Boston Red Sox v Toronto Blue Jays – Box Score – Thursday, May 31, 2001

Game #51
Thursday, May 31, 2001
Boston 11, Toronto 5

BOSTON                 ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
Offerman 2b             5  1  2  1   0  0   1  .294
Daubach 1b              5  1  2  0   0  1   1  .254
Everett cf              5  2  1  0   0  0   1  .299
Ramirez dh              4  3  2  2   1  0   0  .378
Bichette rf             2  0  1  1   1  0   2  .293
 Valentin 3b            1  1  1  2   0  0   0  .143
O'Leary lf              4  1  1  1   1  2   1  .244
Hillenbrand 3b          3  0  0  0   0  0   1  .285
 a-Nixon ph-rf          1  0  0  1   0  1   1  .248
Varitek c               4  1  2  3   0  0   0  .298
Lansing ss              4  1  2  0   0  2   2  .226
 Grebeck ss             0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .053
Totals                 38 11 14 11   3  6  10
a-hit by pitch for Hillenbrand in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - Bichette (5, Michalak); Lansing (7, Michalak);
O'Leary (6, Koch). HR - Varitek (6, 5th inning off Michalak 0 on,
2 out); Ramirez (16, 6th inning off Michalak 1 on, 1 out). SF
- Bichette. RBI - Offerman (17), Varitek 3 (23), Ramirez 2 (58),
Bichette (10), Nixon (17), Valentin 2 (4), O'Leary (17).
2-out RBI - Varitek 3, Nixon, Valentin 2, O'Leary.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Hillenbrand 1, Lansing
1, Nixon 1. GIDP - Daubach.  Team LOB - 5.
BASERUNNING: Picked off - Bichette (1st base, Michalak).
FIELDING: PB - Varitek.
TORONTO                ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
Stewart dh              5  1  1  3   0  1   3  .329
Gonzalez ss             5  1  1  1   0  1   0  .247
Delgado 1b              3  0  0  0   1  2   0  .255
Mondesi rf              4  0  1  0   0  0   0  .289
Cruz cf                 4  1  1  0   0  2   2  .286
Simmons lf              3  0  1  0   1  0   0  .159
Batista 3b              4  0  1  1   0  2   2  .220
Fletcher c              4  1  1  0   0  0   1  .218
Bush 2b                 3  1  1  0   1  1   0  .364
Totals                 35  5  8  5   3  9   8
BATTING: 3B - Mondesi (2, Beck). HR - Gonzalez (6, 6th inning
off Nomo 0 on, 0 out); Stewart (4, 7th inning off Beck 2 on, 0
out). RBI - Batista (39), Gonzalez (31), Stewart 3 (21).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Stewart 2, Batista
1, Cruz 1.  Team LOB - 6.
FIELDING: DP: 1 (Gonzalez-Bush-Delgado).
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    Boston         - 001 012 043  -- 11
    Toronto        - 000 011 300  --  5
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BOSTON                       ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
Nomo                          5       4   2   2   2   5   1   3.60
Garces (H, 4)                 1       2   2   2   1   2   0   3.51
Beck (W, 1-2; BS, 2)          2       2   1   1   0   0   1   2.60
Arrojo                        1       0   0   0   0   2   0   3.54
TORONTO                      ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
Michalak                      6       7   4   4   1   2   2   3.07
Escobar (L, 0-4)              1 2/3   2   3   3   1   1   0   4.88
Plesac                        0       0   1   1   1   0   0   3.38
Quantrill                       1/3   1   0   0   0   1   0   1.10
Koch                            2/3   4   3   3   0   1   0   4.94
Borbon                          1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   3.86
Nomo pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.
Garces pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.
Plesac pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
IBB - Ramirez (by Escobar). HBP - Nixon (by Quantrill). 
Pitches-strikes: Michalak 80-48; Escobar 30-20; Plesac 7-3;
Quantrill 6-4; Koch 25-19; Borbon 4-3; Nomo 74-42; Garces
24-15; Beck 22-14; Arrojo 15-10.  Ground balls-fly balls:
Michalak 7-8; Escobar 2-2; Plesac 0-0; Quantrill 0-0; Koch 1-0;
Borbon 0-0; Nomo 4-6; Garces 1-0; Beck 2-4; Arrojo 1-0. 
Batters faced: Michalak 24; Escobar 8; Plesac 1; Quantrill 3;
Koch 6; Borbon 1; Nomo 21; Garces 6; Beck 8; Arrojo 3.
UMPIRES: HP--Andy Fletcher. 1B--Fieldin Culbreth. 2B--Dale
Scott. 3B--Larry Young.
T--3:09.  Att--21,747. Indoors.

Play-by-play:
(b-ball, s-swinging strike, c-called strike, f-foul, i-intentional ball)

Boston 1st — Offerman (bbc) grounded out shortstop to first. Daubach flied out to deep center. Everett (bcc) grounded out pitcher to first.

Toronto 1st — Stewart (cf) grounded out second to first. Gonzalez popped out to 2B in shallow right. Delgado (csb) struck out swinging.

Boston 2nd — Ramirez (bbfc) fouled out to SS in left. Bichette (b) doubled to left. O’Leary (bcbfb) struck out swinging. Hillenbrand (b) flied out to CF in left center.

Toronto 2nd — Mondesi (bb) grounded out pitcher to first. Cruz (cfbbb) struck out looking. Simmons (bsf) grounded out first unassisted.

Boston 3rd — Varitek (bbbc) lined out to left. Lansing doubled to deep left center, fielded by CF. Offerman (cbbc) singled to center, Lansing scored. Daubach (sf) grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first.

Toronto 3rd — Batista (sf) struck out swinging. Fletcher (b) flied out to left. Bush (bsbf) grounded out third to first.

Boston 4th — Everett (sb) grounded out second to first. Ramirez (bs) flied out to right. Bichette (bbcb) walked. O’Leary (Bichette picked off, pitcher to first).

Toronto 4th — Stewart (bf) lined out to second. Gonzalez (bcs) struck out swinging. Delgado (bfbc) struckout swinging.

Boston 5th — O’Leary popped out to shallow left. Hillenbrand (c) popped out to third. Varitek (bcbbc) homered to right. Lansing (bbscfb) singled to center. Offerman grounded into fielder’s choice to shortstop, Lansing out shortstop to second.

Toronto 5th — Mondesi (sbc) lined out to third. Cruz (bc) safe on infield single, fielded by P.  Simmons (bb) singled to right, Cruz to second. Batista (fsb – Cruz to third, Simmons to second on passed ball – f) safe on infield single, fielded by SS, Cruz scored. Fletcher (b) flied out to right, Simmons to third. Bush (bbb) walked, Batista to second. Stewart (bb) popped out to 2B in shallow center.

Boston 6th — Daubach (bcb) singled to right. Everett grounded into fielder’s choice, Daubach out second to shortstop. Ramirez (b) homered to right center, Everett and Ramirez scored. Bichette (f) flied out to left. O’Leary (cbbs) struck out swinging.

Toronto 6th — Gonzalez (bb) homered to left. Delgado (bbb) walked. Garces relieved Nomo. Mondesi (cf) grounded out second to first, Delgado to second. Cruz (cbf) struck out swinging. Simmons (bbcsb) walked. Batista (cbbbf) struck out swinging.

Boston 7th — Escobar relieved Michalak. Hillenbrand (fc) grounded out shortstop to first. Varitek (cs) lined out to left. Lansing (bfcbb) struck out swinging.

Toronto 7th — Fletcher (bf) safe on infield single, fielded by 1B. Bush (c) singled to shallow left, Fletcher to second. Beck relieved Garces. Stewart (sf) homered to left, Fletcher, Bush and Stewart scored. Gonzalez (bb) grounded out shortstop to first. Delgado (b) flied out to deep center. Mondesi (sb) tripled to deep right center. Cruz (cb) flied out to LF in left center.

Boston 8th — Offerman (bbc) singled to center. Daubach (ss) singled to center, Offerman to second. Everett (scff) grounded out first unassisted, Offerman to third, Daubach to second. Ramirez (iii) intentionally walked. Bichette (b) hit sacrifice fly to right, Offerman scored. Plesac relieved Escobar. O’Leary (fbsbbf) walked, Daubach to third, Ramirez to second. Quantrill relieved Plesac. Nixon pinch-hit for Hillenbrand. Nixon hit by pitch, Daubach scored, Ramirez to third, O’Leary to second. Varitek singled to left, Ramirez and O’Leary scored, Nixon to second. Lansing (cbf) struck out looking.

Toronto 8th — Nixon replaced Bichette in RF. Valentin replaced Hillenbrand at 3B. Grebeck replaced Lansing at SS. Simmons grounded out second to first. Batista (bc) flied out to center. Fletcher (bcb) flied out to left.

Boston 9th — Koch relieved Quantrill. Offerman (fbfff) grounded out second to first. Daubach (cs) struck out looking. Everett (bf) singled to right center, fielded by RF. Ramirez (ffb) singled to right center, Everett to third. Valentin (cff) singled to right center, fielded by CF, Everett and Ramirez scored. O’Leary (bbsb) doubled to left center, fielded by LF, Valentin scored. Borbon relieved Koch. Nixon (csb) struck out swinging.

Toronto 9th — Arrojo relieved Beck. Bush (ffb) struck out swinging. Stewart (fbs) struck out looking. Gonzalez (bfbbf) grounded out shortstop to first.

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