TNK - BOSTON RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game 130 of the Season – Boston Red Sox @ Los Angeles Dodgers
Pitching Matchup – Ryan Dempster vs Ricky Nolasco
* The Red Sox take the opener of this 3 game showdown with the AL West leading Dodgers by a score of 8-2 behind a strong outing from Ryan Dempster and timely offense.
* Will Middlebrooks was 2 for 3 with 2 doubles, 1 RBI, 1 walk and 3 runs scored as he continues to surge after late in the season
* Stephen Drew delivered a big 3-run HR in the 7th to blow the game open
* Carl Crawford was 3 for 4 with an RBI double in his 1st game against the Red Sox since being traded last season. Adrian Gonzalez sat the game out and should be back in the lineup tomorrow for his 1st game against his former team since the trade
* The Red Sox are now 2-2 on this interleague west coast trip and will send Jon Lester to the mound against Hyun-Jin Ryu for Los Angeles
<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 Los Angeles Dodgers</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Aug 23, 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 (76-54)</td><td align="right"> 0</td><td align="right"> 2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">8</td><td align="right">13</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Los Angeles (69-59)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Ryan Dempster (11-9) <b>L:</b> Ricky Nolasco (8-13)</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%">LAD</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">2</td><td width="70%">Will Middlebrooks singled to CF (Saltalamacchia 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%">2</td><td width="70%">Ryan Dempster singled to LF (Middlebrooks scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</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%">David Ortiz solo HR to LF</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">LAD</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Juan Uribe singled to RF (Ethier scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Jacoby Ellsbury tripled to RF (Middlebrooks scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Shane Victorino singled to LF (Ellsbury scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">LAD</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Carl Crawford doubled to LF (Schumaker scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">5</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">8</td><td width="70%">Stephen Drew 3-run HR to RF (Nava & Middlebrooks score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">8</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</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> Middlebrooks 2 (21), Saltalamacchia 2 (24), Nava (26)<br /><b>3B:</b> Ellsbury (7)<br /><b>HR:</b> Drew (5), Ortiz (24)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Drew 3 (25), Ortiz (78), Middlebrooks (35), Victorino (37), Ellsbury (45), Dempster (1)</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Pedroia (12)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#005A9C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Los Angeles Dodgers</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> Crawford (24)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Crawford (46), Uribe (24)</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>SB:</b> Ramirez (28)</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Ellis (11)</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 (W, 11-9)</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">3.96</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Junichi Tazawa (H, 11)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.88</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Craig Breslow</td><td align="right">1.0</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">1.59</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Rubby De La Rosa</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.55</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#005A9C" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Los Angeles Dodgers</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>Ricky Nolasco (L, 8-13)</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">0</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">4.19</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Carlos Marmol</td><td align="right">1.2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">8.64</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Paco Rodriguez</td><td align="right">0.1</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">5.40</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>JP Howell</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">2.82</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Brian Wilson</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr></table></body></html>
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