05/Sept/2011 Red Sox at Blue Jays - Game 1 of 4

From Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Boston Red Sox

(84-55)

Manager: Terry Francona

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Toronto Blue Jays

(69-71)

Manager: (interim) Don Wakamatsu Manager: John Farrell

Game 1 of 4

First pitch: 1:07 PM EST

Starting Pitchers
Boston - Josh Beckett
Toronto - Henderson Alvarez

Umpires
Home - Mark Carlson
First Base - Tim Timmons
Second Base - Jeff Kellogg
Third Base - Mike Estabrook

Weather
Cloudy
Temp - 17C | 63F
Wind -NW 21 kph gust 30 kph | 17mph gust 23 mph
(left field to home plate)

















Line-ups and Pitching Totals help from ESPN - Boxscore.

Colour Legend (as of this date)

Neon Green is a Base Hit Forest Green is a runner advanced by a Base Hit or a Sacrifice Yellow is Intentional Base on Balls, Defensive Indifference, a Sacrafice or Fielder's Choice Red is an out Pink are un-earned bases - Wild Pitch, Passed Ball or an Error Neon Blue is a Stolen Base Navy Blue is a base earned via a Hit or a Sacrifice, that results in a Run Scored

The Scoring Notations

BB Base on Balls - Batter to first base because the umpire ruled that pitched ball was the forth pitch of the at-bat out of the strike zone HBP Hit By Pitch - Batter is ruled by the umpire to have been hit by pitch - awarded one base BH Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at first base via a hit ball 2BH Two Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at second base via a hit ball 3BH Three Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at third base via a hit ball HR Home Run - Batter-runner safe at home plate via a hit ball RBI Run Batted In - via a SAC, a BH or a BB - a run scores RS Run Scored. SAC Sacrifice - With less than two outs the batter causes a base runner to advance but in the process, is put out FC Ball hit on the ground, fielded and a put-out made of any base runner other than the batter-runner DI Defensive Indifference - A baserunner advances because the defence, for strategic reasons, does nothing IBB Intentional Base on Balls - The defences decides to walk a batter for strategic reasons

SB Stolen Base - Base runner advances on a pitched ball despite the defence's best efforts CS Caught Stealing - A baserunner is put out while tring to advance on a pitch K Called third strike - Batter out because the umpire ruled that with two strikes in an at-bat, a pitched ball was in the strike zone Ks Batter out, swinging third strike IFR Infield Fly Rule - A ball popped up on the infield that an umpire rules is easily catch-able - batter-runner is out, the ball is dead LO Ball caught that was hit so hard it appears like the vector was a straight line GO Ball hit on the ground, fielded and the batter-runner is put out at 1B FO A high arching hit ball caught on the fly by a fielder E The defence allows runners to advance because of less than stallar play Eth The defence allows runners to advance because of less than stallar throw WP Wild Pitch - a pitched ball that bounces in and is not caught by the catcher and that results in a runner advancing PB Passed Ball - a pitched ball that doesn't bounce and is not caught by the catcher and that results in a runner advancing

pop A ball hit in a high arch such that the distance travelled up is greater than the distance travelled from the plate GR To prevent injury, "Ground Rules" define what hit or thrown balls are in, and out of play - announced before each game by the home team manager f Hit ball caught in foul territory - for example "FO3f" - Fly Ball caught by First Base, foul op Out of Play - for example "FO5op", Fly ball caught by Third Base across the railing in the stands, or in the camera bay... BRIF Base runner is out for interfering with the defence while they're making a play on a batted ball Ksf2 Foul tip with 2 strikes, caught by catcher - strike three - - - - - - - - - - - -

Box Score - Final in 11	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Boston Red Sox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	10
Toronto Blue Jays	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	10

Boston Red Sox	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
1.  J Ellsbury CF	FO8		FB9 line 9-4-2 2BH9 #9 1,3		? CS (MLB says FC-DP. I like my scoring better.) GB1 #9 tripped FC 1-5 tag 5-4 #1 CS out! /			BCFB FFFB FS Janssen + Ks		BCCX GB3(4) 3-1
2.  D Pedroia 2B	FO8		5-3 /			CBX skipper bobble 5!-3		CX FO9		BCFS K
3.  A Gonzalez 1B 10th PR M Aviles 3B	FO7 /			CBSS Ks		CBSS Ks		X LD 9(8) 9 didn"t pick it up off the bat 2BH		FBB BB PR
4.  D Ortiz DH		FO8		shift> CBBF X GB4 BH9		BCBX LO7 /		BBBB IBB		shift> 5 in shallow right B1BX GB3(4) 5-3 /
5.  K Youkilis 3B Btm. 10th 1B		5-3		CCBB FB>X FO9 short			BBCB B Villanueva + BB	BCFC K /			BBX S Camp + 5-3
6.  C Crawford LF		4-3 /		CCBB B>FB BB #4 1,2			BCFX LO7 deep		X F Francisco + LD 8(7) FO8! diving		BBCS C K
7.  J Reddick RF			4-3 slow - great foot work	FFC K /			CX BH9 short #5 1,2		BX LD9 line 9 wrong line to ball 2BH9		BBBS SFFX pop FO4 /
8.  J Varitek C			Ks		CBSB X GB5(6) 5-3		GB3 bobble DP 3-1 #5 2,3 #7 1,2		BCBC S Ks
9.  M Scutaro SS			LD5 off glove 6 BH5		BBFF BFX FC 2BH8(9) one bounce wall		CCBX GB 2nd 6-3 /		CBBX high looper FO7 /
Per-Inning Totals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Totals
Runs Hits Errors LOB	0 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 2 0 2	0 1 0 2	0 1 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 1 0 2	0 1 0 2	0 1 0 1	0 0 1 1	0 0 0 0

Red Sox Pitching Totals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P/S	ERA
Josh Beckett	3.2	3	0	0	1	6	0	58/41	2.49
Alfredo Aceves	3.2	1	0	0	3	4	0	56/33	2.87
Daniel Bard	1.2	0	0	0	0	2	0	14/10	2.10
Jonathan Papelbon	1.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	27/17	2.75
Dan Wheeler (stupid loss)	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	9/6	4.31

Toronto Blue Jays	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	AB R H BB SAC RBI SO HBP LOB 2BH 3BH HR AVG PO A E
1.  M McCoy SS 10th PH M Teahen 11th J.P. Arencibia C	SB BH8(9)		X 5-3		CCFF S Ks			BCBB B SB 2-6-4  not close BB		FBBF BB E1th 1-3 RFf #8 1,2 BB
2.  E Thames LF	GB3 3UA #1 1,2		Ks		BCSS Ks /			11B1 >BCF >B #1 1,2 HBP Aceves -		SSS Ks
3.  J Bautista RF	K		Ks /			FCFX FO7		X D Bard + pop FO9		BBFS BB F up and away S sliding in B off speed B away BB #8 2,3 #1 1,2
4.  A Lind 1B	BBBB BB			BCBS C K		BSBX BH9		FBFS Ks /		SSS S sliding out S uo and in S middle Ks /
5.  E Encarnacion DH	#1 2,3 Ks /			CX SB SB GB6(5) IF-BH		GB 2nd DP 4UA 4-3 #4 out /			BCFF S Bard's slider has wicked late movement Ks		BCCX D Wheeler + FO9
6.  K Johnson 2B		BH8		FX FO7(8) short			BCFF BX lopper 7(8) FO6 mice l ine to the ball		X FB8! FO8 on the track		BX pop FO6
7.  B Lawrie 3B		SB GB5 DP FC 5-4-3 #6 out		FBC> B Aceves >BB A Aceves replaces J Beckett #5 1,2 #5 2,3 np BB			BBFB B DP BB		BBX GB1 1-3 /		FBX RS RBI HR8(7) //
8.  J Molina C 10th C Woodward SS		#7 1,2 4-3 #7 2,3		X FO9 /			1`X GB6 DP 6-4-3 #6 out /			SFBF BX J Papelbon + E1th 1-3 RFf chopper 5 5 eats him BH7 PR
9.  D Wise CF		Ks /			BSBS FS Ks			bCBF FBS Ks		CbS bF Ks a CF  hitting 9th should practice his bunting often
Per-Inning Totals	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	Totals
Runs Hits Errors LOB	0 1 0 2	0 1 0 1	0 0 0 0	0 1 0 2	0 0 0 0	0 1 0 0	0 0 0 0	0 0 0 2	0 0 0 0	0 1 0 3	1 1 0 0

Blue Jays' Pitching Totals	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P/S	ERA
Henderson Alvarez	6.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	95/61	2.95
Carlos Villanueva	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	17/11	4.14
Casey Janssen	1.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	21/13	2.12
Frank Francisco	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	28/15	3.50
Shawn Camp (WIN!!)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16/9	4.55