Boston Red Sox vs Washington Nationals
June 23, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 2009 at Nationals Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Washington Nationals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Boston Red Sox 11, Washington Nationals 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Pedroia 2b 6 2 3 0
Drew rf 3 1 0 0
  Saito p 0 0 0 0
  Kotsay ph 1 0 0 0
  Bard p 0 0 0 0
Youkilis 1b 5 2 2 2
Bay lf 6 3 4 3
Lowell 3b 5 0 1 0
Varitek c 4 1 1 2
  Brown c 0 0 0 0
Ellsbury cf 4 1 4 3
Green ss 4 0 1 1
Penny p 3 0 0 0
  Delcarmen p 0 0 0 0
  Okajima p 0 0 0 0
  Baldelli ph,rf 2 1 1 0
Totals 43 11 17 11
Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Guzman ss 5 0 2 0
Johnson 1b 5 0 0 0
Zimmerman 3b 3 2 2 0
Dunn lf 4 0 1 1
Willingham rf 3 0 0 0
Bard c 3 1 1 0
Harris cf 3 0 1 1
Hernandez 2b 3 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
  Villone p 0 0 0 0
  Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Colome p 0 0 0 0
  Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0
  Kearns ph 1 0 1 0
Lannan p 2 0 0 0
  Gonzalez 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 2
Boston 010 110 16111170
Washington 100 101 000381
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Penny   5.2 6 3 3 3 6
  Delcarmen  W(2-1) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Okajima   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Saito   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Bard   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
6
8
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Lannan   6.1 9 3 3 2 3
  Tavarez  L(3-5) 0.1 1 1 0 1 0
  Villone   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Wells   0.1 0 2 2 2 0
  Colome   0.2 4 3 3 0 0
  Hanrahan   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
11
10
6
4

  E–Zimmerman (9).  DP–Boston 3. Green-Youkilis, Lowell-Youkilis, Youkilis-Green-Bard, Washington 1. Guzman-A. Hernandez-Johnson.  2B–Boston Pedroia 2 (19,off Lannan,off Hanrahan); Youkilis (17,off Hanrahan), Washington Dunn (10,off Penny); Harris (10,off Penny).  3B–Boston Ellsbury 2 (3,off Lannan,off Colome).  HR–Boston Bay (19,2nd inning off Lannan 0 on 0 out).  SF–Varitek (3,off Tavarez).  IBB–Green (1,by Lannan); Lowell (4,by Tavarez).  Team LOB–12.  Team–8.  SB–Ellsbury (30,2nd base off Lannan/Bard).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Jeff Nelson, 3B–Mark Carlson.  T–3:31.  A–41,517.
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