Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 2, Oakland 1
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, August 1, 2008
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Bruce Dreckman, 1B - Todd Tichenor, 2B - Brian Gorman, 3B - Gerry Davis
Attendance: 37832
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Oakland 0000000100170
Boston 01000000012112
Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
Oakland 53-55 32-29 21-26 L4
Boston 62-48 38-16 24-32 W1
Recap Quick Hits
  • With this win, the Boston Red Sox have a 38-16 record at home this season. The Oakland Athletics have a 21-26 record on the road.
  • Boston has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Red Sox have won 5 of their last 10 games.
  • Oakland has a streak of 4 straight up losses. The Athletics have won 2 of their last 10 games.
  • Mike Timlin pitched 1.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 5.34. Alan Embree took the loss for Oakland.
  • Jack Cust had the only homerun for Oakland.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Oakland   Boston
Justin Duchscherer Player Tim Wakefield
Loss W/L Loss
6.0 IP 6.1
2 Strikeouts 4
5 Hits 4
1.50 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Oakland   Boston
Mark Ellis Player Kevin Youkilis
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 3
.400 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Oakland 7 1 11 .163 19 8 1 4 0 0
Boston 11 0 14 .262 20 9 2 7 0 2