June 1, 2010 Red Sox 4, Athletics 0

John Lackey finally puts that $82.5 million arm to work, facing one over the minimum in a dominating performance over Oakland. Not too hard to dominate when your opponent walks 8 batters anyway! Lackey retired the first 16 straight until Mark Ellis singled with one out in the 6th for the first A's runner of the game, although it was almost broken up much sooner than that. Kurt Suzuki led off the 4th with a searing double to left, Bill Hall throws the ball to first and Youk steps on the bag - and Suzuki is called out! Apparently he missed first base rounding the bag, so he is out on appeal with Hall getting the putout. That would have loomed very important had things worked out differently in theh it department.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2010 Oakland Athletics At 2010 Boston Red Sox              6/1/2010
 
  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Davis CF          4  0  0  0 .253     M.Scutaro SS        5  1  1  2 .217  
  D.Barton 1B         3  0  1  0 .320     D.Pedroia 2B        3  1  0  0 .296  
  R.Sweeney RF        3  0  0  0 .270     V.Martinez C        2  1  1  0 .292  
  K.Suzuki C          3  0  0  0 .203     K.Youkilis 1B       2  0  1  1 .266  
  J.Cust DH           3  0  1  0 .280     D.Ortiz DH          4  0  0  1 .185  
  K.Kouzmanoff 3B     3  0  0  0 .202     A.Beltre 3B         4  0  1  0 .351  
  G.Gross LF          3  0  0  0 .162     J.Drew RF           3  0  0  0 .275  
  M.Ellis 2B          3  0  1  0 .318     B.Hall LF           2  1  1  0 .253  
  C.Pennington SS     3  0  0  0 .219     D.McDonald CF       3  0  1  0 .283  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      28  0  3  0                 Totals      28  4  6  4
 
 
Athletics....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  3  0
Red Sox......... 0 0 4  0 0 0  0 0    -  4  6  0
 
Athletics (27-26)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
G.Gonzalez LOSS(5-3)      6 2/3   4   4   4   8   6   1 124   2.40
B.Ziegler                 1 1/3   2   0   0   0   0   0  25   2.10
Totals                    8       6   4   4   8   6   1
 
Red Sox (26-27)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Lackey WIN(4-2)         9       3   0   0   0   7   0  98   4.29
Totals                    9       3   0   0   0   7   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 36,945 DATE- Tuesday, June 1st 2010 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Gary Darling, Wally Bell, Marty Foster, Paul Emmel
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 1  Red Sox: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1  Red Sox: 1
DOUBLES- B.Hall(7th)
HOME RUNS- M.Scutaro(3rd)
CAUGHT STEALING- M.Ellis
SACRIFICE HITS- D.McDonald
WALKS- D.Pedroia, V.Martinez-2, K.Youkilis-2, J.Drew, B.Hall-2
STRIKE OUTS- R.Davis, R.Sweeney, K.Suzuki-2, G.Gross, C.Pennington-2, M.Scutaro,
             D.Pedroia, D.Ortiz, J.Drew, B.Hall, D.McDonald
GIDP- G.Gross, D.McDonald
WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: Cliff Pennington robbed Dustin Pedroia of a base hit.
          Bot 7th: Ryan Sweeney robbed David Ortiz of a Homerun!
 
John Lackey didn't allow a hit until the 6th inning as the Boston Red Sox beat
the Oakland Athletics by a score of 4 to 0.
 
Lackey(4-2) pitched one of his finer games as he simply was too much for the
Oakland batters.  He didn't allow much, just 3 hits and no walks in 9 innings
seeing his ERA drop from 4.91 to 4.29.  The right-handed Lackey had his
no-hit bid broken up by Mark Ellis who singled with one out in the 6th
inning.  After the 3rd inning, neither team was able to score.  
 
Gio Gonzalez(5-3) suffered the loss.  'When Lackey is on like that it is a
tough game to play, no doubt about it,' Bob Geren said. 'He always pitches
well against us.'

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