AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND <div class="pre">AL BOSTON AT OAKLAND NOTE: BOSTON PITCHER CURT SCHILLING HAS A NO-HITTER THROUGH EIGHT INNINGS.</div>
AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 OAKLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (TOP 9) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - CURT SCHILLING OAK - COLBY LEWIS DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J DREW (.226, 1-FOR-3) M LOWELL (.319, 0-FOR-3) J VARITEK (.274, 1-FOR-3)</div>
AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND <div class="pre">BOSTON (1) VS OAKLAND (0) - END 8TH - IN PROGRESS BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Lugo ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .217 K Youkilis 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .341 D Ortiz dh 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 .332 M Ramirez lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .288 J Drew rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .226 M Lowell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .319 J Varitek c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .274 A Cora 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .293 C Crisp cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .226 Totals 28 1 4 1 3 2 10 BATTING: HR - D Ortiz (11, 1st inning off J Blanton 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - D Ortiz (42). 2-out RBI - D Ortiz. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Crisp 1. Team LOB - 6. FIELDING: E - J Lugo (7, ground ball). OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg S Stewart lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 M Ellis 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255 N Swisher rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 E Chavez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 J Cust dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .230 D Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .277 M Scutaro ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .227 M Kotsay cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095 J Kendall c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .191 Totals 25 0 0 0 0 4 1 BATTING: Team LOB - 1. FIELDING: E - J Kendall (3, dropped foul ball). ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON - 100 000 00 -- 1 OAKLAND - 000 000 00 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era C Schilling 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 3.54 OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era J Blanton 7 1/3 4 1 1 3 2 1 3.60 R Flores 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 C Lewis 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.25 Pitches-strikes: C Schilling 90-64; J Blanton 117-70; R Flores 2-1; C Lewis 4-3. Ground balls-fly balls: C Schilling 9-11; J Blanton 11-9; R Flores 1-0; C Lewis 1-0. Batters faced: C Schilling 25; J Blanton 29; R Flores 1; C Lewis 1. UMPIRES: HP--Ron Kulpa. 1B--Dale Scott. 2B--Paul Emmel. 3B--Dan Iassogna. Weather: 65 degrees, sunny. Wind: 9 mph, out to center.</div>
AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 OAKLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (BOT 9) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - CURT SCHILLING OAK - COLBY LEWIS DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: M KOTSAY (.095, 0-FOR-2) J KENDALL (.191, 0-FOR-2) S STEWART (.269, 0-FOR-3)</div>
AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND <div class="pre">BOSTON (1) VS OAKLAND (0) - MID 9TH - IN PROGRESS BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Lugo ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .217 K Youkilis 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .341 D Ortiz dh 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 .332 M Ramirez lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .288 J Drew rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .224 M Lowell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .317 J Varitek c 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .272 A Cora 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .293 C Crisp cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .226 Totals 31 1 4 1 3 3 10 BATTING: HR - D Ortiz (11, 1st inning off J Blanton 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - D Ortiz (42). 2-out RBI - D Ortiz. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Crisp 1. Team LOB - 6. FIELDING: E - J Lugo (7, ground ball). OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg S Stewart lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 M Ellis 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255 N Swisher rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 E Chavez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 J Cust dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .230 D Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .277 M Scutaro ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .227 M Kotsay cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095 J Kendall c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .191 Totals 25 0 0 0 0 4 1 BATTING: Team LOB - 1. FIELDING: E - J Kendall (3, dropped foul ball). ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON - 100 000 000 -- 1 OAKLAND - 000 000 00 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era C Schilling 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 3.54 OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era J Blanton 7 1/3 4 1 1 3 2 1 3.60 R Flores 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 C Lewis 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 10.00 Pitches-strikes: C Schilling 90-64; J Blanton 117-70; R Flores 2-1; C Lewis 15-10. Ground balls-fly balls: C Schilling 9-11; J Blanton 11-9; R Flores 1-0; C Lewis 2-1. Batters faced: C Schilling 25; J Blanton 29; R Flores 1; C Lewis 4. UMPIRES: HP--Ron Kulpa. 1B--Dale Scott. 2B--Paul Emmel. 3B--Dan Iassogna. Weather: 65 degrees, sunny. Wind: 9 mph, out to center.</div>
AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND <div class="pre">AL BOSTON AT OAKLAND NOTE: BOSTON PITCHER CURT SCHILLING HAS A NO-HITTER THROUGH 8 1/3 INNINGS.</div>
AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND <div class="pre">AL BOSTON AT OAKLAND NOTE: BOSTON PITCHER CURT SCHILLING HAS A NO-HITTER THROUGH 8 2/3 INNINGS.</div>
AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND <div class="pre">AL BOSTON AT OAKLAND NOTE: THE SINGLE BY OAKLAND'S SHANNON STEWART WITH TWO OUTS IN THE NINTH INNING ENDED CURT SCHILLING'S NO-HITTER.</div>
AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 OAKLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: BOS - CURT SCHILLING AND JASON VARITEK OAK - JOE BLANTON, RON FLORES (8TH), COLBY LEWIS (8TH) AND JASON KENDALL HOME RUNS: BOS - DAVID ORTIZ (11) OFF JOE BLANTON IN THE 1ST, 0 ON OAK - NONE</div>
AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND <div class="pre">AL FINAL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 OAKLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 (FINAL) BATTERIES: BOS - CURT SCHILLING AND JASON VARITEK OAK - JOE BLANTON, RON FLORES (8TH), COLBY LEWIS (8TH) AND JASON KENDALL WP - CURT SCHILLING (6-2) LP - JOE BLANTON (5-4) SAVE - NONE HOME RUNS: BOS - DAVID ORTIZ (11) OFF JOE BLANTON IN THE 1ST, 0 ON OAK - NONE TIME: 2:10 ATT: 31,211 PROBABLES: OAK - CHAD GAUDIN (6-1, 2.41) SFO - TIM LINCECUM (2-0, 4.05) PROBABLES: BOS - JOSH BECKETT (8-0, 2.95) ARI - DOUG DAVIS (4-6, 3.05)</div>
AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND <div class="pre">BOSTON (1) VS OAKLAND (0) - FINAL BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Lugo ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .217 K Youkilis 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .341 D Ortiz dh 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 .332 M Ramirez lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .288 J Drew rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .224 M Lowell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .317 J Varitek c 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .272 A Cora 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .293 C Crisp cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .226 Totals 31 1 4 1 3 3 10 BATTING: HR - D Ortiz (11, 1st inning off J Blanton 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - D Ortiz (42). 2-out RBI - D Ortiz. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Crisp 1. Team LOB - 6. FIELDING: E - J Lugo (7, ground ball). OAKLAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg S Stewart lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .272 M Ellis 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .254 N Swisher rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294 E Chavez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 J Cust dh 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .230 D Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .277 M Scutaro ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .227 M Kotsay cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 J Kendall c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Totals 29 0 1 0 0 4 2 BATTING: Team LOB - 2. FIELDING: E - J Kendall (3, dropped foul ball). ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON - 100 000 000 -- 1 OAKLAND - 000 000 000 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era C Schilling (W, 6-2) 9 1 0 0 0 4 0 3.49 OAKLAND ip h r er bb so hr era J Blanton (L, 5-4) 7 1/3 4 1 1 3 2 1 3.60 R Flores 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 C Lewis 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 10.00 Pitches-strikes: C Schilling 100-71; J Blanton 117-70; R Flores 2-1; C Lewis 15-10. Ground balls-fly balls: C Schilling 11-12; J Blanton 11-9; R Flores 1-0; C Lewis 2-1. Batters faced: C Schilling 29; J Blanton 29; R Flores 1; C Lewis 4. UMPIRES: HP--Ron Kulpa. 1B--Dale Scott. 2B--Paul Emmel. 3B--Dan Iassogna. T--2:10. Att--31,211. Weather: 65 degrees, sunny. Wind: 9 mph, out to center.</div>
AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSTON (1) AT OAKLAND (0) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSTON 1ST: J Lugo grounded out to shortstop. K Youkilis grounded out to third. D Ortiz homered to right. M Ramirez singled to center. J Drew lined out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0.</div>
AL: BOSTON at OAKLAND <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSTON (1) AT OAKLAND (0) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Boston Starting Lineups -- J Lugo SS, K Youkilis 1B, D Ortiz DH, M Ramirez LF, J Drew RF, M Lowell 3B, J Varitek C, A Cora 2B, C Crisp CF, C Schilling RHP. Oakland Starting Lineups -- S Stewart LF, M Ellis 2B, N Swisher RF, E Chavez 3B, J Cust DH, D Johnson 1B, M Scutaro SS, M Kotsay CF, J Kendall C, J Blanton RHP. Umpires -- Ron Kulpa (HP), Dale Scott (1B), Paul Emmel (2B), Dan Iassogna (3B). Gametime Weather: 65 degrees, Sunny, wind out to center at 9 mph. BOSTON 1ST: J Lugo grounded out to shortstop. K Youkilis grounded out to third. D Ortiz homered to right. M Ramirez singled to center. J Drew lined out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 1ST: S Stewart lined out to right. M Ellis flied out to center. N Swisher flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0. BOSTON 2ND: M Lowell continues to bat after dropped foul ball by catcher J Kendall. M Lowell grounded out to third. J Varitek flied out to left. A Cora grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 2ND: E Chavez grounded out to first. J Cust struck out swinging. D Johnson struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0. BOSTON 3RD: C Crisp fouled out to left. J Lugo grounded out to second. K Youkilis walked. D Ortiz grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 3RD: M Scutaro grounded out to third. M Kotsay flied out to center. J Kendall lined out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0. BOSTON 4TH: M Ramirez lined out to right. J Drew grounded out to shortstop. M Lowell flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 4TH: S Stewart lined out to center. M Ellis struck out looking. N Swisher grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0. BOSTON 5TH: J Varitek grounded out to pitcher. A Cora flied out to right. C Crisp struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 5TH: E Chavez flied out to left. J Cust struck out swinging. D Johnson safe at first on error by shortstop J Lugo. M Scutaro flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0. BOSTON 6TH: J Lugo struck out looking. K Youkilis grounded out to third. D Ortiz walked. M Ramirez flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 6TH: M Kotsay flied out to center. J Kendall flied out to right. S Stewart grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0. BOSTON 7TH: J Drew singled to center. M Lowell flied out to right. J Varitek singled to center, J Drew to third. A Cora fouled out to third. C Crisp grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 7TH: M Ellis grounded out to third. N Swisher grounded out to first. E Chavez grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0. BOSTON 8TH: J Lugo grounded out to third. K Youkilis walked. R Flores relieved J Blanton. D Ortiz bunted into fielder's choice to catcher, K Youkilis out at third. C Lewis relieved R Flores. M Ramirez grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 8TH: J Cust grounded out to first. D Johnson grounded out to pitcher. M Scutaro lined out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0. BOSTON 9TH: J Drew struck out looking. M Lowell flied out to center. J Varitek grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 9TH: M Kotsay grounded out to shortstop. J Kendall grounded out to shortstop. S Stewart singled to right. M Ellis fouled out to second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0.</div>
Schilling tosses one-hitter as Red Sox edge Athletics <h3>BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0</h3>OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- Curt Schilling just missed outon a date with history, but he still helped the Boston Red Soxend their longest skid of the season. Schilling tossed his third career one-hitter Thursday afternoonto lead the Red Sox to a 1-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics. It was a brilliant day for Schilling (6-2), who carried ano-hitter into the ninth inning and retired the first twobatters in the frame before Shannon Stewart lined a single intoright field. However, the 40-year-old Schilling shook off his disappointmentand retired Mark Ellis on a popout to second base to end thecontest and snap Boston's season-high four-game skid. Schilling struck out four and did not walk a batter, throwing 71of 100 pitches for strikes. Oakland did not manage abaserunner against Schilling until the fifth, when Dan Johnsonreached on a fielding error by shortstop Julio Lugo. Schilling was vying for the 17th no-hitter in Red Sox franchisehistory and the first since Derek Lowe accomplished the featagainst the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on April 27, 2002. Chicago White Sox lefthander Mark Buehrle is the only pitcher tothrow a no-hitter in the majors this season, achieving theremarkable accomplishment against the Texas Rangers on April 18. Schilling's brilliant performance overshadowed an equallyimpressive outing from Oakland starter Joe Blanton (5-4), whoyielded just one run, four hits and three walks with twostrikeouts in 7 1/3 frames. Blanton's only mistake came in the top of the first inning, whenRed Sox slugger David Ortiz crushed a solo home run to accountfor the game's only run. It was the 11th homer this season for Ortiz, who blastedBlanton's 3-2 offering with two outs in the opening frame.
Schilling tosses one-hitter as Red Sox edge Athletics <h3>BOSTON 1, OAKLAND 0</h3>OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- Curt Schilling just missed outon a date with history, but he still helped the Boston Red Soxend their longest skid of the season. Schilling tossed his third career one-hitter Thursday afternoonto lead the Red Sox to a 1-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics. It was a brilliant day for Schilling (6-2), who carried ano-hitter into the ninth inning and retired the first twobatters in the frame before Shannon Stewart lined a first-pitch<div class="pre">fastball just past diving Joey Cora at second base to spoil</div>Schilling's attempt at his first-career no-hitter. "It was a 1-0 game, and you have a no-hitter going into theninth, you try and get the no-hitter," Schilling said. "I wastrying to make pitches. We got two outs and I was sure of it.I had it planned. I shook 'tek' (Jason Varitek) off, and now Iget to think 'what if' for the rest of my life. It was a goodwin though." "It was a fastball away," Stewart said. "He was throwing awaythe whole game. The first at-bat and second at-bat I thought Ihit it pretty good. The third at-bat he had me pretty confused,so on the last at-bat I was looking away and was able to shootit through." Stewart was glad he could save his teammate from being no-hit. "You never want to get no-hit," Stewart said. "The bottom linethough is that we lost the game. You go out there to win games,and if you break up a no-hitter the result is that you stilllost the game. Nobody's happy about that. We won three gamesin a row off them, and he stopped the sweep. You have to givehim a lot of credit" The 40-year-old Schilling shook off his disappointment andretired Mark Ellis on a popout to second base to end the contestand snap Boston's season-high four-game skid. "I'm not disappointed. We needed a win today above everythingelse. It was very easy to stay focused on that. Taking ano-hitter into the seventh, eighth, and ninth, was a by productof the game plan, but the focus was to win the game." Schilling struck out four and did not walk a batter, throwing 71of 100 pitches for strikes. Oakland did not manage abaserunner against Schilling until the fifth, when Dan Johnsonreached on a fielding error by shortstop Julio Lugo. Schilling was vying for the 17th no-hitter in Red Sox franchisehistory and the first since Derek Lowe accomplished the featagainst the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on April 27, 2002. "I think everyone on this team was excited for him," said Bostoncatcher Jason Varitek, who caught Lowe's no-hitter in 2002. "Wewere even more excited to come away with a win though, which iswhat we needed. It was nice for Curt to bounce back and giveus a performance like he did today." Chicago White Sox lefthander Mark Buehrle is the only pitcher tothrow a no-hitter in the majors this season, achieving theremarkable accomplishment against the Texas Rangers on April 18. Schilling's brilliant performance overshadowed an equallyimpressive outing from Oakland starter Joe Blanton (5-4), whoyielded just one run, four hits and three walks with twostrikeouts in 7 1/3 frames. Blanton's only mistake came in the top of the first inning, whenRed Sox slugger David Ortiz crushed a solo home run to accountfor the game's only run. "It happens," said Blanton who pitched a three-hit shutout inhis last start against Minnesota. "Last game I pitched ithappened to the other pitcher. Maybe this was payback." It was the 11th homer this season for Ortiz, who blastedBlanton's 3-2 offering with two outs in the opening frame. "First inning, 3-2 count, I just tried to throw a changeup for astrike," Blanton said. "I threw it down the middle. I didn'tsound like he got it, but he's a big strong guy and got enoughof it to send it out. It was the first inning and I challengedhim, and it payed off for him." "We only had that one chance," Varitek said. "Blanton pitchedreal well against us, but Curt pitched a little bit better."
