Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Game 28/162, Red Sox Bats Come Alive After Weaver Leaves

Red Sox 9, Angels 5

Angels   - 001 010 021 - 5 13 1
Red Sox - 100 020 60x - 9 11 0

After Weaver left the game, the Red Sox demolished the Angels bullpen, scoring six runs in a span of 7 pitches. 

The at-bat of the game was Pedroia against Weaver in the fifth. The Red Sox were losing 2-1, and the Red Sox had guys on first and third with two outs:

01 - Ball 1
02 - Foul, strike 1

03 - Ball 2
04 - Foul, strike 2
05 - Foul (Ellsbury off with the pitch)
Activity in the Angels' bullpen
06 - Foul (Ellsbury off with the pitch)
LAA visit to the mound
Throw to first
07 - Ball 3 (Ellsbury steals second)
08 - Foul
09 - Foul
10 - Foul
11 - Foul
12 - Foul
13 - Line drive single into CF, Crawford and Ellsbury score, Boston leads 3-2

After that nice at-bat, Gonzalez felt he had an obligation to save the game. So when Torii Hunter was on second and Alberto Callaspo hit a grounder to him, he fired to third and got the out.

In the 7th inning, the Red Sox were leading 3-2. Varitek singled and Ellsbury doubled so he went to third. Then Pedroia was walked by the new pitcher (Francisco Rodriguez). When the bases were loaded, Adrian Gonzalez crushed the ball off the Monster to clear the bases. Then Youkilis hit an RBI single to score Gonzo. Then Ortiz hit a two run homer to finish the attack. 

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