Bombs Away: Red Sox Use Longballs To Pick Up First Road Win
The Red Sox picked up their first win on the road Wednesday, downing the Athletics 5-3 behind a trio of homers.
| Final - 4.20.2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Red Sox | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Oakland Athletics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 |
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Oakland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 1 |
| Boston Red Sox | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.D. Drew, RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .279 |
| Dustin Pedroia, 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .306 |
| Adrian Gonzalez, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .277 |
| Kevin Youkilis, DH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .218 |
| Jed Lowrie, 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .462 |
| Marco Scutaro, SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| Carl Crawford, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .149 |
| Jason Varitek, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .050 |
| Jacoby Ellsbury, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .182 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 12 | |
Batting
Home runs - Drew, Youkilis, Lowrie
Grounded into DP - Gonzalez, Varitek
Caught Stealing - Crawford
Team LOB - 4
Home runs - Drew, Youkilis, Lowrie
Grounded into DP - Gonzalez, Varitek
Caught Stealing - Crawford
Team LOB - 4
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Buchholz (W, 1-2) | 5.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5.31 | 0 | 102-59 |
| Daniel Bard (, 0-2) | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 | 20-15 |
| Bobby Jenks | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8.44 | 0 | 24-16 |
| Jonathan Papelbon (S, 0-0; S,3) | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.84 | 0 | 25-18 |
| Oakland Athletics | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coco Crisp, CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .239 |
| Daric Barton, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .246 |
| David DeJesus, RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .246 |
| Hideki Matsui, DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .246 |
| Ryan Sweeney, LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Mark Ellis, 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .246 |
| Landon Powell, C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .455 |
| Kurt Suzuki, PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| Kevin Kouzmanoff, 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Conor Jackson, PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .296 |
| Andy LaRoche, 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 |
| Josh Willingham, PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Cliff Pennington, SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .204 |
| Totals | 39 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |
Batting
Home runs - Crisp
Doubles - Sweeney, Ellis
Hit by pitch - Ellis
Team LOB - 15
Fielding
Errors - Ellis
Home runs - Crisp
Doubles - Sweeney, Ellis
Hit by pitch - Ellis
Team LOB - 15
Fielding
Errors - Ellis
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gio Gonzalez (L, 2-1) | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1.80 | 0 | 104-65 |
| Jerry Blevins | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.38 | 0 | 15-11 |
| David Purcey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.23 | 0 | 20-15 |
GAME NOTES
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Mike DiMuro, First Base Umpire - Andy Fletcher, Second Base Umpire - Tim Welke, Third Base Umpire - Jim Reynolds
Duration: 3:09
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Mike DiMuro, First Base Umpire - Andy Fletcher, Second Base Umpire - Tim Welke, Third Base Umpire - Jim Reynolds
Duration: 3:09
