Boston 2, Oakland 1
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(2-1)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 9 0
Oakland 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
WP: D. Matsuzaka (1-0) S: J. Papelbon (2)
LP: J. Blanton (0-1)
(1-2)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Bot 2nd: Oakland
- J. Cust homered to deep left center
Top 5th: Boston
- J. Ellsbury singled to right, K. Youkilis scored, J. Lugo to second
Top 6th: Boston
- J. Varitek doubled to deep right, K. Youkilis scored
 Boston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Ellsbury rf 5 0 1 1 0 1 2 .222
D. Pedroia 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .182
D. Ortiz dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000
M. Ramirez lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .308
M. Lowell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .250
K. Youkilis 1b 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 .364
J. Varitek c 4 0 2 1 0 0 3 .167
C. Crisp cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 .286
J. Lugo ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .400
 Totals 36 2 9 2 1 5 15  
 Batting
2B - J Varitek (1, J Blanton).
3B - K Youkilis (1, J Blanton).
RBI - J Ellsbury (1), J Varitek (1).
2-out RBI - J Ellsbury, J Varitek.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Crisp 2, D Ortiz 2, J Ellsbury 1.
Team LOB - 8.
 Oakland
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
T. Buck rf 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 .000
M. Ellis 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .091
D. Barton 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000
J. Cust dh 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 .167
E. Brown lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .182
B. Crosby ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333
J. Hannahan 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .273
K. Suzuki c 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .364
R. Sweeney cf 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000
    M. Sweeney ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400
    C. Denorfia cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
 Totals 29 1 3 1 1 12 6  
 Batting
HR - J Cust (1, 2nd inning off D Matsuzaka 0 on, 0 Out).
RBI - J Cust (1).
Team LOB - 2.
 Base Running
CS - K Suzuki (1, 2nd base by D Matsuzaka/J Varitek).
 
 Fielding
E - D Barton (1, dropped foul ball).
 Boston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
D. Matsuzaka (W, 1-0) 6.2 2 1 1 0 9 1 2.31
H. Okajima (H, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
J. Papelbon (S, 2) 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.86
 Oakland
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
J. Blanton (L, 0-1) 6.0 7 2 2 1 3 0 3.86
S. Casilla 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
K. Foulke 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
WP - J Blanton.
Pitches-strikes - D Matsuzaka 96-61; H Okajima 15-6; J Papelbon 16-11; J Blanton 99-67; S Casilla 24-18; K Foulke 19-13.
Ground balls-fly balls - D Matsuzaka 6-4; H Okajima 1-2; J Papelbon 1-0; J Blanton 8-7; S Casilla 1-3; K Foulke 1-2.
Batters faced - D Matsuzaka 21; H Okajima 5; J Papelbon 4; J Blanton 26; S Casilla 6; K Foulke 5.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Wally Bell. 1B--Paul Schrieber. 2B--Rob Drake. 3B--Brian Knight.
Time: 2:39.
Attendance: 36,067.
Weather: 56 degrees, clear.
Wind: 12 mph, out to right.

Updated on Wednesday, Apr 2, 2008 4:37 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 Boston
J. Varitek Jason Varitek
2-4
1 RBI
 Oakland
J. Cust Jack Cust
1-2, 1 HR
1 RBI