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Athletics
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
April 30, 2012
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Oakland Athletics, played on April 30, 2012 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 30, 2012 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 30, 2012 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tom Milone |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Clay Buchholz |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 37,359 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 23 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Phil Cuzzi 1B: Greg Gibson 2B: Manny Gonzalez 3B: Vic Carapazza |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jemile Weeks | Second Baseman |
| Coco Crisp | Left Fielder |
| Josh Reddick | Right Fielder |
| Yoenis Cespedes | Center Fielder |
| Seth Smith | DH |
| Kurt Suzuki | Catcher |
| Daric Barton | First Baseman |
| Brandon Inge | Third Baseman |
| Cliff Pennington | Shortstop |
| Bob Melvin | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mike Aviles | Shortstop |
| Dustin Pedroia | Second Baseman |
| Adrian Gonzalez | First Baseman |
| Cody Ross | Right Fielder |
| David Ortiz | DH |
| Kelly Shoppach | Catcher |
| Darnell McDonald | Left Fielder |
| Marlon Byrd | Center Fielder |
| Nick Punto | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Valentine | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
April 30, 2012
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Weeks vs. Buchholz
Weeks strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Crisp vs. Buchholz
Crisp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first, with Buchholz covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Reddick vs. Buchholz
Reddick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Cespedes vs. Buchholz
Cespedes hits a line drive into center field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Milone
Aviles hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Weeks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Pedroia vs. Milone
Pedroia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Weeks misplays the ball. That's an error on Weeks. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Milone
There goes Pedroia. The throw from Suzuki and he is safe. Pedroia steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Gonzalez vs. Milone
Gonzalez hits a line drive towards third. Inge reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Ross vs. Milone
Ross strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Buchholz
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Buchholz
Suzuki hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Barton vs. Buchholz
Barton takes first base on ball four. Suzuki moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Inge vs. Buchholz
Inge hits a line drive into center field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pennington vs. Buchholz
Pennington hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Suzuki scores. There goes Barton trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Milone
Ortiz hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Shoppach vs. Milone
Shoppach strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Milone
McDonald hits a fly ball into rightcenter field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Byrd vs. Milone
Byrd hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Weeks fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McDonald scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Punto vs. Milone
Punto hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Byrd moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Aviles vs. Milone
Aviles hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Byrd scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Pedroia vs. Milone
Pedroia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Aviles moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gonzalez vs. Milone
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Weeks fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Weeks. Aviles scores. Pedroia moves to third. Gonzalez moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: -23
Ross vs. Milone
Ross hits a ball on the ground towards third. Inge fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Weeks vs. Buchholz
Weeks hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Buchholz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Crisp vs. Buchholz
Crisp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reddick vs. Buchholz
Reddick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gonzalez fields it, and tags Reddick. He's got Crisp trapped. He throws to Aviles, and back to Gonzalez, who tags Crisp for the double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Milone
Ortiz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Shoppach vs. Milone
Shoppach strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDonald vs. Milone
McDonald hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Byrd vs. Milone
Byrd hits a fly ball into center field. Cespedes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Punto vs. Milone
Punto strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cespedes vs. Buchholz
Cespedes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Buchholz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Buchholz
Smith strikes out. Shoppach drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Smith out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Suzuki vs. Buchholz
Suzuki hits a ball on the ground towards third. Punto fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Milone
Aviles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Milone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Pedroia vs. Milone
Pedroia hits a fly ball into center field. Cespedes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Milone
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Crisp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Buchholz
Barton strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Inge vs. Buchholz
Inge takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Pennington vs. Buchholz
Pennington is hit by the pitch. Inge moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Weeks vs. Buchholz
Weeks hits a line drive into center field. Byrd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Crisp vs. Buchholz
Crisp hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aviles fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ross vs. Milone
Ross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Milone
Ortiz hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Shoppach vs. Milone
Shoppach strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Milone
McDonald hits a ball on the ground towards third. Inge fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Byrd vs. Norberto
Jordan Norberto now pitching.
Byrd hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Cespedes. Byrd reaches second base with a double. McDonald goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Punto vs. Norberto
Punto takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Aviles vs. Norberto
Aviles hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Pedroia vs. Norberto
Pedroia hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Weeks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Reddick vs. Buchholz
Reddick hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Cespedes vs. Buchholz
Cespedes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Punto fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Buchholz
Smith strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Fuentes
Brian Fuentes now pitching.
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Ross vs. Fuentes
Ross hits a ball on the ground towards third. Inge fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Fuentes
Ortiz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Recker vs. Buchholz
Lars Anderson now playing left field. Darnell McDonald now playing right field. Anthony Recker pinch hits for Kurt Suzuki.
Recker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Barton vs. Buchholz
Barton takes first base on ball four. Recker moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Inge vs. Buchholz
Inge hits a line drive towards short. Aviles reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Pennington vs. Buchholz
Pennington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pedroia fields it and throws to second for the out. Recker moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Weeks vs. Buchholz
Weeks takes first base on ball four. Pennington moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Crisp vs. Buchholz
Crisp hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gonzalez fields the ball and throws to Buchholz covering. Safe. Recker scores. Pennington scores. Weeks moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Reddick vs. Buchholz
Reddick hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cespedes vs. Tazawa
Junichi Tazawa now pitching.
Cespedes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Tazawa
Smith is hit by the pitch. Cespedes moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Recker vs. Tazawa
Recker hits a popup towards third. Punto juggles the ball. That's an error on Punto. Cespedes moves to third. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Barton vs. Padilla
Vicente Padilla now pitching.
Barton strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Shoppach vs. Miller
Anthony Recker now catching. Jim Miller now pitching.
Shoppach takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
McDonald vs. Miller
McDonald hits a fly ball into center field. Cespedes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Byrd vs. Miller
Byrd hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pennington fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Inge vs. Atchison
Scott Atchison now pitching.
Inge hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Pennington vs. Atchison
Pennington hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Inge moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Weeks vs. Atchison
Weeks takes first base on ball four. Inge moves to third. Pennington moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Crisp vs. Atchison
Crisp strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Reddick vs. Morales
Franklin Morales now pitching.
Reddick hits a ball on the ground towards second. Pedroia scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Punto vs. Miller
Punto strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Aviles vs. Miller
Aviles hits a fly ball into center field. Cespedes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Pedroia vs. Miller
Pedroia hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Cespedes. Pedroia reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Gonzalez vs. Miller
Gonzalez is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Anderson vs. Miller
Anderson hits a popup towards third. Inge settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cespedes vs. Aceves
Ryan Sweeney now playing right field. Darnell McDonald now playing left field. Alfredo Aceves now pitching.
Cespedes strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Aceves
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Recker vs. Aceves
Recker hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Byrd. Recker reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Red Sox, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Barton vs. Aceves
Barton hits a popup towards third. Punto settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/30/2012 -- Oakland at Boston (N)
Oakland AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Weeks J, 2b 3 1 0 0 Aviles M, ss 5 2 2 4
Crisp C, lf 5 1 2 2 Pedroia D, 2b 5 0 2 0
Reddick J, rf 4 1 2 3 Gonzalez A, 1b 4 0 0 0
Cespedes Y, cf 5 0 1 0 Ross C, rf 4 0 0 0
Smith S, dh 4 0 0 0 Anderson L, lf 1 0 0 0
Suzuki K, c 2 1 1 0 Sweeney R, rf 0 0 0 0
Recker A, ph-c 3 1 2 0 Ortiz D, dh 3 3 2 2
Barton D, 1b 3 0 0 0 Shoppach K, c 3 0 0 0
Inge B, 3b 3 0 1 0 McDonald D, lf-rf-lf 4 3 3 2
Pennington C, ss 3 1 2 0 Byrd M, cf 4 2 2 2
Punto N, 3b 3 1 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 6 11 5 36 11 11 10
Oakland 010 000 500 -- 6
Boston 042 050 00x -- 11
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Milone T (L) 4.2 8 8 7 1 5
Norberto J 0.1 2 3 3 1 0
Fuentes B 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Miller J 2.0 1 0 0 2 1
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Buchholz C (W) 6.2 7 6 6 5 5
Tazawa J* 0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Padilla V 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Atchison S 0.1 2 0 0 1 1
Morales F 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Aceves A 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
* Pitched to 3 batters in 7th
E -- Weeks J 2, Punto N
DP -- Oakland 1, Boston 3
LOB -- Oakland 10, Boston 5
2B -- McDonald D, Byrd M, Pedroia D, Recker A
HR -- Ortiz D 2, McDonald D, Aviles M, Reddick J
SB -- Pedroia D
HBP -- by Buchholz C (Pennington C), by Tazawa J (Smith S)
T -- 3:23
A -- 37359
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