HOU 9 vs. BOS 5

BOXSCORE: 2011 Houston Astros At 2011 Boston Redsox                 4/15/2011
 
  Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Redsox             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Schafer CF        4  0  1  0 .259     J.Reddick RF        4  0  0  0 .188  
  J.Altuve 2B         4  1  2  0 .333     D.Pedroia 2B        3  1  1  1 .235  
  M.Downs RF          3  1  3  2 .438     J.Ellsbury CF       3  1  1  1 .263  
  C.Lee LF            4  0  0  0 .162     D.Ortiz DH          3  0  0  0 .222  
  B.Wallace 1B        4  0  1  0 .167     A.Gonzalez 1B       3  0  0  0 .158  
  B.Bogusevic DH      3  0  0  0 .240     K.Youkilis 3B       3  0  0  0 .059  
  C.Johnson 3B        4  0  1  0 .258     M.Scutaro SS        2  0  0  0 .100  
A-J.Bourgeois PR      0  0  0  0 .400     J.Saltalamacchia C  3  1  1  1 .200  
  C.Barmes SS         4  0  0  0 .161     C.Crawford LF       3  0  0  0 .545  
  H.Quintero C        3  0  0  0 .231                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  2  8  2                 Totals      27  3  3  3
 
A-Pinch Ran For Johnson In 9th Inning
 
Astros.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 2 0  -  2  8  0
Redsox.......... 0 0 1  2 0 0  0 0    -  3  3  0
 
Astros (4-5)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Myers LOSS(0-3)         7 1/3   3   3   3   1   4   3  78   4.19
F.Rodriguez               0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.00
Totals                    8       3   3   3   1   5   3
 
Redsox (3-2)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Beckett WIN(2-0)        8       7   2   2   1   7   1 118   1.32
J.Papelbon SAVE(2nd)      1       1   0   0   0   1   0  12   2.08
Totals                    9       8   2   2   1   8   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 24,632 DATE-  TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Gary Darling, Bruce Dreckman, Paul Emmel, Rob Drake
T- 2:31
LEFT ON BASE- Astros: 6  Redsox: 1
DOUBLE PLAYS- Astros: 0  Redsox: 2
DOUBLES- M.Downs(6th)
HOME RUNS- M.Downs(4th), D.Pedroia(1st), J.Ellsbury(2nd), J.Saltalamacchia(1st)
RBIs- M.Downs-2(9th), D.Pedroia(1st), J.Ellsbury(4th), J.Saltalamacchia(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- J.Altuve(1st), J.Bourgeois(2nd)
WALKS- B.Bogusevic, M.Scutaro
HIT BY PITCH- M.Downs
STRIKE OUTS- J.Schafer, J.Altuve, C.Lee, B.Bogusevic-3, C.Johnson, H.Quintero,
             D.Pedroia, K.Youkilis-2, J.Saltalamacchia, C.Crawford
GIDP- C.Lee, C.Johnson
2-out RBI- M.Downs-2
RLISP 2-out- B.Bogusevic-2, J.Reddick, C.Barmes-2
 
The Boston Redsox nipped the Houston Astros 3 to 2 at Fenway Park in a hard
fought contest.
 
Boston took the lead for good in the 3rd inning plating an isolated run.
Houston threatened in the 9th but Boston was able to put down the rally.
 
Josh Beckett(2-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 8 innings and allowing
2 runs. Beckett got help from Jonathan Papelbon who earned his 2nd save.
Brett Myers(0-3) was the losing pitcher.  He allowed 3 homeruns in 7 and 1/3
innings of work.