April 30, 2012: Red Sox 5 A's 1

Clay Buchholz leads the way for the Sox, earning his 4th win in a 5-1 victory over the A's. Dustin Pedroia led the olffense with a 3 for 3 day, knocking in 3 runs.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2012 Oakland Athletics At 2012 Boston Red Sox             4/30/2012
 
  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Weeks 2B          3  0  1  1 .239     M.Aviles SS         3  0  0  0 .258  
  C.Crisp LF          4  0  0  0 .292     D.Pedroia 2B        3  0  3  3 .340  
  J.Reddick RF        4  0  0  0 .202     A.Gonzalez 1B       4  0  0  0 .274  
  Y.Cespedes CF       4  0  0  0 .247     C.Ross RF           4  1  1  0 .316  
  S.Smith DH          4  0  0  0 .167     D.Ortiz DH          4  0  0  0 .346  
  K.Suzuki C          4  0  1  0 .243     K.Shoppach C        3  0  1  1 .286  
  D.Barton 1B         2  0  0  0 .100     D.McDonald LF       3  1  0  0 .139  
  B.Inge 3B           2  1  1  0 .250     M.Byrd CF           3  2  1  0 .284  
  C.Pennington SS     3  0  1  0 .250     N.Punto 3B          3  1  2  1 .316  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      30  1  4  1                 Totals      30  5  8  5
 
 
Athletics....... 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  1  4  0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  0 2 1  2 0    -  5  8  1
 
Athletics (14-10)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Milone LOSS(4-1)        4       5   2   2   1   5   0  74   1.95
J.Miller                  2       3   3   3   1   1   0  31   3.38
J.Norberto                2       0   0   0   0   2   0  23   2.77
Totals                    8       8   5   5   2   8   0
 
Red Sox (17-5)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Buchholz WIN(4-0)       7       4   1   1   2   5   0  91   1.85
R.Hill                    1       0   0   0   0   0   0  17   0.00
S.Atchison                1       0   0   0   0   1   0   8   3.95
Totals                    9       4   1   1   2   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 33,533 DATE- Monday, April 30th 2012 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Kerwin Danley, Doug Eddings, Paul Nauert, Dana Demuth
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 5  Red Sox: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0  Red Sox: 0
ERRORS- N.Punto
DOUBLES- J.Weeks(3rd), C.Ross(6th), K.Shoppach(4th)
STOLEN BASES- K.Suzuki(2nd)
CAUGHT STEALING- D.Barton
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Weeks, D.Pedroia, K.Shoppach
WALKS- D.Barton, B.Inge, D.McDonald, M.Byrd
HIT BY PITCH- M.Aviles
STRIKE OUTS- J.Weeks, J.Reddick, S.Smith-2, D.Barton, B.Inge, M.Aviles-3,
             A.Gonzalez, C.Ross-3, M.Byrd
RLISP 2-out- Y.Cespedes, B.Inge, C.Pennington, M.Byrd, C.Crisp, D.Ortiz
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Mike Aviles robbed Kurt Suzuki of a base hit.
 
The Boston Red Sox readily handled Oakland Athletics by a score of 5 to 1 at
Fenway Park.
 
Oakland was unable to claim the lead after Boston went ahead in the bottom of
the 5th inning as they scored 2 runs on 2 base hits.  Boston had 8 hits for
the night while Oakland had 4.  
 
The victory was credited to Clay Buchholz(4-0) who went 7 innings, allowing 1
run. Tommy Milone(4-1) ended up with the loss.  He pitched 4 innings allowing
5 hits and 1 walk.
 

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