crisp (4, D McGowan). HR - D
Ortiz (15, 1st inning off D McGowan 0 on, 2 Out), E Hinske (4, 4th inning off D
McGowan 0 on, 2 Out), J Varitek (9, 6th inning off D McGowan 1 on, 0 Out). SF -
M Ramirez. RBI - D Ortiz 2 (56), C Crisp (29), E Hinske (12), J Varitek 2 (38),
D Pedroia (26), M Ramirez (52), K Youkilis (46). 2-out RBI - D Ortiz 2, E
Hinske, K Youkilis. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Lowell 1, K
Youkilis 1, D Pedroia 1. Team LOB - 7.

BASERUNNING: SB - J Lugo (24, 2nd base off D McGowan/G Zaun), C Crisp (17,
3rd base off B Tallet/G Zaun), D Pedroia (2, 2nd base off B Tallet/G Zaun).

FIELDING: Outfield assists - C Crisp (T Glaus at 2nd base). DP: 1 (M Lowell-D
Pedroia-K Youkilis).


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TORONTO - 000 103 000 -- 4
BOSTON - 102 105 00x -- 9
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TORONTO ip h r er bb so hr era
D McGowan (L, 5-5) 5 8 6 6 2 4 3 5.05
B Tallet 1/3 2 3 3 2 1 0 3.79
B Wolfe 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 3 0 2.84
J Frasor 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.34

BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
D Matsuzaka (W, 11-6) 6 9 4 4 2 2 2 3.94
M Delcarmen 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 1.32
H Okajima 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.79

D McGowan pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.

WP - D Matsuzaka. IBB - M Ramirez (by D McGowan), D Ortiz (by B Tallet).
Pitches-strikes: D McGowan 104-63; B Tallet 20-9; B Wolfe 15-13; J Frasor
14-11; D Matsuzaka 110-69; M Delcarmen 26-18; H Okajima 11-9. Ground balls-fly
balls: D McGowan 7-4; B Tallet 0-0; B Wolfe 0-2; J Frasor 1-2; D Matsuzaka 6-9;
M Delcarmen 1-1; H Okajima 1-1. Batters faced: D McGowan 25; B Tallet 5; B
Wolfe 6; J Frasor 4; D Matsuzaka 27; M Delcarmen 7; H Okajima 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Wally Bell. 1B--Bill Welke. 2B--Laz Diaz. 3B--John Hirschbeck.

T--3:13. Att--36,830.
Weather: 70 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 10 mph, out
to center.</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at BOSTON

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
TORONTO 4
BOSTON 9 FINAL</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at BOSTON

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TORONTO (4) AT BOSTON (9) - HOW THEY SCORED
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BOSTON 1ST: C Crisp grounded out to first. D Pedroia grounded out to
third. D Ortiz homered to right. M Ramirez struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) TORONTO 0, BOSTON 1.

BOSTON 3RD: E Hinske popped out to shortstop. J Lugo singled to left.
C Crisp tripled to deep center, J Lugo scored. D Pedroia grounded out to first.
D Ortiz hit a ground rule double to deep right, C Crisp scored. M Ramirez
intentionally walked. K Youkilis grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop,
M Ramirez out at second. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, BOSTON 3.

TORONTO 4TH: T Glaus homered to left center. L Overbay flied out to
center. A Hill doubled to deep center. G Zaun popped out to third.
J McDonald struck out looking. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 1, BOSTON 3.

BOSTON 4TH: M Lowell flied out to left. J Varitek grounded out to pitcher.
E Hinske homered to right center. J Lugo reached on infield single to
shortstop. J Lugo stole second. C Crisp walked. D Pedroia grounded out to
third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 1, BOSTON 4.

TORONTO 6TH: F Thomas doubled to left. T Glaus doubled to left, F Thomas
scored. L Overbay grounded out to first, T Glaus to third. A Hill homered to
left, T Glaus scored. G Zaun flied out to center. J McDonald grounded out to
shortstop. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, BOSTON 4.

BOSTON 6TH: M Lowell singled to center. J Varitek homered to right center,
M Lowell scored. B Tallet relieved D McGowan. E Hinske struck out swinging.
J Lugo reached on bunt single to third. C Crisp walked, J Lugo to second.
D Pedroia singled to center, J Lugo scored, C Crisp to second. C Crisp stole
third, D Pedroia stole second. D Ortiz intentionally walked. B Wolfe relieved
B Tallet. M Ramirez hit sacrifice fly to center, C Crisp scored. K Youkilis
singled to right, D Pedroia scored, D Ortiz to second. M Lowell struck out
swinging. (5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, BOSTON 9.</div>

 

AL: TORONTO at BOSTON

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TORONTO (4) AT BOSTON (9) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Toronto Starting Lineups -- V Wells CF, R Johnson LF, A Rios RF, F Thomas DH,
T Glaus 3B, L Overbay 1B, A Hill 2B, G Zaun C, J McDonald SS, D McGowan RHP.

Boston Starting Lineups -- C Crisp CF, D Pedroia 2B, D Ortiz DH, M Ramirez LF,
K Youkilis 1B, M Lowell 3B, J Varitek C, E Hinske RF, J Lugo SS, D Matsuzaka RHP.

Umpires -- Wally Bell (HP), Bill Welke (1B), Laz Diaz (2B), John Hirschbeck (3B).

Gametime Weather: 70 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind out to center at 10 mph.


TORONTO 1ST: V Wells doubled to left. R Johnson flied out to left. A Rios
popped out to second. F Thomas popped out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
TORONTO 0, BOSTON 0.

BOSTON 1ST: C Crisp grounded out to first. D Pedroia grounded out to
third. D Ortiz homered to right. M Ramirez struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) TORONTO 0, BOSTON 1.

TORONTO 2ND: T Glaus singled to deep center, T Glaus out stretching at
second. L Overbay walked. A Hill singled to center, L Overbay to second.
G Zaun popped out to second. J McDonald grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 2 Hits,
0 Errors) TORONTO 0, BOSTON 1.

BOSTON 2ND: K Youkilis flied out to right. M Lowell grounded out to first.
J Varitek struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, BOSTON 1.

TORONTO 3RD: V Wells grounded out to third. R Johnson struck out swinging.
A Rios walked. A Rios to second on passed ball by J Varitek. F Thomas flied
out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, BOSTON 1.

BOSTON 3RD: E Hinske popped out to shortstop. J Lugo singled to left.
C Crisp tripled to deep center, J Lugo scored. D Pedroia grounded out to first.
D Ortiz hit a ground rule double to deep right, C Crisp scored. M Ramirez
intentionally walked. K Youkilis grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop,
M Ramirez out at second. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 0, BOSTON 3.

TORONTO 4TH: T Glaus homered to left center. L Overbay flied out to
center. A Hill doubled to deep center. G Zaun popped out to third.
J McDonald struck out looking. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 1, BOSTON 3.

BOSTON 4TH: M Lowell flied out to left. J Varitek grounded out to pitcher.
E Hinske homered to right center. J Lugo reached on infield single to
shortstop. J Lugo stole second. C Crisp walked. D Pedroia grounded out to
third. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 1, BOSTON 4.

TORONTO 5TH: V Wells fouled out to first. R Johnson singled to left.
A Rios grounded into double play, third to second to first, R Johnson out at
second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 1, BOSTON 4.

BOSTON 5TH: D Ortiz fouled out to catcher. M Ramirez struck out swinging.
K Youkilis struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 1, BOSTON 4.

TORONTO 6TH: F Thomas doubled to left. T Glaus doubled to left, F Thomas
scored. L Overbay grounded out to first, T Glaus to third. A Hill homered to
left, T Glaus scored. G Zaun flied out to center. J McDonald grounded out to
shortstop. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, BOSTON 4.

BOSTON 6TH: M Lowell singled to center. J Varitek homered to right center,
M Lowell scored. B Tallet relieved D McGowan. E Hinske struck out swinging.
J Lugo reached on bunt single to third. C Crisp walked, J Lugo to second.
D Pedroia singled to center, J Lugo scored, C Crisp to second. C Crisp stole
third, D Pedroia stole second. D Ortiz intentionally walked. B Wolfe relieved
B Tallet. M Ramirez hit sacrifice fly to center, C Crisp scored. K Youkilis
singled to right, D Pedroia scored, D Ortiz to second. M Lowell struck out
swinging. (5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, BOSTON 9.

TORONTO 7TH: M Delcarmen relieved D Matsuzaka. V Wells grounded out to
shortstop. R Johnson struck out swinging. A Rios struck out swinging.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, BOSTON 9.

BOSTON 7TH: J Varitek struck out looking. E Hinske struck out swinging.
J Lugo fouled out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, BOSTON 9.

TORONTO 8TH: F Thomas struck out swinging. T Glaus fouled out to third.
L Overbay singled to center. A Hill struck out looking. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) TORONTO 4, BOSTON 9.

BOSTON 8TH: J Frasor relieved B Wolfe. C Crisp singled to left center.
D Pedroia flied out to right. D Ortiz lined out to right. M Ramirez grounded
into fielder's choice to shortstop, C Crisp out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) TORONTO 4, BOSTON 9.

TORONTO 9TH: W Pena in right field. E Hinske in left field. H Okajima
relieved M Delcarmen. G Zaun struck out swinging. J McDonald lined out to
left. V Wells singled to left. R Johnson grounded into fielder's choice to
third, V Wells out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TORONTO 4, BOSTON 9.</div>

 

Five-run sixth powers Red Sox past Blue Jays

<h3>BOSTON 9, TORONTO 4</h3>BOSTON (Ticker) -- On a night when Daisuke Matsuzaka was nothis sharpest, the offense of the Boston Red Sox more than pickedup the slack.


Boston collected five hits during a five-run sixth to snap a tieand lift the Red Sox to a 9-4 victory over the Toronto BlueJays on Saturday.


Jason Varitek's two-run blast off Dustin McGowan (5-5) into thebleachers in deep right-center field snapped the 4-4 deadlock,and David Ortiz and Eric Hinske also homered as the Red Sox wonfor the second time in three tries against the Blue Jays thisseries.


Matsuzaka (11-6) was staked to leads of 3-0 and 4-1 but couldnot protect either one. The righthander threw 110 pitches overhis six innings, laboring through the middle frames as his pitchcount grew.


He finished having allowed nine hits and four runs while issuingtwo walks and striking out a pair.


With two outs in the first, Ortiz ended a 34-game homer droughtat Fenway Park with a line drive into the Blue Jays' bullpen inright. It was his first blast at home since April 21 againstthe New York Yankees.


The homer was one of three surrendered by McGowan, who gave upeight hits and six runs while walking two and striking out four.

Julio Lugo continued to show signs of ending his prolongedslump, collecting three hits in as many at-bats and scoringtwice. His infield single in the fourth was his 1,000th careerhit.


Troy Glaus and Aaron Hill each homered off Matsuzaka, withHill's drive landing in the third row of seats above the "GreenMonster" and tying the game at 4-4 in the sixth. Glaus and Hilleach went 3-for-4 to pace the offense.


Manny Delcarmen struck out a career-high four over two scorelessinnings of relief and Hideki Okajima worked the ninth to runhis most recent string of scoreless appearances to 15 games.The All-Star from Japan, who had a 19-appearance scorelessstreak from April 6-May 20, has yielded just four earned runs in45 1/3 innings this season.

 

Five-run sixth powers Red Sox past Blue Jays

<h3>BOSTON 9, TORONTO 4</h3>BOSTON (Ticker) -- On a night when Daisuke Matsuzaka was nothis sharpest, the offense of the Boston Red Sox more than pickedup the slack.


Boston collected five hits during a five-run sixth to snap a tieand lift the Red Sox to a 9-4 victory over the Toronto BlueJays on Saturday.


Jason Varitek's two-run blast off Dustin McGowan (5-5) into thebleachers in deep right-center field snapped the 4-4 deadlock,and David Ortiz and Eric Hinske also homered as the Red Sox wonfor the second time in three tries against the Blue Jays thisseries.


Matsuzaka (11-6) was staked to leads of 3-0 and 4-1 but couldnot protect either one. The righthander threw 110 pitches overhis six innings, laboring through the middle frames as his pitchcount grew.


The Red Sox starter felt out of rhythm all night, resorting topitching from the stretch with no one on base in the middleinnings to regain his balance over the pitching rubber.

"It is something that I have done since I played in Japan,"Matsuzaka said through an interpreter. "It is one of the waysthat I feel I can improve my balance during a game. I washoping to see improvement after that point, but I didn't see anytoday."


He finished having allowed nine hits and four runs while issuingtwo walks and striking out a pair.


"I think I was disappointed from beginning to end today,"Matsuzaka said. "Whenever I am pitching poorly, I try to makeadjustments during the game. But no matter what I tried today,I felt like I couldn't adjust very well."


With two outs in the first, Ortiz ended a 34-game homer droughtat Fenway Park with a line drive into the Blue Jays' bullpen inright. It was his first blast at home since April 21 againstthe New York Yankees.


"That was big for us," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. "Ithink David is fine. The way he has swung it the last fewgames, he is driving the ball and staying through it. Even whenhe is hitting those line drives through the infielders or at asecond baseman, those are good swings."


The homer was one of three surrendered by McGowan, who gave upeight hits and six runs while walking two and striking out four.

"That's a tough situation," McGowan said. "You know in the backof your mind it's 3-0 and there's a good possibility he mightswing. Then again, you don't want to four-pitch walk him rightthere in the first inning. It was one of those situations whereyou had to throw it and throw a strike. He hit it."

Julio Lugo continued to show signs of ending his prolongedslump, collecting three hits in as many at-bats and scoringtwice. His infield single in the fourth was his 1,000th careerhit.


"Two thousand to go to get to 3,000 and the Hall of Fame," Lugojoked. "I feel more comfortable at the plate now and I'mstarting to get some hits."


Troy Glaus and Aaron Hill each homered off Matsuzaka, withHill's drive landing in the third row of seats above the "GreenMonster" and tying the game at 4-4 in the sixth. Glaus and Hilleach went 3-for-4 to pace the offense.


Manny Delcarmen struck out a career-high four over two scorelessinnings of relief and Hideki Okajima worked the ninth to runhis most recent string of scoreless appearances to 15 games.

"We had some guys on early, but we battled back and tied it inthe sixth there," Toronto manager John Gibbons said. "Then theycame back, boom, they exploded on us. That's why that sixthinning is such a big inning. You've got to bridge the gap toyour late-inning guys."


The All-Star from Japan, who had a 19-appearance scorelessstreak from April 6-May 20, has yielded just four earned runs in45 1/3 innings this season.


Varitek's homer off McGowan, the final pitch thrown by the BlueJays' starter, landed in the bleachers beyond Boston's bullpenand struck a boy in the face. The Red Sox retrieved the ball,and Varitek signed it afterward and gave it back to the fan.