September 6, 2006: Red Sox 5 White Sox 2
Monday, October 08, 2007




This one was sort of a pitcher's duel, but a pitcher's duel between pitchers with no control. Through 6, Jose Contreras and Kyle Snyder had allowed just 4 hits combined between them but had issued 7 walks. It hadn't hurt them much though since each starter had allowed just one run. The Red Sox had scored in the third without the benefit of a hit when Alex Cora got to first on a HBP, advanced to 2nd on a wild pitch, to 3rd on a ground out, and scored on a Mark Loretta sac fly. Loretta had the Sox' lone hit at that point, a 1st inning single. The White Sox had scored on a Jermaine Dye solo homer that led off the 6th.

In the 7th, it all fell apart for the White Sox. Trot Nixon led off the inning with the Red Sox 2nd hit of the game, followed by a Mike Lowell strikeout and a Jason Varitek walk. The White Sox pulled Contreras at this point, a curious call since he was still under 100 pitches and had allowed just 2 hits and 3 walks. Reliever Charlie Haeger shows what a dumb move this was, walking Eric Hinske to load the bases and then allowing a single to Cora to push the go-ahead run across. Haeger wasn't done, though - he walked Coco Crisp and Mark Loretta which led to 2 more runs, and was finally pulled in favor of Dustin Hermanson. Big Papi hit a sac fly to score Cora with the Sox 5th run. The lead held up, although Mike Timlin had to enter in the 9th after Lenny Dinardo put runners on 2nd and 3rd with just one out. That earns Timlin his first save of the season.

Unfortunately for the Red Sox, the sweep of the White Sox series does little for them in the standings. Their wild card deficit stays at 4 games since the Twins were sweeping the Devil Rays at the same time. Their division deficit stays at 8 games since the Yankees are on a 10 game winning streak. There may be some good news though: the Yankees recent opponent, the Royals, are on a 12 game losing streak and come to Fenway Park next.


Strat-O-Matic Report





BOXSCORE: 2006 Chicago (AL) White Sox At 2006 Boston Red Sox         9/6/2006
 
  White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Sweeney CF        4  0  1  0 .273     C.Crisp CF          3  0  0  1 .258  
  T.Iguchi 2B         3  0  0  0 .280     M.Loretta 2B        2  0  1  2 .279  
  J.Dye RF            3  1  1  1 .311     D.Ortiz DH          3  0  0  1 .280  
  J.Thome DH          3  1  1  0 .280     M.Ramirez LF        3  0  0  0 .331  
  P.Konerko 1B        3  0  0  0 .302     T.Nixon RF          4  1  2  0 .287  
  A.Pierzynski C      4  0  1  0 .291     M.Lowell 3B         4  0  0  0 .292  
  J.Crede 3B          2  0  0  1 .301     J.Varitek C         3  1  0  0 .235  
  S.Podsednik LF      2  0  1  0 .260     E.Hinske 1B         2  1  0  0 .272  
  A.Cintron SS        4  0  0  0 .324     A.Cora SS           3  2  2  1 .200  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      28  2  5  2                 Totals      27  5  5  5
 
 
White Sox....... 0 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 1  -  2  5  0
Red Sox......... 0 0 1  0 0 0  4 0    -  5  5  1
 
White Sox (65-74)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Contreras LOSS(6-15)    6 1/3   2   3   3   3   1   0  96   3.89
C.Haeger                  0       1   2   2   3   0   0  21   6.48
D.Hermanson               1 2/3   2   0   0   1   1   0  32   1.80
Totals                    8       5   5   5   7   2   0
 
Red Sox (82-58)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
K.Snyder                  6       3   1   1   5   5   1  91   4.14
C.Breslow WIN(1-0)        1       0   0   0   0   1   0   8   0.00
L.Dinardo                 1 1/3   1   1   1   1   3   0  24   8.51
M.Timlin SAVE(1st)        0 2/3   1   0   0   0   1   0   9   3.02
Totals                    9       5   2   2   6  10   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 31,959 DATE- Wednesday, September 6th 2006 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Sam Holbrook, Randy Marsh, Angel Hernandez, Hunter Wendelstedt
T- 3:10
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 7  Red Sox: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 0  Red Sox: 3
ERRORS- A.Cora
DOUBLES- R.Sweeney(1st), A.Pierzynski(26th)
HOME RUNS- J.Dye(42nd)
STOLEN BASES- S.Podsednik(33rd), C.Crisp(16th)
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Iguchi
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Crede, M.Loretta, D.Ortiz
WALKS- J.Dye, J.Thome, P.Konerko, J.Crede, S.Podsednik-2, C.Crisp-2, M.Loretta,
       M.Ramirez, J.Varitek, E.Hinske-2
HIT BY PITCH- A.Cora
STRIKE OUTS- R.Sweeney-2, T.Iguchi, J.Dye-2, J.Thome, P.Konerko-2, S.Podsednik,
             A.Cintron, M.Ramirez, M.Lowell
GIDP- P.Konerko, A.Pierzynski, A.Cintron
WILD PITCHES- J.Contreras
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Paul Konerko robbed Eric Hinske of a base hit.
          Bot 8th: Alex Cintron robbed Mike Lowell of a base hit.
 
Shortstop Alex Cora had 2 base hits as the Boston Red Sox topped the Chicago
(AL) White Sox by a score of 5 to 2 at Fenway Park.
 
Boston tallied 4 runs in the 7th inning.  Boston and Chicago (AL) each
finished the night with 5 hits.  Craig Breslow(1-0) picked up the victory,
allowing no runs in 1 inning. Breslow got relief help from Mike Timlin who
gained credit for his 1st save.  Jose Contreras(6-15) ended up with the loss.
 
With this win, Boston has a 82-58 record.  They have been 5-5 lately. With the
loss, the Chicago (AL) ballclub's record is 65-74.








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