Boston Red Sox 1 Oakland A's 0 (June 7, 2007)
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0 commentsSchilling Loses No-Hitter in 9th, Beats A's
I picked a great game to come back to writing my recaps! Boston Red Sox (38-21, 1st in AL East) ace Curt Schilling (W, 6-2) allowed only one hit and two baserunners all game, a single by Shannon Stewart with two outs in the ninth inning and on an error by shortstop Julio Lugo. Oakland A's (31-28, 3rd in AL West) starter Joe Blanton's (L, 5-4) only blemish in 7 1/3 innings was a first inning home run to Red Sox DH David Ortiz, his 11th of the year.
| W: | Curt Schilling | (6-2, 3.49, 0.62) |
| L: | Joe Blanton | (5-4, 3.81, 0.75) |
| S: | N/A | N/A |
Schilling allowed only the one hit in the complete game win, while walking none and striking out 4 A's. Blanton pitched extremely well also, allowing only 4 hits, walking 3 and striking out 2. Boston snapped a season-long four game losing streak, as Oakland took the first three games of the series.
Top Performers by WPA
- Red Sox: Ortiz (.059), Schilling (.865)
- A's: Stewart (-.021), Blanton (.268)
- Schilling: 93
- Blanton: 61
Coming Up Next:
The Red Sox enter into phase two of interleague play and head to Phoenix to take on the NL's hottest team, the Arizona Diamondbacks (36-24, T-1st in NL West). Josh Beckett (8-0, 2.95, 0.78) faces Doug Davis (4-6 3.05, 0.67) in game one.
Oakland heads across the bay to take on the San Francisco Giants over the weekend. Chad Gaudin (6-1, 2.41, 1.31) takes on Tim Lincecum (2-0, 4.05, 0.02) in a battle of two great young pitchers on Friday.
Graph courtesy of FanGraphs.
Date
June 7, 2007
