Boston 5, Oakland 0

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(3-1)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 13 0 Oakland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 WP: J. Lester (1-1) LP: A. Embree (0-1)	(1-3)

Scoring Summary

Top 7th: Boston

- D. Ortiz homered to deep right, K. Youkilis scored

Top 8th: Boston

- D. Pedroia singled to left, J. Varitek scored, C. Crisp to third, A. Cora to second

- K. Youkilis singled to right, C. Crisp scored, A. Cora to third, D. Pedroia to second

Top 9th: Boston

- J. Varitek homered to deep right

Boston
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
D. Pedroia 2b	5	0	2	1	0	1	5	.250
K. Youkilis 1b	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	.400
D. Ortiz dh	4	1	2	2	1	2	3	.133
M. Ramirez lf	4	0	0	0	1	2	8	.235
J. Ellsbury lf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222
M. Lowell 3b	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	.188
J.D. Drew rf	5	0	1	0	0	2	4	.200
J. Varitek c	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	.250
C. Crisp cf	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	.333
A. Cora ss	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.000
Totals	37	5	13	5	5	9	26

Batting 2B - K Youkilis (1, A Embree). HR - D Ortiz (1, 7th inning off A Embree 1 on, 0 Out), J Varitek (1, 9th inning off H Street 0 on, 2 Out). RBI - D Ortiz 2 (2), D Pedroia (1), K Youkilis (1), J Varitek (2). 2-out RBI - J Varitek. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Ramirez 1, J Drew 2, D Pedroia 2. GIDP - M Ramirez. Team LOB - 12.

Base Running CS - M Lowell (1, 2nd base by A Brown/K Suzuki).    Fielding Outfield assists - J Drew (M Sweeney at 1st base). DP - 3 (A Cora-D Pedroia-K Youkilis 2, J Drew-K Youkilis).

Oakland
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
M. Ellis 2b	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	.071
D. Barton 1b	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.077
M. Sweeney dh	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250
J. Cust lf	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.100
E. Brown rf	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.214
B. Crosby ss	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.286
K. Suzuki c	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.357
J. Hannahan 3b	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	.286
C. Denorfia cf	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250
D. Johnson ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
R. Sweeney cf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	28	0	4	0	3	5	9

Batting 2B - D Barton (1, J Lester). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Ellis 1, J Cust 1. GIDP - K Suzuki, C Denorfia. Team LOB - 4.

Fielding DP - 3 (M Ellis-D Barton, K Suzuki-B Crosby-D Barton, B Crosby-M Ellis-D Barton).

Boston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
J. Lester (W, 1-1)	6.2	3	0	0	3	3	0	3.38
B. Corey (H, 1)	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2.70
M. Delcarmen	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Oakland
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
R. Harden	5.0	4	0	0	4	6	0	0.82
A. Brown	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.00
A. Embree (L, 0-1)	1.1	2	2	2	0	1	1	4.91
L. DiNardo	0.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	54.00
S. Casilla	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
H. Street	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	13.50

HBP - M Lowell (by A Brown); A Cora (by A Embree).

Pitches-strikes - J Lester 94-53; B Corey 26-16; M Delcarmen 15-9; R Harden 86-53; A Brown 15-7; A Embree 19-12; L DiNardo 16-12; S Casilla 12-7; H Street 20-10.

Ground balls-fly balls - J Lester 8-8; B Corey 1-1; M Delcarmen 2-1; R Harden 2-6; A Brown 0-0; A Embree 1-2; L DiNardo 0-0; S Casilla 2-0; H Street 0-3.

Batters faced - J Lester 23; B Corey 5; M Delcarmen 3; R Harden 22; A Brown 4; A Embree 7; L DiNardo 4; S Casilla 3; H Street 4.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Paul Schrieber. 1B--Rob Drake. 2B--Brian Knight. 3B--Wally Bell. Time: 3:00. Attendance: 21,625. Weather: 55 degrees, overcast. Wind: 3 mph, out to center.

Updated on Thursday, Apr 3, 2008 2:49 am ET