Boston Red Sox vs Toronto Blue Jays
September 20, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Boston Red Sox 3, Toronto Blue Jays 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury rf 5 0 1 0
Pedroia 2b 4 1 1 0
Ortiz dh 3 1 1 1
Youkilis 1b 4 0 1 0
Bay lf 3 1 2 2
Lowrie 3b 4 0 0 0
Crisp cf 4 0 1 0
Cora ss 4 0 0 0
Varitek c 4 0 0 0
Lester p 0 0 0 0
  Masterson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 7 3
Toronto Blue Jays ab   r   h rbi
Scutaro 2b 4 2 2 2
Bautista dh 4 0 2 1
Rios rf 3 0 2 2
Wells cf 3 0 0 0
Overbay 1b 4 0 0 0
Rolen 3b 4 2 2 1
Mench lf 2 1 0 0
  Snider ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Thigpen c 3 0 1 0
McDonald ss 2 1 0 0
Halladay p 0 0 0 0
  Carlson p 0 0 0 0
  League p 0 0 0 0
  Ryan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 9 6
Boston 003 000 000371
Toronto 140 000 01x691
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lester  L(15-6) 7.0 8 5 5 3 4
  Masterson   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
1
1
1
0
0
  Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO
Halladay  W(19-11) 6.0 6 3 3 3 3
  Carlson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  League   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Ryan  SV(32) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0

  E–Cora (6), Overbay (5).  DP–Boston 2. Pedroia-Cora-Youkilis, Lowrie-Pedroia-Youkilis.  2B–Boston Pedroia (51,off Halladay), Toronto Scutaro (22,off Lester).  HR–Boston Bay (9,3rd inning off Halladay 1 on 2 out), Toronto Rolen (10,8th inning off Masterson 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Thigpen (2,off Lester); McDonald (7,off Lester).  HBP–McDonald (2,by Lester).  IBB–V. Wells (5,by Lester).  Team–6.  SB–Ellsbury (49,2nd base off Halladay/Thigpen); Pedroia (18,2nd base off Halladay/Thigpen); Rios (31,2nd base off Lester/Varitek).  U-HP–Jim Reynolds, 1B–Tim Timmons, 2B–Gary Cederstrom, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–2:40.  A–40,554.
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