May 1st: Red Sox (19-7) 2, Athletics (7-18) 0
Boston (AP)-- Daisuke Matsuzaka and Rich Harden engaged in a spectacular pitcher's duel tonight here at Fenway. Fortunately for the Red Sox, Harden ran out of the gas after 6 innings and did not come out for the 7th giving up just 1 run on 6 hits striking out 8 over the six. Dice-K, however, went the distance baffling the A's offense the entire game going for the complete game 2 hit shutout striking out 8 batters. His assortment of pitches was just too much for the A's to handle as he improved to 5-0 on the season. The A's have been struggling all season long as their offense is really very weak in terms of pop which doesn't allow them to manufacture very many runs. The Sox offense was provided on RBI singles by Kevin Youkilis and Manny Ramirez. Willy Mo Pena received the "Mark Bellhorn Award" by striking out in all 4 of his ABs today.
Box Score Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E OAK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 BOS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2 9 0 POS Batters AB R H RBI SO AVG SS Julio Lugo 4 1 1 0 2 .250 1B Kevin Youkilis 4 0 2 1 0 .500 DH David Ortiz 4 1 2 0 2 .500 LF Manny Ramirez 4 0 1 1 1 .250 RF Willy Mo Pena 4 0 0 0 4 .000 3B Mike Lowell 3 0 0 0 1 .000 C Jason Varitek 3 0 1 0 1 .333 CF David Murphy 2 0 2 0 0 1.00 2B Alex Cora 3 0 0 0 0 .000 Batting 2B: Jason Varitek 1 (14) RBI: Kevin Youkilis 1 (10), Manny Ramirez 1 (22) BB: David Murphy 1 (1) LOB: 6 Baserunning SB: Julio Lugo 1 (1) POS Batters AB R H RBI SO AVG C Jason Kendall 4 0 1 0 0 .250 LF Shannon Stewart 4 0 0 0 0 .000 3B Eric Chavez 3 0 1 0 1 .333 DH Mike Piazza 3 0 0 0 2 .000 1B Dan Johnson 3 0 0 0 2 .000 CF Mark Kotsay 3 0 0 0 1 .000 RF Milton Bradley 3 0 0 0 1 .000 2B Mark Ellis 3 0 0 0 0 .000 SS Bobby Crosby 3 0 0 0 1 .000 Batting LOB: 2 POS Pitchers IP H R ER BB K ERA SP D. Matsuzaka (W, 5-0) 9.0 2 0 0 0 8 2.47 POS Pitchers IP H R ER BB K ERA SP Rich Harden (L, 1-2) 6.0 6 1 1 0 8 2.89 RP Kiko Calero 1.0 3 1 1 1 1 9.82 RP Joe Kennedy 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 1.80
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