The Boston Red Sox edged the Oakland Athletics yesterday at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum with the Red Sox securing the victory 2 to 1. Wow! What a nail biter! This was a pitchers duel that Daisuke Matsuzaka and Ben Sheets will never forget! Fans with Athletics tickets saw two fantastic pitchers do battle. You don’t see baseball games as low-scoring as this, and when you do you better appreciate it! There’s not much better than a baseball game so get your MLB tickets before its too late.
Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka (4.29 ERA) got the win, while Ben Sheets (4.53 ERA) took the loss for the Athletics. Daisuke Matsuzaka went 6.2 solid innings for the Red Sox, allowed 2 hits, one home run and one earned run with 2 walks and 6 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Red Sox was Daniel Bard (1.80). The Athletics’s starter Ben Sheets went 6.2 innings, allowed 7 hits, one home run and 2 earned runs with 2 walks and 2 strikeouts. Jerry Blevins (3.62), Michael Wuertz (5.12), and Craig Breslow (3.09) also pitched for the Athletics. With the win, Matsuzaka’s record goes to 7-3, while Sheets drops to 4-9. Jonathan Papelbon earned the save for the Red Sox, bringing his saves up to 21.
In addition to the 2 runs, the Red Sox put up 8 hits and committed no errors. Adrian Beltre led the Red Sox in hitting with 3 hits, followed by Kevin Cash’s one hit. The Athletics didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Athletics got one run, 3 hits and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Tim Tschida, Bob Davidson, Angel Campos and Alfonso Marquez. There were 19,341 Athletics ticket holders in attendance at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.