GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: AL: BOSTON (37-18) at OAKLAND (28-27)

AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL AT OAKLAND - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: A Melhuse catching.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 4
OAKLAND 4 TOP, 11TH

DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M Ramirez (.287, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL AT OAKLAND - PITCHING CHANGE
OAK: SANTIAGO CASILLA (0-0, 0.00) STARTING THE 11TH
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 4, OAKLAND 4

DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M RAMIREZ (.287, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL AT OAKLAND - MID INNING UPDATE
PLAY: S Casilla relieved R Flores.
SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 4
OAKLAND 4 TOP, 11TH

DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M Ramirez (.287, 1-FOR-4)</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
BOSTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
OAKLAND 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

10 11 R H E
-- -- - - -
BOSTON 0 0 4 10 2
OAKLAND 0 4 10 0 (BOT 11)

CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - KYLE SNYDER
OAK - SANTIAGO CASILLA

DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: N SWISHER (.294, 0-FOR-5)
D JOHNSON (.296, 1-FOR-3, 2 BB)
E CHAVEZ (.233, 1-FOR-4, BB)</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">BOSTON (4) VS OAKLAND (4) - MID 11TH - IN PROGRESS

BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Pedroia 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 .331
A Cora ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304
a-J Lugo ph-ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .224
D Ortiz dh 4 2 3 1 1 0 0 .333
M Ramirez lf 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 .286
K Youkilis 3b-1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 .346
J Drew rf 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 .224
b-J Varitek ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .280
C Crisp pr-cf 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .237
W Pena cf-rf 5 1 2 2 0 2 2 .240
D Mirabelli c 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .180
E Hinske 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .155
c-M Lowell ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .332

Totals 42 4 10 4 1 11 9

a-fouled out to right for A Cora in the 8th; b-singled to right for J Drew in
the 9th; c-popped out to second for E Hinske in the 10th.

BATTING: 2B - D Ortiz 2 (23, A Embree, R Flores). HR - D Ortiz (10, 1st inning
off D Haren 0 on, 2 Out), W Pena (4, 7th inning off D Haren 0 on, 2 Out). RBI -
D Ortiz (41), W Pena 2 (9), J Varitek (28). 2-out RBI - D Ortiz, W Pena 2, J
Varitek. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Hinske 1. Team LOB - 6.

FIELDING: E - K Youkilis (2, throw); E Hinske (3, ground ball). DP: 2 (A
Cora-D Pedroia-E Hinske, K Youkilis-D Mirabelli-E Hinske).


OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
S Stewart lf 6 0 1 0 0 0 4 .271
T Buck rf 5 0 1 0 1 1 4 .252
N Swisher 1b 5 0 0 0 0 3 2 .294
D Johnson dh 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 .296
E Chavez 3b 4 1 1 0 1 1 6 .233
B Crosby ss 4 1 1 0 1 0 5 .247
M Kotsay cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .133
M Ellis 2b 5 1 4 3 0 0 0 .264
J Kendall c 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 .193
a-J Cust ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .221
A Melhuse c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231

Totals 39 4 10 4 7 6 26

a-walked for J Kendall in the 10th.

BATTING: 2B - T Buck (7, J Tavarez); M Ellis (10, J Tavarez). 3B - M Ellis (1,
J Tavarez). HR - M Ellis (4, 4th inning off J Tavarez 0 on, 0 Out). SF - J
Kendall. RBI - M Ellis 3 (26), J Kendall (14). Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - S Stewart 2, M Kotsay 1, E Chavez 1, N Swisher 1, T Buck 3.
GIDP - B Crosby 2. Team LOB - 13.

BASERUNNING: SB - E Chavez (3, 2nd base off J Pineiro/D Mirabelli).

FIELDING: Outfield assists - M Kotsay (D Pedroia at Home).


----------------------------------------------------
BOSTON - 100 000 102 00 -- 4
OAKLAND - 020 100 010 0 -- 4
----------------------------------------------------

BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Tavarez 5 2/3 9 3 3 2 3 1 5.33
B Donnelly 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.37
J Pineiro 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 5.01
J Romero 1 1/3 1 0 0 2 1 0 3.15
K Snyder 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.86

OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era
D Haren 7 2/3 4 2 2 1 9 2 1.70
J Marshall 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.32
A Embree 1 1/3 4 2 2 0 1 0 3.55
K Calero 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.53
R Flores 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
S Casilla 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

J Pineiro pitched to 2 batters in the 9th.

Pitches-strikes: J Tavarez 107-65; B Donnelly 16-12; J Pineiro 30-12; J
Romero 26-14; K Snyder 3-3; D Haren 118-75; J Marshall 2-2; A Embree 25-18; K
Calero 3-3; R Flores 5-2; S Casilla 16-9. Ground balls-fly balls: J Tavarez
8-6; B Donnelly 2-0; J Pineiro 1-3; J Romero 3-0; K Snyder 2-0; D Haren 7-7; J
Marshall 0-1; A Embree 1-2; K Calero 0-0; R Flores 0-0; S Casilla 2-1. Batters
faced: J Tavarez 27; B Donnelly 4; J Pineiro 8; J Romero 6; K Snyder 2; D Haren
28; J Marshall 1; A Embree 8; K Calero 1; R Flores 1; S Casilla 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Dale Scott. 1B--Paul Emmel. 2B--Dan Iassogna. 3B--Ron Kulpa.

Weather: 61 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 15 mph, out to right.</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY ERIC CHAVEZ (8) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN THE
11TH OFF KYLE SNYDER.

FINAL SCORE: OAKLAND 5, BOSTON 4</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL FINAL 11
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
BOSTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
OAKLAND 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

10 11 R H E
-- -- - - -
BOSTON 0 0 4 10 2
OAKLAND 0 1 5 11 0 (FINAL 11)

BATTERIES: BOS - JULIAN TAVAREZ, BRENDAN DONNELLY (6TH), JOEL PINEIRO (8TH),
J.C. ROMERO (9TH), KYLE SNYDER (10TH) AND DOUG MIRABELLI

OAK - DAN HAREN, JAY MARSHALL (8TH), ALAN EMBREE (9TH),
KIKO CALERO (10TH), RON FLORES (10TH), SANTIAGO CASILLA (11TH)
AND JASON KENDALL, ADAM MELHUSE (11TH)

HOME RUNS: BOS - DAVID ORTIZ (10) OFF DAN HAREN IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
WILY MO PENA (4) OFF DAN HAREN IN THE 7TH, 0 ON

OAK - MARK ELLIS (4) OFF JULIAN TAVAREZ IN THE 4TH, 0 ON
ERIC CHAVEZ (8) OFF KYLE SNYDER IN THE 11TH, 0 ON</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">AL FINAL 11
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
- - - - - - - - -
BOSTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
OAKLAND 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

10 11 R H E
-- -- - - -
BOSTON 0 0 4 10 2
OAKLAND 0 1 5 11 0 (FINAL 11)

BATTERIES: BOS - JULIAN TAVAREZ, BRENDAN DONNELLY (6TH), JOEL PINEIRO (8TH),
J.C. ROMERO (9TH), KYLE SNYDER (10TH) AND DOUG MIRABELLI

OAK - DAN HAREN, JAY MARSHALL (8TH), ALAN EMBREE (9TH),
KIKO CALERO (10TH), RON FLORES (10TH), SANTIAGO CASILLA (11TH)
AND JASON KENDALL, ADAM MELHUSE (11TH)


WP - SANTIAGO CASILLA (1-0)
LP - KYLE SNYDER (1-1)
SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS: BOS - DAVID ORTIZ (10) OFF DAN HAREN IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
WILY MO PENA (4) OFF DAN HAREN IN THE 7TH, 0 ON

OAK - MARK ELLIS (4) OFF JULIAN TAVAREZ IN THE 4TH, 0 ON
ERIC CHAVEZ (8) OFF KYLE SNYDER IN THE 11TH, 0 ON


TIME: 3:45 ATT: 28,177

PROBABLES: BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA (7-3, 4.83)
OAK - LENNY DINARDO (1-2, 1.80)</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">BOSTON (4) VS OAKLAND (5) - FINAL IN 11 INNINGS

BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
D Pedroia 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 .331
A Cora ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304
a-J Lugo ph-ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .224
D Ortiz dh 4 2 3 1 1 0 0 .333
M Ramirez lf 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 .286
K Youkilis 3b-1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 .346
J Drew rf 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 .224
b-J Varitek ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .280
C Crisp pr-cf 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .237
W Pena cf-rf 5 1 2 2 0 2 2 .240
D Mirabelli c 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .180
E Hinske 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .155
c-M Lowell ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .332

Totals 42 4 10 4 1 11 9

a-fouled out to right for A Cora in the 8th; b-singled to right for J Drew in
the 9th; c-popped out to second for E Hinske in the 10th.

BATTING: 2B - D Ortiz 2 (23, A Embree, R Flores). HR - D Ortiz (10, 1st inning
off D Haren 0 on, 2 Out), W Pena (4, 7th inning off D Haren 0 on, 2 Out). RBI -
D Ortiz (41), W Pena 2 (9), J Varitek (28). 2-out RBI - D Ortiz, W Pena 2, J
Varitek. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Hinske 1. Team LOB - 6.

FIELDING: E - K Youkilis (2, throw); E Hinske (3, ground ball). DP: 2 (A
Cora-D Pedroia-E Hinske, K Youkilis-D Mirabelli-E Hinske).


OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
S Stewart lf 6 0 1 0 0 0 4 .271
T Buck rf 5 0 1 0 1 1 4 .252
N Swisher 1b 6 0 0 0 0 3 2 .292
D Johnson dh 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 .294
E Chavez 3b 5 2 2 1 1 1 6 .237
B Crosby ss 4 1 1 0 1 0 5 .247
M Kotsay cf 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .133
M Ellis 2b 5 1 4 3 0 0 0 .264
J Kendall c 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 .193
a-J Cust ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .221
A Melhuse c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231

Totals 42 5 11 5 7 6 26

a-walked for J Kendall in the 10th.

BATTING: 2B - T Buck (7, J Tavarez); M Ellis (10, J Tavarez). 3B - M Ellis (1,
J Tavarez). HR - M Ellis (4, 4th inning off J Tavarez 0 on, 0 Out), E Chavez
(8, 11th inning off K Snyder 0 on, 2 Out). SF - J Kendall. RBI - M Ellis 3
(26), J Kendall (14), E Chavez (27). 2-out RBI - E Chavez. Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - S Stewart 2, M Kotsay 1, E Chavez 1, N Swisher 1, T
Buck 3. GIDP - B Crosby 2. Team LOB - 13.

BASERUNNING: SB - E Chavez (3, 2nd base off J Pineiro/D Mirabelli).

FIELDING: Outfield assists - M Kotsay (D Pedroia at Home).


----------------------------------------------------
BOSTON - 100 000 102 00 -- 4
OAKLAND - 020 100 010 01 -- 5

Two outs when winning run scored.
----------------------------------------------------

BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
J Tavarez 5 2/3 9 3 3 2 3 1 5.33
B Donnelly 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.37
J Pineiro 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 5.01
J Romero 1 1/3 1 0 0 2 1 0 3.15
K Snyder (L, 1-1) 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2.25

OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era
D Haren 7 2/3 4 2 2 1 9 2 1.70
J Marshall (H, 7) 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.32
A Embree (B, 1) 1 1/3 4 2 2 0 1 0 3.55
K Calero 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.53
R Flores 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
S Casilla (W, 1-0) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

J Pineiro pitched to 2 batters in the 9th.

Pitches-strikes: J Tavarez 107-65; B Donnelly 16-12; J Pineiro 30-12; J
Romero 26-14; K Snyder 18-13; D Haren 118-75; J Marshall 2-2; A Embree 25-18; K
Calero 3-3; R Flores 5-2; S Casilla 16-9. Ground balls-fly balls: J Tavarez
8-6; B Donnelly 2-0; J Pineiro 1-3; J Romero 3-0; K Snyder 3-1; D Haren 7-7; J
Marshall 0-1; A Embree 1-2; K Calero 0-0; R Flores 0-0; S Casilla 2-1. Batters
faced: J Tavarez 27; B Donnelly 4; J Pineiro 8; J Romero 6; K Snyder 5; D Haren
28; J Marshall 1; A Embree 8; K Calero 1; R Flores 1; S Casilla 4.

UMPIRES: HP--Dale Scott. 1B--Paul Emmel. 2B--Dan Iassogna. 3B--Ron Kulpa.

T--3:45. Att--28,177.
Weather: 61 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 15 mph, out
to right.</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
AL
BOSTON 4
OAKLAND 5 FINAL</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BOSTON (4) AT OAKLAND (5) - HOW THEY SCORED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

BOSTON 1ST: D Pedroia grounded out to shortstop. A Cora flied out to
right. D Ortiz homered to right. M Ramirez singled to left. K Youkilis
grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, M Ramirez out at second. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0.

OAKLAND 2ND: B Crosby walked. M Kotsay singled to left center, B Crosby to
third. M Ellis tripled to deep right center, B Crosby and M Kotsay scored.
J Kendall grounded out to third. S Stewart grounded out to third. T Buck
grounded out to first. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 2.

OAKLAND 4TH: M Ellis homered to left. J Kendall grounded out to shortstop.
S Stewart lined out to pitcher. T Buck doubled to left. N Swisher lined out
to right. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 3.

BOSTON 7TH: K Youkilis grounded out to third. J Drew struck out swinging.
W Pena homered to left. D Mirabelli struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) BOSTON 2, OAKLAND 3.

OAKLAND 8TH: J Lugo at shortstop. J Pineiro relieved B Donnelly. E Chavez
walked. B Crosby lined out to center. E Chavez stole second. M Kotsay walked.
M Ellis grounded into fielder's choice to third, E Chavez to third, M Kotsay
safe at second on throwing error by third baseman K Youkilis. J Kendall hit
sacrifice fly to left, E Chavez scored. S Stewart lined out to right. (1 Run,
0 Hits, 1 Error) BOSTON 2, OAKLAND 4.

BOSTON 9TH: A Embree relieved J Marshall. D Ortiz doubled to deep right.
M Ramirez struck out looking. K Youkilis grounded out to shortstop, D Ortiz to
third. J Varitek hit for J Drew. J Varitek singled to right, D Ortiz scored.
C Crisp ran for J Varitek. W Pena singled to right center, C Crisp scored.
D Mirabelli flied out to center. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 4, OAKLAND 4.

OAKLAND 11TH: N Swisher flied out to center. D Johnson grounded out to
second. E Chavez homered to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 4, OAKLAND 5.</div>

 

AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND

<div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BOSTON (4) AT OAKLAND (5) - EVENT LOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Boston Starting Lineups -- D Pedroia 2B, A Cora SS, D Ortiz DH, M Ramirez LF,
K Youkilis 3B, J Drew RF, W Pena CF, D Mirabelli C, E Hinske 1B, J Tavarez RHP.

Oakland Starting Lineups -- S Stewart LF, T Buck RF, N Swisher 1B, D Johnson DH,
E Chavez 3B, B Crosby SS, M Kotsay CF, M Ellis 2B, J Kendall C, D Haren RHP.

Umpires -- Dale Scott (HP), Paul Emmel (1B), Dan Iassogna (2B), Ron Kulpa (3B).


Gametime Weather: 61 degrees, Partly Cloudy, wind out to right at 15 mph.


BOSTON 1ST: D Pedroia grounded out to shortstop. A Cora flied out to
right. D Ortiz homered to right. M Ramirez singled to left. K Youkilis
grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, M Ramirez out at second. (1 Run,
2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0.

OAKLAND 1ST: S Stewart reached on infield single to shortstop. T Buck
flied out to center. N Swisher struck out swinging. D Johnson walked,
S Stewart to second. E Chavez grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0.

BOSTON 2ND: J Drew singled to center. W Pena struck out swinging.
D Mirabelli grounded out to shortstop, J Drew to second. E Hinske lined out to
right. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0.

OAKLAND 2ND: B Crosby walked. M Kotsay singled to left center, B Crosby to
third. M Ellis tripled to deep right center, B Crosby and M Kotsay scored.
J Kendall grounded out to third. S Stewart grounded out to third. T Buck
grounded out to first. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 2.

BOSTON 3RD: D Pedroia popped out to first. A Cora lined out to second.
D Ortiz lined out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 2.

OAKLAND 3RD: N Swisher struck out swinging. D Johnson struck out swinging.
E Chavez singled to right. B Crosby singled to left, E Chavez to second.
M Kotsay grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 2.

BOSTON 4TH: M Ramirez grounded out to third. K Youkilis grounded out to
shortstop. J Drew struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1,
OAKLAND 2.

OAKLAND 4TH: M Ellis homered to left. J Kendall grounded out to shortstop.
S Stewart lined out to pitcher. T Buck doubled to left. N Swisher lined out
to right. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 3.

BOSTON 5TH: W Pena struck out swinging. D Mirabelli struck out looking.
E Hinske grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 3.

OAKLAND 5TH: D Johnson singled to center. E Chavez fouled out to right.
B Crosby grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, D Johnson out
at second.(0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 3.

BOSTON 6TH: D Pedroia flied out to right. A Cora fouled out to third.
D Ortiz walked. M Ramirez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 3.

OAKLAND 6TH: M Kotsay flied out to left. M Ellis doubled to center.
J Kendall flied out to right, M Ellis to third. B Donnelly relieved J Tavarez.
S Stewart grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 3.

BOSTON 7TH: K Youkilis grounded out to third. J Drew struck out swinging.
W Pena homered to left. D Mirabelli struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit,
0 Errors) BOSTON 2, OAKLAND 3.

OAKLAND 7TH: T Buck struck out swinging. N Swisher struck out swinging.
D Johnson grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 2, OAKLAND 3.

BOSTON 8TH: E Hinske struck out swinging. D Pedroia struck out swinging.
J Marshall relieved D Haren. J Lugo hit for A Cora. J Lugo fouled out to right.
(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 2, OAKLAND 3.

OAKLAND 8TH: J Lugo at shortstop. J Pineiro relieved B Donnelly. E Chavez
walked. B Crosby lined out to center. E Chavez stole second. M Kotsay walked.
M Ellis grounded into fielder's choice to third, E Chavez to third, M Kotsay
safe at second on throwing error by third baseman K Youkilis. J Kendall hit
sacrifice fly to left, E Chavez scored. S Stewart lined out to right. (1 Run,
0 Hits, 1 Error) BOSTON 2, OAKLAND 4.

BOSTON 9TH: A Embree relieved J Marshall. D Ortiz doubled to deep right.
M Ramirez struck out looking. K Youkilis grounded out to shortstop, D Ortiz to
third. J Varitek hit for J Drew. J Varitek singled to right, D Ortiz scored.
C Crisp ran for J Varitek. W Pena singled to right center, C Crisp scored.
D Mirabelli flied out to center. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 4, OAKLAND 4.

OAKLAND 9TH: C Crisp in center field. W Pena in right field. T Buck walked.
N Swisher safe at first on error by first baseman E Hinske, T Buck to third.
J Romero relieved J Pineiro. D Johnson walked, N Swisher to second. E Chavez
struck out swinging. B Crosby grounded into double play, third to catcher to
first, T Buck out at home.(0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) BOSTON 4, OAKLAND 4.

BOSTON 10TH: M Lowell hit for E Hinske. M Lowell popped out to second.
D Pedroia singled to right. K Calero relieved A Embree. J Lugo struck out
swinging. R Flores relieved K Calero. D Ortiz doubled to deep center,
D Pedroia thrown out at home. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 4, OAKLAND 4.

OAKLAND 10TH: K Youkilis at first base. M Lowell at third base. M Kotsay
grounded out to second. M Ellis singled to center. J Cust hit for J Kendall.
J Cust walked, M Ellis to second. K Snyder relieved J Romero. S Stewart
grounded out to pitcher, M Ellis to third, J Cust to second. T Buck grounded
out to first. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 4, OAKLAND 4.

BOSTON 11TH: A Melhuse catching. S Casilla relieved R Flores. M Ramirez
grounded out to third. K Youkilis singled to center. C Crisp flied out to
center. W Pena grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, K Youkilis out at
second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 4, OAKLAND 4.

OAKLAND 11TH: N Swisher flied out to center. D Johnson grounded out to
second. E Chavez homered to right. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 4, OAKLAND 5.</div>

 

Chavez walk-off blast lifts A's over Red Sox

<h3>OAKLAND 5, BOSTON 4 (11 INNINGS)</h3>OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- Eric Chavez's walk-off homer inthe 11th inning lifted the Oakland Athletics to a 5-4 victoryover the Boston Red Sox on Monday.

Mark Ellis became the 17th player in A's history to hit for thecycle in the win, capping off his historic night with a singlein the 10th. The last Oakland player to hit for the cycle wasEric Byrnes at San Francisco on June 23, 2003.

Chavez left six runners on base in his four previous at-bats,but his luck changed with one swing in the 11th, as he lifted a1-1 offering from Kyle Snyder (1-1) over the wall in rightcenter to give Oakland it's sixth win in the last seven meetingswith the Red Sox.

Chavez's homer made a winner out of Santiago Castillo (1-0) whopitched a scoreless inning of relief.

Boston tied the game in the top of the ninth when they got toformer teammate and current Oakland closer Alan Embree for apair of runs. After David Ortiz led off with a double, Embreestruck out Manny Ramirez looking and Kevin Youkilis grounded outto the shortstop, moving Ortiz to third.

Jason Varitek then pinch hit for the struggling J.D. Drew andknocked a bloop single over first base to pull the Red Sox towithin 4-3. Coco Crisp ran for Varitek, setting up Wily Mo Penafor a hit-and-run single into the gap in right-center thatscored Crisp all the way from third to forge the tie.

Embree's collapse wasted a stellar outing by Oakland starter DanHaren, who was lifted after 7 2/3 innings. He allowed justfour hits - two solo homers - and struck out nine.

Boston got on the board in the first inning when Ortiz ended thelongest home run drought of his Red Sox career with a soloblast off Haren over the wall in right-center. The All-Starslugger had gone 19 games and 69 at-bats without a homer.

The A's righthander retired 14 batters in a row between thesecond and the sixth before Ortiz broke the string with atwo-out walk.

Oakland got to Red Sox starter Julian Tavarez in the second whenBobby Crosby walked leading off the frame and moved to third onMark Kotsay's single to center. Ellis followed with a two-runtriple to give the A's a 2-1 advantage.

Ellis would add another run in the fourth when he led off theframe with a solo blast down the line in left field.

Haren allowed one more run - a solo homer to Wily Mo Pena in theseventh - before leaving the game with two outs in the eighth.

Haren had no trouble with Boston's hottest bat, second basemanDustin Pedroia, holding the rookie to no hits in four at-bats.Pedroia extended his hitting streak to 14 games with a singleoff Embree in the 10th.

Pedroia was named both the American League player of the weekand AL rookie of the month for May earlier Monday.

Tavarez battled through 5 2/3 innings, scattering nine hits andthree runs. The veteran sinkerballer struck out three andwalked two, while tossing a season-high 107 pitches.

Oakland tacked on an unearned run in the eighth off righthanderJoel Pineiro when Jason Kendall's sacrifice fly pushed the leadto 4-2.

With Jon Lester nearly set to come up after a seven-inning,one-run outing at Class AAA Pawtucket on Monday night, Tavarez'sdays in the starting rotation could be numbered.

 

Chavez walk-off blast lifts A's over Red Sox

<h3>OAKLAND 5, BOSTON 4 (11 INNINGS)</h3>OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- Eric Chavez's walk-off homer inthe 11th inning lifted the Oakland Athletics to a 5-4 victoryover the Boston Red Sox on Monday.

Mark Ellis became the 17th player in A's history to hit for thecycle in the win, capping off his historic night with a singlein the 10th. The last Oakland player to hit for the cycle wasEric Byrnes at San Francisco on June 23, 2003. Chavez alsoaccomplished the feat on June 21, 2000 against Baltimore.

"I didn't know that until after the game that (Chavez) had hitfor the cycle here," Ellis said. "This is the only other one atthe Coliseum. There are a lot of tradition and a lot of goodplayers here so that's pretty cool."

Chavez left six runners on base in his four previous at-bats,but his luck changed with one swing in the 11th, as he lifted a1-1 offering from Kyle Snyder (1-1) over the wall in rightcenter to give Oakland it's sixth win in the last seven meetingswith the Red Sox.

"I'm able to drive balls, not homers but getting a good pitchand driving it," said Chavez, who has been battling some nagginginjuries. "It was a good win but its like night and day, youhear your fans boo and I'm at the point I almost want to hearthem boo. It's sometimes disheartening but that's the way itis. You play hurt you'd think they'd applaud you every time youget up to bat, not boo you. I've been hearing them and Ialmost welcome them now and I hope they continue."

"I left the ball up, out over the plate," Snyder said. "He's agood hitter, he'll take advantage of balls like that. It's amistake and not a very well timed one. I think this will showwhat resilience that this team has. We're tough, we don't quitand a loss is a loss, it's never fun no matter what course ofevents lead up to it."

Chavez's homer made a winner out of Santiago Castillo (1-0) whopitched a scoreless inning of relief.

"We lost a heartbreaking game but it won't be heartbreakingtomorrow," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. "We did a lotof things just to get an extra inning game on the road andyou're always one pitch from something like that happening. Wewiggled out of a few jams that looks like nobody on and two outsand (Snyder) left the ball over too much of the plate and we'veseen Chavez do that before."

Boston tied the game in the top of the ninth when they got toformer teammate and current Oakland closer Alan Embree for apair of runs. After David Ortiz led off with a double, Embreestruck out Manny Ramirez looking and Kevin Youkilis grounded outto the shortstop, moving Ortiz to third.

Jason Varitek then pinch hit for the struggling J.D. Drew andknocked a bloop single over first base to pull the Red Sox towithin 4-3. Coco Crisp ran for Varitek, setting up Wily Mo Penafor a hit-and-run single into the gap in right-center thatscored Crisp all the way from third to forge the tie.

Embree's collapse wasted a stellar outing by Oakland starter DanHaren, who was lifted after 7 2/3 innings. He allowed justfour hits - two solo homers - and struck out nine.

Boston got on the board in the first inning when Ortiz ended thelongest home run drought of his Red Sox career with a soloblast off Haren over the wall in right-center. The All-Starslugger had gone 19 games and 69 at-bats without a homer.

The A's righthander retired 14 batters in a row between thesecond and the sixth before Ortiz broke the string with atwo-out walk.

"He is a dominant pitcher," Francona said. "In some circles hegoes under the radar, not with us. This guy has been good for along time. He's got velocity, movement and one of the bettersplits in the game and a breaking ball. He's good, he's one ofthe best pitchers in the league as far as I'm concerned."

Oakland got to Red Sox starter Julian Tavarez in the second whenBobby Crosby walked leading off the frame and moved to third onMark Kotsay's single to center. Ellis followed with a two-runtriple to give the A's a 2-1 advantage.

Ellis would add another run in the fourth when he led off theframe with a solo blast down the line in left field.

"I felt good at the plate and you never know if it's going to bea great night or not," Ellis said. "I know I felt good at theplate and after my first couple of swings I looked terrible."

Haren allowed one more run - a solo homer to Wily Mo Pena in theseventh - before leaving the game with two outs in the eighth.