Boston Red Sox v Milwaukee Brewers – Spring Training Box Score -Saturday,March 31, 2001

Saturday, March 31, 2001
Boston 7, Milwaukee 2
Spring Training Game at Miller Park

 BOSTON          AB  R  H BI  MILWAUKEE       AB  R  H BI

 STYNES 2B        3  1  2  0  RO BELLIARD 2B   3  0  0  0
 MERLONI 2B       2  0  0  0  COOLBAUGH 2B     1  1  1  0
 T NIXON CF       4  2  2  2  HOUSTON 3B       4  0  2  0
 VARITEK C        4  2  1  2  JENKINS LF       2  0  0  0
 EVERETT CF       2  1  1  0  ECHEVARRIA 1B    1  0  0  0
 WAKEFIELD P      0  0  0  0  SEXSON 1B        3  0  0  0
 DAUBACH PH       1  0  0  0  LESHER LF        1  0  1  1
 R GARCES P       0  0  0  0  J BURNITZ RF     3  0  0  0
 BECK P           0  0  0  0  COLLIER RF       1  0  0  0
 D LOWE P         0  0  0  0  HAMMONDS CF      2  1  1  1
 HATTEBERG PH     1  0  0  0  J MOUTON CF      2  0  0  0
 KIM P            0  0  0  0  JO HERNANDEZ SS  2  0  1  0
 BICHETTE LF      5  1  1  2  L LOPEZ SS       1  0  0  0
 BURKHART 1B      2  0  0  0  BLANCO C         1  0  0  0
 HILLENBRAND 3B   5  0  2  1  CASANOVA C       2  0  0  0
 C GREBECK SS     2  0  0  0  B SHEETS P       0  0  0  0
 F CASTILLO P     1  0  0  0  DE LOS SANTOS P  0  0  0  0
 NEILL RF         2  0  0  0  D WHITE PH       1  0  0  0
                              C FOX P          0  0  0  0
                              T FERNANDEZ PH   1  0  0  0
                              R KING P         0  0  0  0
                              B KOLB P         0  0  0  0
 TOTALS          34  7  9  7  TOTALS          31  2  6  2

 BOSTON                  202 030 000-- 7
 MILWAUKEE               000 010 010-- 2

 DP--BOSTON 1, MILWAUKEE 1. LOB--BOSTON 9, MILWAUKEE 6. 
 2B--EVERETT, BICHETTE, HOUSTON, COOLBAUGH, LESHER. HR--T 
 NIXON (OFF B SHEETS), VARITEK (OFF B SHEETS), HAMMONDS 
 (OFF WAKEFIELD). S--F CASTILLO, B SHEETS.

                                  IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
 BOSTON
 F CASTILLO (W)                    4   1   0   0   0   5   0
 WAKEFIELD                         1   2   1   1   0   1   1
 R GARCES                          1   1   0   0   1   0   0
 BECK                              1   0   0   0   0   2   0
 D LOWE                            1   2   1   1   0   1   0
 KIM                               1   0   0   0   0   0   0

 MILWAUKEE
 B SHEETS (L)                  4 1-3   8   7   6   3   6   2
 DE LOS SANTOS                   2-3   1   0   0   1   2   0
 C FOX                             2   0   0   0   3   2   0
 R KING                            1   0   0   0   0   2   0
 B KOLB                            1   0   0   0   1   2   0

 HBP--BLANCO BY F CASTILLO, L LOPEZ BY BECK.
 T--3:02. A--37,813.

Play-by-play posted at Your Turn (The Providence Journal) by ddupre:

Boston 1st – Stynes on base. Nixon hits a two run home run.

Milwaukee 1st – No hits.

Boston 2nd –

MIlwaukee 2nd – Castillo gave up a hit and struck out the side.

Boston 3rd – Stynes on base. Nixon out. Varitek hits a long two-run home run (Stynes on base).

Milwaukee 3rd –

Boston 4th – Hillenbrand singles. Grebeck flied out. Castillo out. Stynes out.

Milwaukee 4th – Castillo strikes out the first batter. Jenkins strikes out. Sexson grounds out third to first.

Boston 5th – Nixon strikes out. Varitek [walked?/3-1]. Everett  — Broken back liner, one hop to short. Jose Hernandez threw away a possible DP and now we have runners at second and third with one out. — Bichette turns on an inside fastball and doubles, two runs score.  Burkhart walked. [Sheets out, Valerio De Los Santos in ] Hillenbrand singles to right, Bichette scores, Burkhart to third. Grebeck walks (after about a dozen pitches, fouling off at least 5). Neill (pinch-hitting for Castillo) strikes out. Merloni (batting for Stynes) strikes out.

Milwaukee 5th – [Wakefield pitching, Neill RF] Burnitz flies out to Bichette in left center. Hammonds hits a home run to left center. Jose Hernandez beats out an infield single up the third base line, fielded by Wakefield. Blanco strikes out. White flies out to right field.

Boston 6th – [Chad Fox pitching; also new catcher and center fielder] Nixon walks on 4 straight. Varitek grounds into a fielders choice, Nixon out at second (nearly a DP). Daubach (pinch hitting for Wakefield) strikes out. Bichette out.

Milwaukee 6th – [Garces pitching] Belliard flies out to Neill in right. Houston doubles to the gap in left center. Jenkins walks. Sexson flies out to deep right, Houston to third. Burnitz pops up.

Boston 7th – [Lots of changes for the Brewers, Houston and Jenkins the only original line-up guys still in, Fox still pitching] Burkhart walks. Hillenbrand strikes out. Grebeck walks. Neill hits into a double play to end the inning.

Milwaukee 7th – [beck pitching] One out. Louie Lopez hit by a pitch. Raul Casanova strike sout on a breaking ball. Tony Fernandez (pinch-hitting for Fox) strikes out.

Boston 8th – [Ray King pitching] Merloni strikes out. Nixon strikes out. Varitek grounds out third to first.

Milwaukee 8th – [Lowe pitching] Coolbaugh doubles. Houston grounds out shortstop (Grebeck) to first. Echavarria strikes out. On a full countpitch, Brian Lesher doubles down the left field line, Coolbaugh scores. Lou Collier grounds out shortstop to first.

Boston 9th – [Brandon Kolb pitching] Daubach strikes out. Bichette strikes out. Burkhart on base. Hillenbrand grounds into a fielders choice, Burkhart out at second.

Milwaukee 9th – [Sun-Woo Kim pitching] James? grounds out shortstop to first. Lopez grounds out shortstop to first (Milwaukee announcer Bob calls it a nice play and comments on how much he likes Grebeck.) Casanova, on a full count pitch, flies out to end the game.