Boston Red Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays
August 23, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 2008 at Rogers Centre. 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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Boston Red Sox 0, Toronto Blue Jays 11

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury rf 3 0 1 0
Pedroia 2b 3 0 0 0
Ortiz dh 4 0 0 0
Youkilis 1b 4 0 1 0
Bay lf 3 0 0 0
  Bailey lf 1 0 0 0
Lowrie 3b 4 0 1 0
Varitek c 2 0 0 0
  Cash c 1 0 0 0
Cora ss 3 0 1 0
Crisp cf 3 0 0 0
Lester p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Delcarmen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Scutaro 2b 3 1 1 2
Bautista 3b 4 0 0 1
Rios rf 5 2 3 0
Wells cf 5 4 4 3
Lind lf 4 1 2 0
Barajas c 3 0 0 1
Overbay 1b 5 1 2 3
Mench dh 5 2 3 1
McDonald ss 4 0 1 0
Litsch p 0 0 0 0
  Carlson p 0 0 0 0
  League p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 16 11
Boston 000 000 000041
Toronto 214 220 00x11160
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lester  L(12-5) 2.1 8 7 7 2 2
  Smith   2.1 6 4 4 0 3
  Timlin   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Lopez   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Delcarmen   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Litsch  W(9-7) 6.0 3 0 0 3 4
  Carlson   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  League   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Ryan   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
2

  E–Cora (5).  2B–Boston Cora (7,off Litsch), Toronto Mench 2 (10,off Lester 2); Overbay (26,off Lester); Rios (38,off Smith).  HR–Toronto V. Wells 2 (12,1st inning off Lester 1 on 2 out,5th inning off Smith 0 on 2 out); Scutaro (6,5th inning off Smith 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Cora (6,by Litsch); Barajas (7,by Lester).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Bautista (1,off Lester); Scutaro (6,off Smith).  Team–9.  U-HP–Charlie Reliford, 1B–Angel Campos, 2B–Kevin Causey, 3B–Greg Gibson.  T–3:09.  A–44,896.
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