Red Sox Show Home Run King Jays How Its Done
The Red Sox pitched and slugged their way to a 10-1 blowout win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday.
| Final - 8.11.2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Red Sox | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 1 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 2 |
| Toronto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Boston Red Sox | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Scutaro, SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| J.D. Drew, RF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .259 |
| Darnell McDonald, RF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 |
| Victor Martinez, C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .283 |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| David Ortiz, DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .261 |
| Adrian Beltre, 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .335 |
| Eric Patterson, pr,8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 |
| Mike Lowell, 1B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .239 |
| Ryan Kalish, LF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .314 |
| Bill Hall, 2B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .247 |
| Jacoby Ellsbury, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Jed Lowrie, 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .311 |
| Totals | 40 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 7 | |
Batting
Home runs - Drew, Beltre, Hall
Triples - McDonald
Doubles - Lowell
Hit by pitch - Beltre
Team LOB - 7
Fielding
Errors - Lowell
Passed Balls - Martinez
Home runs - Drew, Beltre, Hall
Triples - McDonald
Doubles - Lowell
Hit by pitch - Beltre
Team LOB - 7
Fielding
Errors - Lowell
Passed Balls - Martinez
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Buchholz (W, 13-5) | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.49 | 0 | 109-64 |
| Dustin Richardson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.80 | 0 | 19-14 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Snider, LF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 |
| Yunel Escobar, SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .306 |
| Jose Bautista, RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .257 |
| Vernon Wells, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 |
| DeWayne Wise, CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .267 |
| Adam Lind, DH | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .232 |
| Aaron Hill, 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .211 |
| John McDonald, pr,4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .233 |
| Lyle Overbay, 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Edwin Encarnacion, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 |
| J.P. Arencibia, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
Batting
Grounded into DP - Wells, Hill
Sacrifices - Escobar
Sacrifice flies - Bautista
Team LOB - 7
Grounded into DP - Wells, Hill
Sacrifices - Escobar
Sacrifice flies - Bautista
Team LOB - 7
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun Marcum (L, 10-6) | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3.87 | 0 | 92-52 |
| Brian Tallet | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.79 | 0 | 35-22 |
| Casey Janssen | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.96 | 0 | 31-21 |
| David Purcey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 17-12 |
GAME NOTES
Pitching notes: S.Marcum pitched to 4 batters in the 5th.
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Greg Gibson, First Base Umpire - Scott Barry, Second Base Umpire - Gerry Davis, Third Base Umpire - Brian Knight
Duration: 3:00
Pitching notes: S.Marcum pitched to 4 batters in the 5th.
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Greg Gibson, First Base Umpire - Scott Barry, Second Base Umpire - Gerry Davis, Third Base Umpire - Brian Knight
Duration: 3:00
