Toronto Blue Jays vs Boston Red Sox
August 17, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 2008 at Fenway Park. The Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Toronto Blue Jays 15, Boston Red Sox 4

Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Inglett 2b 6 1 2 1
Scutaro 3b 6 2 3 0
Rios rf 6 3 5 2
Wells cf 4 1 2 1
Lind dh 6 2 3 4
Barajas c 4 2 0 0
Overbay 1b 5 3 3 2
Wilkerson lf 6 0 1 1
McDonald ss 5 1 3 3
Marcum p 0 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
  Carlson p 0 0 0 0
  League p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 15 22 14
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf,rf 5 0 1 0
Pedroia 2b 5 1 1 1
Ortiz dh 2 0 0 0
  Casey ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Youkilis 1b 2 1 1 1
  Crisp cf 1 0 0 0
Drew rf 0 0 0 0
  Bailey rf,1b 3 1 1 0
Bay lf 3 0 0 0
Lowrie 3b 3 1 3 1
Cora ss 4 0 2 0
Varitek c 2 0 1 0
  Cash c 2 0 0 0
Beckett p 0 0 0 0
  Aardsma p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Buchholz p 0 0 0 0
  Masterson p 0 0 0 0
  Okajima p 0 0 0 0
  Papelbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 10 3
Toronto 602 111 13015221
Boston 000 101 1014101
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Marcum  W(8-5) 5.0 5 1 1 4 4
  Camp   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Carlson   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  League   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Ryan   1.0 2 1 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
2
1
0
0
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Beckett  L(11-9) 2.1 8 8 8 1 3
  Aardsma   1.1 3 1 1 2 2
  Timlin   1.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Buchholz   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Masterson   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Okajima   1.0 5 3 3 0 1
  Papelbon   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
2

  E–Scutaro (7), Bay (1).  DP–Toronto 4. McDonald-Inglett-Overbay, V. Wells-Inglett, Inglett-McDonald-Overbay, McDonald-Inglett-Overbay, Boston 1. Cora-Pedroia-Youkilis.  2B–Toronto Rios 4 (36,off Beckett,off Aardsma,off Timlin,off Masterson); McDonald 2 (7,off Beckett,off Buchholz); Overbay 2 (25,off Beckett,off Okajima); Lind (11,off Aardsma); V. Wells (14,off Okajima), Boston Bailey (1,off Camp); Lowrie (14,off Ryan).  3B–Toronto Wilkerson (2,off Aardsma), Boston Lowrie (3,off Camp).  HR–Toronto Lind (8,3rd inning off Beckett 0 on 0 out), Boston Youkilis (23,4th inning off Marcum 0 on 0 out); Pedroia (12,7th inning off Carlson 0 on 2 out).  HBP–Barajas (6,by Beckett).  Team LOB–11.  Team–7.  U-HP–Jim Wolf, 1B–Phil Cuzzi, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Brian Knight.  T–3:27.  A–37,415.
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