Texas Rangers vs. Boston Red Sox - Box Score - April 18, 2008 - ESPN

Scores for Apr 18, 2008

Final

Series: Game 1 of 4

Boston leads 1-0 (as of 4/18)

Game 1: Friday, April 18
Texas	3	Final
Boston	11	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, April 19
Texas	3	Final
Boston	5	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, April 20
Texas	5	Final
Boston	6	Final
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Game 4: Monday, April 21
Texas	3	Final
Boston	8	Final
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Rangers 3

(7-10, 5-4 away)

Red Sox 11

(11-7, 5-2 home)

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7:05 PM ET, April 18, 2008

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	6	1
BOS	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	2	-	11	11	0

W: D. Matsuzaka (4-0)

L: L. Mendoza (0-2)

Texas Rangers
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
I Kinsler 2B	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	.290
M Young SS	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	.235
J Hamilton CF	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	.294
M Bradley RF	3	1	1	0	1	2	1	.352
H Blalock 3B	4	1	2	2	0	0	2	.316
D Murphy LF	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.290
F Catalanotto DH	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	.244
G Laird C	4	0	0	0	0	1	5	.235
B Broussard 1B	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.191
a-J Botts PH-1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133
Totals	32	3	6	3	5	6	9
a-grounded to shortstop for B Broussard in the 7th
BATTING 2B: M Young (3, D Matsuzaka); I Kinsler (6, D Matsuzaka); F Catalanotto (5, D Matsuzaka); M Bradley (7, D Matsuzaka) HR: H Blalock (3, 6th inning off D Matsuzaka 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Hamilton (16), H Blalock 2 (6) SF: J Hamilton Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: G Laird 3, H Blalock 1 Team LOB: 8
BASERUNNING SB: I Kinsler (6, 3rd base off D Matsuzaka/J Varitek)
FIELDING E: J Botts (1, catch) DP: 1 (I Kinsler-M Young-J Botts).

Texas Rangers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
L Mendoza (L, 0-2)	3.0	5	7	7	3	2	1	67-31	9.00
J Rupe	4.0	4	2	2	1	0	1	62-42	5.73
D Nippert	1.0	2	2	1	1	2	0	29-18	11.37
Totals	8.0	11	11	10	5	4	2	158-91
PITCHING HBP: D Ortiz (By J Rupe) Batters faced: L Mendoza 17; J Rupe 17; D Nippert 6 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: L Mendoza 5-2; J Rupe 8-4; D Nippert 1-0 Game Scores: L Mendoza 20

Boston Red Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
J Ellsbury CF	2	3	1	1	3	0	0	.229
D Pedroia 2B	4	2	1	2	1	1	4	.324
D Ortiz DH	4	1	2	5	0	0	2	.134
M Ramirez LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.338
J Thurston LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
K Youkilis 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.364
J Drew RF	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	.340
J Varitek C	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	.276
K Cash C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200
S Casey 1B	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	.333
J Lowrie SS	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	.429
Totals	33	11	11	10	5	4	14
BATTING 2B: J Lowrie (1, L Mendoza); J Varitek (5, L Mendoza); S Casey (4, D Nippert) 3B: J Ellsbury (1, J Rupe) HR: D Ortiz (2, 3rd inning off L Mendoza 3 on, 2 Out); D Pedroia (1, 4th inning off J Rupe 1 on, 1 Out) RBI: D Ortiz 5 (9), J Varitek (6), J Lowrie (4), J Ellsbury (6), D Pedroia 2 (8) SF: J Lowrie 2-out RBI: D Ortiz 5 GIDP: J Drew Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: M Ramirez 1 Team LOB: 5

Boston Red Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Matsuzaka (W, 4-0)	5.1	5	3	3	2	4	1	101-62	3.14
J Lopez	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	23-14	4.26
D Aardsma	1.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	30-17	1.64
M Timlin	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11-9	18.90
Totals	9.0	6	3	3	5	6	1	165-102
PITCHING Batters faced: D Matsuzaka 23; J Lopez 6; D Aardsma 6; M Timlin 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Matsuzaka 6-6; J Lopez 3-2; D Aardsma 1-0; M Timlin 2-1 Game Scores: D Matsuzaka 48

Scoring Summary

			TEX	BOS
	3rd	J Hamilton hit sacrifice fly to left, I Kinsler scored.	1	0
	3rd	D Ortiz homered to left, J Lowrie, J Ellsbury and D Pedroia scored.	1	4
	4th	J Varitek doubled to left, J Drew scored.	1	5
	4th	J Lowrie hit sacrifice fly to left, J Varitek scored.	1	6
	4th	J Ellsbury tripled to deep center, S Casey scored.	1	7
	4th	D Pedroia homered to left, J Ellsbury scored.	1	9
	6th	H Blalock homered to right, M Bradley scored.	3	9
	8th	D Ortiz singled to center, S Casey scored, J Ellsbury to second, J Ellsbury scored on error by first baseman J Botts.	3	11
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