The Boston Red Sox faced the the Oakland Athletics yesterday at Fenway Park with the Red Sox winning 9 to 4. It was quite a game that followers with Red Sox tickets will be talking about for days.
Red Sox pitcher John Lackey (4.95 ERA) got the win, while Tyson Ross (6.04 ERA) took the loss for the Athletics. John Lackey went 6 innings for the Red Sox, allowed 12 hits, one home run and 4 earned runs with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Red Sox was Manny Delcarmen (1.73), Daniel Bard (2.00), and Joe Nelson (3.86). The Athletics’s starter Gio Gonzalez went 5 innings, allowed 7 hits, one home run and 3 earned runs with 4 walks and 5 strikeouts. Craig Breslow (2.45), Michael Wuertz (7.27), and Jerry Blevins (4.91) also pitched for the Athletics. With the win, Lackey’s record goes to 6-3, while Ross falls to 1-4.
In addition to the 9 runs, the Red Sox managed 14 hits and committed one error. Victor Martinez led the Red Sox in hitting with 5 hits, followed by Adrian Beltre’s 3 hits, and Kevin Youkilis with 2. David Ortiz had a tough day at the plate, leaving 5 runners on base. Gabe Gross had the most hits for the Athletics (3), followed by Kevin Kouzmanoff (2), and Kurt Suzuki (2). Cliff Pennington could not get much going at the plate as he left 5 runners on base. The Athletics managed 4 runs, 13 hits and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Kerwin Danley, C.B. Bucknor, Doug Eddings and Dana DeMuth. There were 37,337 Red Sox ticket holders in attendance at Fenway Park.
The win puts the Red Sox at a record of -, ( games behind the division leader), while the loss brings the Athletics to -, ( games behind first place in the division). Next up for the Red Sox are the (-) at the Red Sox’s Fenway Park. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for tickets because that game should be a good one. The Athletics will next take on the (-) at Fenway Park in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your tickets today and be there for first pitch.