Toronto Blue Jays vs. Boston Red Sox - Box Score - September 08, 2012 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 8, 2012

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Toronto leads 2-0 (as of 9/8)

Game 1: Friday, September 7
Toronto	7	Final
Boston	5	Final
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Game 2: Saturday, September 8
Toronto	9	Final
Boston	2	Final
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Game 3: Sunday, September 9
Toronto	4	Final
Boston	3	Final
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Blue Jays 9

(63-75, 29-41 away)

Red Sox 2

(63-77, 32-40 home)

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Coverage: NESN

7:10 PM ET, September 8, 2012

Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TOR	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	11	0
BOS	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	1

W: B. Lincoln (1-0)

L: D. Matsuzaka (1-5)

Toronto Blue Jays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
R Davis LF	4	0	0	1	0	1	16	.243	.302	.373
C Rasmus CF	5	1	2	0	0	2	14	.228	.292	.421
E Encarnacion DH	4	0	1	0	1	0	14	.282	.382	.565
A Lind 1B	4	0	2	1	0	1	14	.233	.296	.380
Y Escobar SS	4	1	1	1	0	1	9	.253	.299	.350
K Johnson 2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	17	.226	.314	.362
J Arencibia C	3	2	1	0	0	1	17	.240	.278	.458
A Hechavarria 3B	3	2	1	1	1	1	32	.233	.260	.329
A Gose RF	4	2	2	5	0	2	18	.211	.276	.322
Totals	35	9	11	9	2	10	151
BATTING 2B: A Hechavarria (4, D Matsuzaka) HR: Y Escobar (9, 2nd inning off D Matsuzaka 0 on, 0 Out); A Gose (1, 9th inning off A Bailey 2 on, 0 Out) RBI: Y Escobar (46), A Hechavarria (7), A Gose 5 (7), R Davis (38), A Lind (33) SF: R Davis GIDP: Y Escobar Blue Jays RISP: 4-6 (Y Escobar 0-1, A Gose 2-2, A Lind 1-1, K Johnson 0-1, A Hechavarria 1-1) Team LOB: 3
BASERUNNING SB: A Gose (13, 2nd base off D Matsuzaka/R Lavarnway); Y Escobar (4, 2nd base off V Padilla/R Lavarnway)
FIELDING DP: 2 (Y Escobar-K Johnson-A Lind, A Lind).

Toronto Blue Jays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
A Laffey	4.2	4	2	2	2	2	0	64-34	4.43
B Lincoln (W, 1-0)	2.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	31-20	4.05
B Cecil	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	11-7	5.60
J Frasor	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	25-17	3.86
Totals	9.0	6	2	2	2	8	0	131-78
PITCHING HBP: C Ross (By A Laffey) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: A Laffey 11/19; B Lincoln 3/7; B Cecil 1/3; J Frasor 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: A Laffey 11-2-9-12; B Lincoln 6-2-9-3; B Cecil 3-1-1-2; J Frasor 5-3-6-3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Laffey 6-5; B Lincoln 3-1; B Cecil 1-0; J Frasor 2-0 Game Scores: A Laffey 48

Boston Red Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
P Ciriaco 3B	4	0	1	1	0	0	6	.306	.321	.411
J Ellsbury CF	4	0	1	0	0	2	19	.257	.300	.353
D Pedroia 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	16	.287	.344	.445
C Ross RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	21	.277	.341	.509
M Gomez 1B	4	0	1	0	0	2	18	.299	.342	.448
R Lavarnway C	2	1	0	0	2	1	19	.163	.236	.238
M Aviles DH	4	1	1	0	0	1	15	.253	.285	.391
S Podsednik LF	3	0	1	1	0	0	9	.329	.346	.382
J Iglesias SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	8	.091	.167	.136
Totals	31	2	6	2	2	8	131
BATTING RBI: S Podsednik (11), P Ciriaco (17) 2-out RBI: P Ciriaco GIDP: M Gomez Red Sox RISP: 2-8 (M Aviles 0-1, S Podsednik 1-1, M Gomez 0-1, D Pedroia 0-1, J Iglesias 0-1, P Ciriaco 1-1, J Ellsbury 0-1, R Lavarnway 0-1) Team LOB: 5
FIELDING E: R Lavarnway (2, throw) DP: 2 (J Ellsbury-M Gomez, P Ciriaco-D Pedroia). Outfield Assist: J Ellsbury (C Rasmus at 1st base).

Boston Red Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Matsuzaka (L, 1-5)	1.1	5	5	5	1	2	1	42-25	7.20
A Aceves	2.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	37-26	4.48
A Miller	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10-7	3.38
M Melancon	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	26-16	7.11
V Padilla	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	17-10	4.47
A Bailey	1.0	2	3	3	1	1	1	19-13	4.70
Totals	9.0	11	9	9	2	10	2	151-97
PITCHING HBP: J Arencibia (By D Matsuzaka) Balk: A Bailey First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Matsuzaka 7/11; A Aceves 3/8; A Miller 3/3; M Melancon 3/6; V Padilla 1/5; A Bailey 4/6 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Matsuzaka 5-4-9-7; A Aceves 6-2-12-6; A Miller 2-3-0-2; M Melancon 1-6-6-3; V Padilla 0-3-3-4; A Bailey 2-1-6-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Matsuzaka 1-1; A Aceves 3-2; A Miller 0-2; M Melancon 3-0; V Padilla 2-0; A Bailey 0-2 Game Scores: D Matsuzaka 25

Scoring Summary

			TOR	BOS
	2nd	Y Escobar homered to left (387 feet).	1	0
	2nd	A Hechavarria doubled to left, K Johnson scored, J Arencibia to third.	2	0
	2nd	A Gose singled to center, J Arencibia and A Hechavarria scored.	4	0
	2nd	R Davis hit sacrifice fly to center, A Gose scored.	5	0
	5th	S Podsednik singled to right center, R Lavarnway scored, M Aviles to third.	5	1
	5th	P Ciriaco singled to center, M Aviles scored.	5	2
	8th	A Lind singled to right, C Rasmus scored, E Encarnacion to second.	6	2
	9th	A Gose homered to right (437 feet), J Arencibia and A Hechavarria scored.	9	2
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Game Notes

THE GAME HAS RESUMED IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH INNING AFTER A 58 MINUTE DELAY. SITUATION: 0 RUNS IN, J ELLSBURY ON FIRST, 0 OUTS CURRENT SCORE: TORONTO 5, BOSTON 0

Game Information

Stadium	Fenway Park, Boston, MA
Attendance	37,107 (100.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:55
Weather	77 degrees, cloudy
Wind	19 mph
Umpires	Home Plate - Bill Welke, First Base - Clint Fagan, Second Base - Chris Guccione, Third Base - Jeff Nelson