Sunday, July 08, 2007
June 18, 2006 red Sox 8, Braves 4 (18)
| Damn!! That is all I can say about this game, the longest in the majors this season. The two staff aces lock horns, with John Smoltz and his major league leading 1.72 ERA against Curt Schilling, with his 9-3 record. Both were long gone by the time the game ended. I had to pinch hit for Schilling in the 6th despite his low pitch count because of the score, and it works as the Sox ended up tying the game. Both teams had chances in the extra innings, with Alex Gonzalez thrown out at home to end the 10th by Scott Thornton (who was making his major league debut this game). The Braves loaded the bases in th 12 off Papelbon, but could not score. Finally, the Sox busted it open in the 18th with Manny's RBI double, Alex Cora's 2-run single and pitcher Javier Lopez (nobody was left on the bench to pinch hit, so he had to bat) with an RBI double. Both teams went through their entire bench today. I put the play account below it so you can follow all the action for yourself. Pity poor Scott Thornton. Throwing out Gonzalez at home was the only thing he did all game, as he went 0 for 8. Jason Varitek sucked too, going 0 for 6 striking out 5 times before Mirabelli came into the game. Next up are the Nationals, who have been the hottest team around recently. After snapping that 12 game losing streak they are 10-3 since then, losing to the Yankees today to snap a 6 game winning streak! |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2006 Boston Red Sox At 2006 Atlanta Braves 6/18/2006
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG
K.Youkilis 3B 5 1 1 1 .320 M.Giles 2B 7 1 3 2 .276
M.Delcarmen P 0 0 0 0 ---- E.Renteria SS 6 0 0 0 .304
F-J.Snow PH 1 0 1 0 .333 S.Thorman LF 8 0 0 0 .000
M.Timlin P 0 0 0 0 ---- A.Jones CF 6 1 1 1 .233
G-D.Mirabelli C 4 0 0 0 .274 B.McCann C 8 0 2 0 .337
M.Loretta 2B 6 2 3 1 .299 J.Francoeur RF 7 1 1 0 .248
D.Ortiz 1B 8 1 2 0 .312 A.Laroche 1B 7 0 2 0 .252
M.Ramirez LF 7 1 1 1 .304 W.Betemit 3B 8 1 1 1 .220
T.Nixon RF 4 0 3 1 .284 J.Smoltz P 2 0 0 0 .028
B-W.Harris PR,RF 5 1 0 0 .132 C-C.Jones PH 0 0 0 0 .273
J.Varitek C 6 0 0 0 .254 T.Yates P 0 0 0 0 .000
J.Papelbon P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-M.Diaz PH 1 0 0 0 .362
J-A.Cora PH,SS 3 0 2 2 .317 C.Paronto P 0 0 0 0 .000
C.Crisp CF 7 1 2 1 .290 K.Ray P 0 0 0 0 .200
A.Gonzalez SS 5 1 2 0 .211 H-P.Orr PH 1 0 0 0 .283
J.Lopez P 1 0 1 11.000 M.Remlinger P 0 0 0 0 .000
J.Van Buren P 0 0 0 0 ---- I-R.Langerhans PH 1 0 0 0 .243
C.Schilling P 2 0 0 0 .000 P.Stockman P 0 0 0 0 .000
A-G.Kapler PH 1 0 0 0 .000 K-T.Pratt PH 0 0 0 0 .176
R.Seanez P 0 0 0 0 ---- M.McBride P 0 0 0 0 .000
D-M.Lowell PH,3B 4 0 1 0 .265 L-J.Sosa PH 1 0 0 0 .160
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 69 8 19 8 Totals 63 4 10 4
A-Pinch Hit For Schilling In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Nixon In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Smoltz In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Seanez In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Yates In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Delcarmen In 10th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Timlin In 12th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Ray In 12th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Remlinger In 14th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For Papelbon In 15th Inning
K-Pinch Hit For Stockman In 16th Inning
L-Pinch Hit For McBride In 18th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 8 19 1
Braves.......... 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 10 1
Red Sox (34-33) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Schilling 5 5 4 2 0 5 2 71 4.64
R.Seanez 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 36 4.91
M.Delcarmen 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 23 2.78
M.Timlin 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 26 6.85
J.Papelbon 3 1 0 0 4 2 0 45 1.91
J.Lopez WIN(2-0) 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 41 0.00
J.Van Buren 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 16 4.91
Totals 18 10 4 2 9 18 2
Braves (34-36) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Smoltz 7 8 4 4 4 10 0 138 1.93
T.Yates 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 31 6.57
C.Paronto 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 13 2.05
K.Ray 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2.81
M.Remlinger 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 26 3.52
P.Stockman 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 48 0.00
M.McBride LOSS(2-3) 2 6 4 4 3 1 0 47 5.40
Totals 18 19 8 8 11 17 0
ATTENDANCE- 27,945 DATE- Sunday, June 18th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Derryl Cousins, Jeff Nelson, Tim Timmons, Joe Brinkman
T- 6:25
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:20 Braves:14
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 2 Braves: 1
ERRORS- D.Ortiz, S.Thorman
DOUBLES- K.Youkilis(19th), M.Loretta(10th), M.Ramirez(9th), T.Nixon(16th),
A.Cora(6th), C.Crisp(8th), A.Gonzalez(5th), J.Lopez, M.Giles(23rd),
B.McCann(21st), A.Laroche(23rd), W.Betemit(9th)
HOME RUNS- M.Giles(5th), A.Jones(16th)
STOLEN BASES- M.Giles(6th)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Crisp
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Lopez
WALKS- M.Loretta-2, D.Ortiz, M.Ramirez-2, C.Crisp-2, A.Gonzalez-2, M.Lowell-2,
M.Giles, E.Renteria-2, A.Jones-2, J.Francoeur, A.Laroche, C.Jones,
T.Pratt
HIT BY PITCH- M.Loretta
STRIKE OUTS- K.Youkilis-2, D.Mirabelli, M.Loretta, D.Ortiz-2, M.Ramirez-2,
W.Harris, J.Varitek-5, C.Crisp-2, G.Kapler, M.Giles, E.Renteria-2,
S.Thorman-3, A.Jones-2, B.McCann, J.Francoeur, A.Laroche,
W.Betemit-3, J.Smoltz, M.Diaz, P.Orr, J.Sosa
GIDP- D.Ortiz, B.McCann, J.Francoeur
Mark Loretta had 3 base hits as the Boston Red Sox topped the Atlanta Braves
in 18 innings by a score of 8 to 4 at Turner Field.
The score was tied at 4 after nine. Boston won the game in the 18th inning.
The key offensive moment was provided by Alex Cora who deflated the mood of
the partisan fans when he slapped a one-base hit bringing in two baserunners.
Boston had 19 hits for the night while Atlanta had 10.
Javier Lopez(2-0) allowed no runs in 3 innings, and picked up the victory.
Macay McBride(2-3) was given the loss in relief. He was touched for 6 hits
and 3 walks in 2 innings.
# posted by Gary @ 1:33 PM 
