Boston 6, Cleveland 2

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(60-39)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Boston 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 14 0 Cleveland 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 WP: J. Lester (1-0) S: M. Delcarmen (1) LP: J. Westbrook (1-6)	(58-41)

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: Boston

- M. Ramirez doubled to deep left, C. Crisp and D. Pedroia scored, K. Youkilis to third

- J.D. Drew singled to center, K. Youkilis scored, M. Ramirez to third

- M. Lowell grounded into double play third to second to first, M. Ramirez scored, J.D. Drew out at second

Top 2nd: Boston

- K. Youkilis singled to right, C. Crisp scored

Bot 3rd: Cleveland

- G. Sizemore homered to deep right, J. Barfield scored

Top 9th: Boston

- D. Pedroia singled to right center, C. Crisp scored

Boston
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
C. Crisp cf	5	3	4	0	0	0	1	.284
D. Pedroia 2b	5	1	3	1	0	0	2	.325
K. Youkilis 1b	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	.312
M. Ramirez dh	4	1	2	2	1	2	3	.298
J.D. Drew rf	5	0	1	1	0	1	5	.252
M. Lowell 3b	5	0	1	0	0	1	5	.305
J. Varitek c	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.267
E. Hinske lf	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.211
J. Lugo ss	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.225
Totals	37	6	14	5	5	5	20

Batting 2B - M Ramirez (22, J Westbrook); C Crisp (15, J Westbrook). RBI - M Ramirez 2 (60), J Drew (38), K Youkilis (48), D Pedroia (30). 2-out RBI - K Youkilis. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Lowell 2, J Lugo 1. GIDP - M Lowell, D Pedroia, J Drew. Team LOB - 9.

Base Running CS - M Lowell (2, 2nd base by J Westbrook/K Shoppach).    Fielding DP - 2 (M Lowell-D Pedroia-K Youkilis, J Lugo-D Pedroia-K Youkilis).

Cleveland
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
G. Sizemore cf	4	1	1	2	0	1	3	.272
J. Michaels lf	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.277
C. Blake 3b	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	.275
T. Hafner dh	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.260
R. Garko 1b	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.321
J. Peralta ss	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.281
F. Gutierrez rf	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	.302
T. Nixon ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245
K. Shoppach c	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.309
B. Francisco ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275
J. Barfield 2b	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	.256
Totals	31	2	6	2	3	9	12

Batting 2B - R Garko (17, J Lester). HR - G Sizemore (18, 3rd inning off J Lester 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - G Sizemore 2 (54). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G Sizemore 2. GIDP - J Peralta, F Gutierrez. Team LOB - 6.

Fielding E - C Blake (10, throw). PB - K Shoppach. DP - 3 (C Blake-J Barfield-R Garko, J Barfield-J Peralta-R Garko, R Garko-J Peralta-R Garko).

Boston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
J. Lester (W, 1-0)	6.0	5	2	2	3	6	1	3.00
M. Timlin (H, 4)	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.31
J. Lopez (H, 9)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.29
M. Delcarmen (S, 1)	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.56
Cleveland
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
J. Westbrook (L, 1-6)	6.0	10	5	5	4	1	0	6.20
J. Lewis	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.69
J. Stanford	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.12
T. Mastny	1.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	4.43

HBP - R Garko (by J Lester).

Pitches-strikes - J Lester 96-55; M Timlin 19-13; J Lopez 4-3; M Delcarmen 16-12; J Westbrook 112-65; J Lewis 24-15; J Stanford 17-10; T Mastny 18-12.

Ground balls-fly balls - J Lester 7-5; M Timlin 0-3; J Lopez 0-0; M Delcarmen 2-1; J Westbrook 15-1; J Lewis 0-2; J Stanford 1-2; T Mastny 0-0.

Batters faced - J Lester 25; M Timlin 5; J Lopez 1; M Delcarmen 4; J Westbrook 28; J Lewis 5; J Stanford 5; T Mastny 4.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--C.B. Bucknor. 1B--Joe West. 2B--Ed Rapuano. 3B--Ed Hickox. Time: 3:16. Attendance: 32,439. Weather: 72 degrees, overcast. Wind: 11 mph, in from center.

Game Notes

CLEVELAND FIRST BASEMAN RYAN GARKO DOUBLED IN THE FOURTH INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 16 GAMES.

BOSTON SHORTSTOPJULIO LUGO SINGLED IN THE SIXTH INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STEAK TO 13 GAMES.

Updated on Monday, Jul 23, 2007 10:32 pm ET