LA Angels 7, Boston 5
Preview - Box Score - Recap

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  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LA Angels 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 7 10 0
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 5 7 2
WP: F. Rodriguez (5-2)
LP: E. Gagne (3-1)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 3rd: LA Angels
- V. Guerrero doubled to left, O. Cabrera scored
Top 6th: LA Angels
- M. Izturis singled to right, V. Guerrero scored, G. Anderson to second
Bot 7th: Boston
- M. Lowell grounded out to third, D. Ortiz scored
Top 8th: LA Angels
- G. Anderson hit sacrifice fly to left center, V. Guerrero scored
- G. Matthews Jr. homered to deep right
Bot 8th: Boston
- J. Lugo scored, J. Ellsbury to third, C. Crisp to second on wild pitch
- D. Ortiz doubled to left center, C. Crisp and J. Ellsbury scored
- M. Ramirez doubled to left, D. Ortiz scored
Top 9th: LA Angels
- O. Cabrera singled to left, E. Aybar scored, C. Figgins to second
- V. Guerrero doubled to deep center, C. Figgins and O. Cabrera scored
 LA Angels
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
C. Figgins 3b 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 .339
O. Cabrera ss 5 2 2 1 0 1 1 .309
V. Guerrero dh 5 2 3 3 0 0 0 .323
G. Anderson lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 2 .275
G. Matthews Jr. cf 4 1 1 1 0 2 4 .269
M. Izturis 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .263
R. Quinlan 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .246
R. Budde c 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 .143
    R. Willits ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297
N. Haynes rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .219
    C. Kotchman ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .306
    E. Aybar pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .243
    J. Mathis c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .195
 Totals 37 7 10 7 2 8 13  
 Batting
2B - V Guerrero 2 (40, J Beckett, E Gagne).
3B - V Guerrero (1, M Delcarmen).
HR - G Matthews Jr (16, 8th inning off M Delcarmen 0 on, 1 Out).
SF - G Anderson.
RBI - V Guerrero 3 (96), M Izturis (35), G Anderson (39), G Matthews Jr (67), O Cabrera (68).
2-out RBI - V Guerrero.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - G Anderson 1, G Matthews Jr 1, R Budde 1.
Team LOB - 6.
 Base Running
SB - O Cabrera (16, 2nd base off J Beckett/J Varitek).
 Boston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Ellsbury cf-lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .316
D. Pedroia 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .324
    C. Crisp pr-cf 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273
D. Ortiz dh 4 2 2 2 0 2 0 .314
M. Ramirez lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .293
    A. Cora 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255
J.D. Drew rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .266
M. Lowell 3b 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 .310
J. Varitek c 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .263
E. Hinske 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .194
    K. Youkilis 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .294
J. Lugo ss 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .239
 Totals 34 5 7 4 2 8 8  
 Batting
2B - J Lugo (27, E Santana); J Drew (23, E Santana); D Ortiz (38, F Rodriguez); M Ramirez (31, F Rodriguez).
RBI - M Lowell (81), D Ortiz 2 (75), M Ramirez (80).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Varitek 1, M Lowell 1, D Pedroia 1.
Team LOB - 4.
 Fielding
E - J Lugo 2 (16, ground ball 2).
DP - 1 (K Youkilis-J Lugo).
 LA Angels
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
E. Santana 6.1 4 1 1 0 5 0 5.96
J. Speier (H, 14) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.93
S. Shields (H, 27) 0.1 1 3 3 2 1 0 3.23
F. Rodriguez (W, 5-2; BS, 4) 1.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2.96
 Boston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
J. Beckett 7.0 5 2 1 1 8 0 3.15
M. Delcarmen 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 1 2.81
E. Gagne (L, 3-1; BS, 3) 1.0 3 3 3 1 0 0 4.12
WP - F Rodriguez.
Pitches-strikes - E Santana 100-64; J Speier 6-4; S Shields 19-7; F Rodriguez 27-19; J Beckett 104-68; M Delcarmen 13-9; E Gagne 34-23.
Ground balls-fly balls - E Santana 6-8; J Speier 1-0; S Shields 0-0; F Rodriguez 2-2; J Beckett 7-6; M Delcarmen 0-3; E Gagne 0-2.
Batters faced - E Santana 23; J Speier 2; S Shields 4; F Rodriguez 7; J Beckett 29; M Delcarmen 5; E Gagne 6.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Brian Runge. 1B--Mark Wegner. 2B--Mike Winters. 3B--Adrian Johnson.
Ejections: BOSTON's Francona by Wegner (9th), BOSTON's Youkilis by Runge (9th).
Time: 3:14.
Attendance: 36,538.
Weather: 78 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 17 mph, out to right.

Updated on Friday, Aug 17, 2007 10:53 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 LA Angels
V. Guerrero V. Guerrero
3-5
3 RBI
 Boston
D. Ortiz D. Ortiz
2-4
2 RBI