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Red Sox
@ Blue Jays
Rogers Centre
August 23, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 23, 2008 at Rogers Centre.
Game Summary
| Date | August 23, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Home Team |
Toronto Blue Jays
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 23, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Home Team | Toronto Blue Jays |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jon Lester |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jesse Litsch |
| Ballpark | Rogers Centre |
| City | Toronto |
| State | ONT |
| Attendance | 44,896 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 9 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Charlie Reliford 1B: Angel Campos 2B: Kevin Causey 3B: Greg Gibson |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jacoby Ellsbury | Right Fielder |
| Dustin Pedroia | Second Baseman |
| David Ortiz | DH |
| Kevin Youkilis | First Baseman |
| Jason Bay | Left Fielder |
| Jed Lowrie | Third Baseman |
| Jason Varitek | Catcher |
| Alex Cora | Shortstop |
| Coco Crisp | Center Fielder |
| Terry Francona | Manager |
Toronto Blue Jays Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Marco Scutaro | Second Baseman |
| Jose Bautista | Third Baseman |
| Alex Rios | Right Fielder |
| Vernon Wells | Center Fielder |
| Adam Lind | Left Fielder |
| Rod Barajas | Catcher |
| Lyle Overbay | First Baseman |
| Kevin Mench | DH |
| John McDonald | Shortstop |
| Cito Gaston | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Red Sox
@ Blue Jays
Rogers Centre
August 23, 2008
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ellsbury vs. Litsch
Ellsbury hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDonald fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Pedroia vs. Litsch
Pedroia takes first base on ball four. Ellsbury moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Ortiz vs. Litsch
Ortiz hits a popup towards short. McDonald settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Youkilis vs. Litsch
Youkilis strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Bay vs. Litsch
Bay strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Scutaro vs. Lester
Scutaro hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lester fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bautista vs. Lester
Bautista hits a fly ball into center field. Crisp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rios vs. Lester
Rios hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wells vs. Lester
Wells hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Lind vs. Lester
Lind takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Barajas vs. Lester
Barajas is hit by the pitch. Lind moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Overbay vs. Lester
Overbay strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lowrie vs. Litsch
Lowrie strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Varitek vs. Litsch
Varitek takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Cora vs. Litsch
Cora is hit by the pitch. Varitek moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Crisp vs. Litsch
Crisp hits a fly ball into left field. Lind settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Ellsbury vs. Litsch
Ellsbury hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bautista fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Mench vs. Lester
Mench hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Ellsbury. Mench reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
McDonald vs. Lester
McDonald hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cora scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mench moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Scutaro vs. Lester
Scutaro takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Bautista vs. Lester
Bautista hits a fly ball into right field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mench tags and scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Rios vs. Lester
Rios strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Pedroia vs. Litsch
Pedroia hits a fly ball into left field. Lind settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Litsch
Ortiz hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDonald scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Youkilis vs. Litsch
Youkilis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bay vs. Litsch
Bay hits a fly ball into center field. Wells settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Lester
Wells hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lind vs. Lester
Lind hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cora picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Cora. Wells moves to third. Lind moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Barajas vs. Lester
Barajas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cora scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wells scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Overbay vs. Lester
Overbay hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Crisp. Overbay reaches second base with a double. Lind scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Mench vs. Lester
Mench hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Bay. Mench reaches second base with a double. Overbay scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
McDonald vs. Lester
McDonald hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Mench moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Scutaro vs. Smith
Chris Smith now pitching.
Scutaro hits a fly ball into right field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mench tags and scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Bautista vs. Smith
Bautista strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lowrie vs. Litsch
Lowrie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Scutaro scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Varitek vs. Litsch
Varitek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Scutaro settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cora vs. Litsch
Cora hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Lind. Cora reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Crisp vs. Litsch
Crisp takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ellsbury vs. Litsch
Ellsbury hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bautista settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rios vs. Smith
Rios hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Bay. Rios reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wells vs. Smith
Wells hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cora fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Lind vs. Smith
Lind hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pedroia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rios moves to third. Wells moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -23
Barajas vs. Smith
Barajas strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Overbay vs. Smith
Overbay hits a ball on the ground towards first. Youkilis fields the ball and throws to Smith covering. Safe. Rios scores. Wells scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Mench vs. Smith
Mench hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Overbay moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
McDonald vs. Smith
McDonald strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Pedroia vs. Litsch
Pedroia hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Scutaro settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. Litsch
Ortiz hits a fly ball into left field. Lind settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Youkilis vs. Litsch
Youkilis strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Scutaro vs. Smith
Scutaro hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Bautista vs. Smith
Bautista hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pedroia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Rios vs. Smith
Rios hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pedroia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wells vs. Smith
Wells hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lind vs. Timlin
Mike Timlin now pitching.
Lind hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Barajas vs. Timlin
Barajas takes first base on ball four. Lind moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Overbay vs. Timlin
Overbay hits a line drive towards third. Lowrie reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Bay vs. Litsch
Bay hits a fly ball into center field. Wells settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lowrie vs. Litsch
Lowrie hits a fly ball into left field. Lind settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Varitek vs. Litsch
Varitek hits a popup towards the mound. Litsch settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Mench vs. Timlin
Jeff Bailey now playing left field. Kevin Cash now catching.
Mench strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McDonald vs. Timlin
McDonald hits a fly ball into right field. Ellsbury settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scutaro vs. Timlin
Scutaro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cora scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Cora vs. Carlson
Jesse Carlson now pitching.
Cora hits a line drive towards third. Bautista reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Crisp vs. Carlson
Crisp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Carlson, and towards McDonald, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Ellsbury vs. Carlson
Ellsbury takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Pedroia vs. Carlson
Pedroia hits a fly ball into right field. Rios settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bautista vs. Lopez
Javier Lopez now pitching.
Bautista hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Rios vs. Lopez
Rios hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Wells vs. Lopez
Wells hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lowrie fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Lind vs. Lopez
Lind hits a fly ball into center field. Crisp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ortiz vs. League
Brandon League now pitching.
Ortiz strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Youkilis vs. League
Youkilis strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bailey vs. League
Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bautista fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Barajas vs. Delcarmen
Manny Delcarmen now pitching.
Barajas strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Overbay vs. Delcarmen
Overbay hits a line drive into left field. Bailey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Mench vs. Delcarmen
Mench hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Pedroia reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lowrie vs. Ryan
B.J. Ryan now pitching.
Lowrie hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Ryan
Cash hits a popup, foul, towards first. Overbay settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Cora vs. Ryan
There's a wild pitch. Lowrie moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Cora vs. Ryan
Cora strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Blue Jays, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Crisp vs. Ryan
Crisp strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/23/2008 -- Boston at Toronto (D)
Boston AB R H RBI Toronto AB R H RBI
Ellsbury J, rf 3 0 1 0 Scutaro M, 2b 3 1 1 2
Pedroia D, 2b 3 0 0 0 Bautista J, 3b 4 0 0 1
Ortiz D, dh 4 0 0 0 Rios A, rf 5 2 3 0
Youkilis K, 1b 4 0 1 0 Wells V, cf 5 4 4 3
Bay J, lf 3 0 0 0 Lind A, lf 4 1 2 0
Bailey J, lf 1 0 0 0 Barajas R, c 3 0 0 1
Lowrie J, 3b 4 0 1 0 Overbay L, 1b 5 1 2 3
Varitek J, c 2 0 0 0 Mench K, dh 5 2 3 1
Cash K, c 1 0 0 0 McDonald J, ss 4 0 1 0
Cora A, ss 3 0 1 0
Crisp C, cf 3 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 0 4 0 38 11 16 11
Boston 000 000 000 -- 0
Toronto 214 220 00x -- 11
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Lester J (L) 2.1 8 7 7 2 2
Smith C 2.1 6 4 4 0 3
Timlin M 1.1 1 0 0 1 1
Lopez J 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Delcarmen M 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO
Litsch J (W) 6.0 3 0 0 3 4
Carlson J 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
League B 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Ryan B 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
E -- Cora A
LOB -- Boston 9, Toronto 9
2B -- Mench K 2, Overbay L, Cora A, Rios A
HR -- Wells V 2, Scutaro M
SF -- Bautista J, Scutaro M
HBP -- by Lester J (Barajas R), by Litsch J (Cora A)
WP -- Ryan B
T -- 3:09
A -- 44896
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