Tonight’s Game 6 should be a good match up for the Red Sox with Beckett starting on the mound. The first inning of the game was no where to be seen on TBS as a showing of Bloopers replaced the broadcast on account of a power outage in Atlanta. This reaffirms my hopes another station will pick up the games next year, hopefully a national NESN effort. Fortunately however, this spared me from seeing the other team score first.
At the top of the 4th, home plate empire Derryl Cousins, is taken out due to a chest injury and causes both dugouts to wait 15 minutes, possibly affecting the pitchers and the calls at the plate for the next 6 innings. I’m having thoughts of a long game like game 3 of the ALDS at Fenway, I was there.
The Sox hold the record as 1-3 come back “kings” winning 4 straight in both the 2004 and 2007 ALCS games and will be looking forward to adding another title to Red Sox legacy tomorrow night during game 7. Hats off to Papelbon for throwing 8 pitches (7 strikes) in the bottom of the 9th to secure tonight’s win! GO SOX!
GAME 6 | play by play
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1st inning:
Crisp, bunt single
-Crisp, picked off at first, 1 out
-Pedroia, pop fly to third, 2 outs
-Ortiz, strikes out to end the inning
(Beckett): strike out, HR (1-0), walk, 6>4>3 dbl play
2nd inning:
Youkilis, HR to LF (1-1)
Drew, base hit to RF
-Bay, 5>4>3, (Drew out at second), 1 out
Kotsay, base hit to RF
-Lowrie, fly out to center, 2 outs
-Varitek, fly out to left
(Beckett): 4>3 out, strike out, fly out to right
3rd inning:
-Crisp, fly out to center, 1 out
Pedroia, walk
Ortiz, DBL to right, man on second and third
-Youkilis, 6>3 RBI (2-1), man on third, 2 outs
Drew, walk, runners at the corners
Bay, walk, bases loaded
-Kotsay, fly out to center
(Beckett): strike out, walk (hit the batter), fly out, 1>3 out
4th inning: home plate umpire comes out of the game injured, delay
-Lowrie, fly out to center, 1 out
-Varitek, 3>1 ground out, 2 outs
Crisp, base hit to right
-Pedroia, strikes out
(Beckett): fly out, fly out, base hit to shallow left, stolen base, 3>1 ground out
5th inning:
-Ortiz, fly out to right, 1 out
-Youkilis, lines out to third, 2 outs
Drew, line drive to right field wall, DBL
-Bay, fly out to right
(Beckett): base hit, fly out, 1>2>4 runner caught stealing, HR (2-2), 5>3 out
6th inning:
-Kotsay, high line drive to second, 1 out
-Lowrie, strikes out, 2 outs
Varitek, HR to right (3-2)
Crisp, base hit (pitching change)
Pedroia, base hit (E6), runners at the corners
Ortiz, base hit to center field, RBI, runners first and second (4-2)
-Youkilis, strikes out
(Okajima): line out, strike out, walk, 6>4 ground out
7th inning:
-Drew, fly out to center, 1 out
Bay, hit by pitch
-Katsay, 1>3 ground out, Bay goes to second (pitching change), 2 outs
Lowrie, walk
-Varitek, (passed ball runners advance), fly out to right
(Okajima): foul fly out, foul fly out, fly out
8th inning:
Crisp, walk
-Pedroia, (pitching change) 1>3, runner advances, 1 out
Ortiz, intentional walk, runners on first and second
–Youkilis, 5>4>3 DBL play ending the inning
*** Sweet Caroline***
(Masterson): Walk (hit batter), meeting at the mound, strike out, fly out, fly out
9th inning:
-Drew, fly out to left, 1 out
-Bay, 6>3 ground out, 2 outs
-Kotsay, (pitching change), fly out to third base
(Pabelbon): ground out, strike out, fly out – RED SOX WIN GAME 6 (4-2)
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