Boston 6, Cleveland 4
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(8-6)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 6 12 0
Cleveland 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 7 1
WP: M. Timlin (1-1) S: J. Papelbon (5)
LP: J. Borowski (0-2)
(5-8)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Boston
- K. Youkilis doubled to deep right, D. Pedroia scored, D. Ortiz to third
Bot 4th: Cleveland
- V. Martinez singled to center, A. Cabrera scored, T. Hafner to second
Bot 5th: Cleveland
- T. Hafner singled to center, C. Blake and G. Sizemore scored
Top 7th: Boston
- D. Pedroia singled to second, J. Lugo scored, C. Crisp to second
Top 8th: Boston
- K. Youkilis homered to deep left
Top 9th: Boston
- D. Pedroia hit sacrifice fly to deep left, J. Lugo scored
- M. Ramirez homered to deep left, J. Ellsbury scored
 Boston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
C. Crisp cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .343
D. Pedroia 2b 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 .286
D. Ortiz dh 5 0 2 0 0 2 2 .104
    J. Ellsbury pr-dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261
M. Ramirez lf 5 1 2 2 0 2 4 .309
K. Youkilis 3b 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 .375
J.D. Drew rf 4 0 0 0 1 3 2 .316
J. Varitek c 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 .244
S. Casey 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .280
J. Lugo ss 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 .239
 Totals 36 6 12 6 3 9 15  
 Batting
2B - K Youkilis 2 (5, J Westbrook, J Borowski); J Varitek (3, J Westbrook); J Lugo (2, J Borowski).
HR - K Youkilis (1, 8th inning off R Betancourt 0 on, 0 Out), M Ramirez (3, 9th inning off J Borowski 1 on, 2 Out).
S - C Crisp.
SF - D Pedroia.
RBI - K Youkilis 2 (10), D Pedroia 2 (3), M Ramirez 2 (14).
2-out RBI - K Youkilis, M Ramirez 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Ramirez 1, J Varitek 3, J Drew 1, J Lugo 1.
GIDP - J Drew.
Team LOB - 9.
 Cleveland
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
G. Sizemore cf 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 .314
A. Cabrera 2b 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 .200
T. Hafner dh 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 .275
V. Martinez c 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 .333
J. Peralta ss 3 0 0 0 1 3 3 .255
R. Garko 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 .318
J. Michaels lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .103
    D. Dellucci ph-lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .250
F. Gutierrez rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .158
C. Blake 3b 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .132
 Totals 32 4 7 4 5 10 16  
 Batting
S - A Cabrera 2.
RBI - V Martinez (3), R Garko (7), T Hafner 2 (10).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - V Martinez 1, D Dellucci 2, F Gutierrez 1.
Team LOB - 8.
 Fielding
E - V Martinez (1, throw).
DP - 1 (A Cabrera-R Garko-J Peralta-A Cabrera).
 Boston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
J. Lester 4.1 5 4 4 5 3 0 5.31
J. Tavarez 2.2 2 0 0 0 4 0 4.26
M. Timlin (W, 1-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20.25
J. Papelbon (S, 5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.29
 Cleveland
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
J. Westbrook 6.1 7 2 1 3 5 0 2.38
R. Betancourt (H, 2) 1.2 1 1 1 0 3 1 5.14
J. Borowski (L, 0-2; BS, 2) 0.2 4 3 3 0 0 1 18.00
R. Perez 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8.31
HBP - K Youkilis (by J Westbrook).
Pitches-strikes - J Lester 97-55; J Tavarez 43-28; M Timlin 11-9; J Papelbon 11-7; J Westbrook 111-70; R Betancourt 23-15; J Borowski 14-9; R Perez 3-3.
Ground balls-fly balls - J Lester 4-6; J Tavarez 2-2; M Timlin 0-2; J Papelbon 0-1; J Westbrook 10-4; R Betancourt 1-1; J Borowski 1-1; R Perez 0-0.
Batters faced - J Lester 23; J Tavarez 10; M Timlin 3; J Papelbon 3; J Westbrook 29; R Betancourt 6; J Borowski 6; R Perez 1.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Ed Montague. 1B--Jerry Layne. 2B--Phil Cuzzi. 3B--Jim Wolf.
Time: 3:40.
Attendance: 21,802.
Weather: 42 degrees, clear.
Wind: 7 mph, left to right.

Updated on Monday, Apr 14, 2008 11:09 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 Boston
K. Youkilis Kevin Youkilis
3-4, 1 HR
2 RBI
 Cleveland
V. Martinez Victor Martinez
3-4
1 RBI