TNK - BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game 115 of the Season – Boston Red Sox @ Houston Astros
Pitching Matchup – Ryan Dempster vs Jarred Cosart
* The Red Sox took a 4-3 lead into the bottom of the 9th before the Astros loaded the bases with 2 outs against Sox closer Koji Uehara. LJ Hoes came up with the game on the line and blooped a ball down the RF line that landed right on the line for a 2-run walk off single to give the Astros a thrilling 5-4 victory
* Jacoby Ellsbury went 3 for 4 and finished a triple shy of the cycle
* Junichi Tazawa was fantastic out of the Boston pen as he inherited runners on 2nd & 3rd with no outs in the 7th and got out of the jam with just 1 run scoring for Houston. Tazawa remained in the game and pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the 8th to protect a 1 run lead.
* Will Middlebrooks had his 10 game hitting streak snapped
* The Red Sox and Astros play the rubber match of this 3 game series tomorrow
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">Boston Red Sox at Houston Astros</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Aug 6, 2013</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston (66-49)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4</td><td align="right">9</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Houston (35-77)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right" class="active">5</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Philip Humber (2-2) <b>L:</b> Koji Uehara (6-5)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">BOS</td><td align="right" width="8%">HOU</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">2</td><td width="70%">Will Middlebrooks sac fly to RF (Nava scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">3</td><td width="70%">Jacoby Ellsbury solo HR to CF</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">HOU</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">JD Martinez singled to CF (Carter & Dominguez score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">Mike Carp singled to CF (Pedoria scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Stephen Drew solo HR to LF</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">HOU</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Brandon Barnes gorunded out to SS (Dominguez scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#EE1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Ellsbury (17), Pedoria (14), Carp (6)<br /><b>3B:</b> Nava (1)<br /><b>HR:</b> Ellsbury (16), Drew (4)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Ellsbury (41), Middlebreooks (32), Drew (19), Carp (15)<br /><b>SF:</b> Middlebrooks<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Nava</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>SB:</b> Ellsbury (32)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#F47D31" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Houston Astros</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Altuve (33), Dominguez (19), Martinez (10)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Barnes (25), Martinez 2 (39), Hoes 2 (3)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#EE1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Ryan Dempster</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.31</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Junichi Tazawa</td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.41</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Koji Uehara (L, 6-5)</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">5.24</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#F47D31" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Houston Astros</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Jarred Cosart</td><td align="right">5.0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">3.90</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Chia-Jen Lo</td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">4.50</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Philip Humber (W, 2-2)</td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.99</td></tr></table></body></html>
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