Ejections: BOS Coach Dave Magadan by Bob Davidson [Balls and strikes]
Time of Game: 2:58 Attendance: 41530
Starting Lineups:
Boston Red Sox Washington Nationals
1. Pedroia 2b Harris cf
2. Drew rf Guzman ss
3. Youkilis 3b Zimmerman 3b
4. Bay lf Johnson 1b
5. Ortiz 1b Willingham lf
6. Varitek c Dukes rf
7. Ellsbury cf A. Hernandez 2b
8. Green ss Nieves c
9. Lester p Stammen p
RED SOX 1ST: Pedroia grounded out (pitcher to first); Drew
grounded out (first unassisted); Youkilis struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Nationals 0.
NATIONALS 1ST: Harris flied to center; Guzman grounded out
(third to first); Zimmerman was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Nationals 0.
RED SOX 2ND: Bay grounded out (third to first); Ortiz grounded
out (first unassisted); Varitek flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Red Sox 0, Nationals 0.
NATIONALS 2ND: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Willingham walked; Dukes singled to left [Willingham to
third]; Elijah Dukes' bat broke and the barrel flew towards
SS Nick Green; Green deflected it with his arm as the ball
rolled through his legs into short LF; the bat ended up with the
sharp end stuck in the grass behind SS; A. Hernandez singled
to center [Willingham scored, Dukes to second]; Nieves grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [A. Hernandez
out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Nationals 1.
RED SOX 3RD: Ellsbury grounded out (second to first); Green
struck out; Lester struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0,
Nationals 1.
NATIONALS 3RD: Stammen singled to right; Harris forced Stammen
(first to shortstop); Harris stole second; Guzman walked;
Zimmerman struck out; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Nationals 1.
RED SOX 4TH: Pedroia doubled to left; Drew grounded out (second
to first) [Pedroia to third]; Red Sox Batting Coach Dave
Magadan ejected by HP umpire Bob Davidson for yelling from the
bench about the second pitch to Kevin Youkilis; Youkilis
walked; Bay struck out; Ortiz homered to center [Pedroia scored,
Youkilis scored]; Varitek flied to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 3, Nationals 1.
NATIONALS 4TH: Willingham grounded out (shortstop to first);
Dukes grounded out (pitcher to first); A. Hernandez grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Nationals 1.
RED SOX 5TH: Ellsbury grounded out (first unassisted); Green
singled to shortstop; Lester out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
second) [Green to second]; Pedroia singled to right [Green
scored]; Drew doubled [Pedroia to third]; Youkilis grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 4, Nationals 1.
NATIONALS 5TH: Nieves struck out; Stammen was called out on
strikes; Harris struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4,
Nationals 1.
RED SOX 6TH: Bay was called out on strikes; Ortiz singled to
third; Varitek homered to right-center [Ortiz scored]; VILLONE
REPLACED STAMMEN (PITCHING); Ellsbury was called out on strikes;
Green flied to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6,
Nationals 1.
NATIONALS 6TH: KOTSAY REPLACED ORTIZ (PLAYING 1B); Guzman
singled to shortstop; Zimmerman doubled to center [Guzman to
third]; Johnson reached on a fielder's choice [Guzman out at
home (pitcher to third to catcher), Zimmerman to third, Johnson
to second]; Willingham singled to right [Zimmerman scored,
Johnson scored]; Dukes struck out; A. Hernandez forced
Willingham (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 6,
Nationals 3.
RED SOX 7TH: LUGO BATTED FOR LESTER; TAVAREZ REPLACED VILLONE
(PITCHING); Lugo was called out on strikes; Pedroia flied to
center; Drew walked; Youkilis flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Red Sox 6, Nationals 3.
NATIONALS 7TH: MASTERSON REPLACED LUGO (PITCHING); GONZALEZ
BATTED FOR NIEVES; Gonzalez struck out; BARD BATTED FOR TAVAREZ;
Bard doubled to right; Harris grounded out (first unassisted)
[Bard to third]; Guzman tripled to center [Bard scored];
Zimmerman flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 6,
Nationals 4.
RED SOX 8TH: BEIMEL REPLACED GONZALEZ (PITCHING); BARD STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING C ); Bay struck out; Kotsay flied to right;
Varitek flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6,
Nationals 4.
NATIONALS 8TH: Johnson grounded out (second to first);
Willingham was called out on strikes; Dukes walked; DUNN BATTED
FOR A. HERNANDEZ; OKAJIMA REPLACED MASTERSON (PITCHING); Dunn
walked [Dukes to second]; BELLIARD BATTED FOR BEIMEL; Belliard
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 6, Nationals 4.
RED SOX 9TH: HARRIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); WILLINGHAM
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); DUKES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
CF); DUNN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MACDOUGAL REPLACED
BELLIARD (PITCHING); Ellsbury grounded out (first unassisted);
Green grounded out (shortstop to first); BALDELLI BATTED FOR
OKAJIMA; Baldelli flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox
6, Nationals 4.
NATIONALS 9TH: PAPELBON REPLACED BALDELLI (PITCHING); Bard flied
to left; Harris flied to center; Guzman grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, Nationals 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Red Sox 6 7 0 3
Nationals 4 8 0 7
