The Oakland Athletics squeaked to victory over the Boston Red Sox yesterday at Fenway Park with the Athletics triumphant 9 to 8. You don’t often see such high scoring games, and anyone with Red Sox tickets sure got their money’s worth. This high-scoring game saw the teams combine for a whopping 17 runs! Talk about excitement! It’s not too late to take in a game so get your baseball tickets soon!
Athletics pitcher Vin Mazzaro (6.08 ERA) got the win, while Tim Wakefield (6.02 ERA) took the loss for the Red Sox. Brett Anderson went 2 innings for the Athletics, allowed 5 hits, no home runs and 2 earned runs with no walks and one strikeout. Also pitching for the Athletics was Brad Ziegler (2.70), and Jerry Blevins (5.30). The Red Sox’s starter Tim Wakefield went 6 innings, allowed 8 hits, 2 home runs and 6 earned runs with no walks and 4 strikeouts. Ramon Ramirez (6.20), Hideki Okajima (5.19), Manny Delcarmen (2.36), and Scott Atchison (4.50) also pitched for the Red Sox. With the win, Mazzaro’s record goes to 1-0, while Wakefield falls to 1-4. Andrew Bailey earned the save for the Athletics, bringing his saves up to 12.
In addition to the 9 runs, the Athletics managed 14 hits and committed no errors. Jack Cust led the Athletics in hitting with 3 hits, followed by Mark Ellis’s 2 hits, and Gabe Gross with 2. Bill Hall had the most hits for the Red Sox (4), followed by Jeremy Hermida (3), and Kevin Youkilis (3). Adrian Beltre could not get much going at the plate as he left 4 runners on base. The Red Sox mustered 8 runs, 18 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Doug Eddings, Dana DeMuth, Kerwin Danley and C.B. Bucknor. There were 37,386 Red Sox ticket holders in attendance at Fenway Park.