Tuesday, May 7, 2002

PEDRO OUT-DUELS ZITO

>>BREAKING NEWS: In Baltimore, Indians starter Chuck Finley took a no-hitter into the 9th inning. Orioles' infielder Jeff Conine hit a single with 1 out in the 9th. Finley walked 3 batters in the game.




















OAKLAND -- It was a marquee matchup between the American League's top starters but when the dust settled it was Pedro Martinez who prevailed.  Pedro beat Barry Zito in a strong (though not excellent) performance against the A's tonight.  Boston beat the Athletics, 7-3.

Pedro Martinez (6-0) pitched well, allowing 2 earned runs over 5.1 innings.  It was his first non-quality start of the year but he got the win.  Zito (3-3) allowed 4 earned runs over 6 innings.  Jason Varitek plated two runs with a clutch single in 4th.  Rickey Henderson followed up with a big home run.

Jermaine Dye finished 3-for-5 and Eric Chavez added a home run but it wasn't enough.  The bottom four in the A's lineup could only muster one hit.

The victory extends Boston's winning streak to 11 games.

Around the League:

YESTERDAY'S GAMES   TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS
CLA  9  at  BAA  1  BOA-Burkett(0-0,11.20) at OAA-Mulder(3-0, 1.11)
CHA 10  at  TEA  7  CHA-Buehrle(4-3, 3.94) at TEA-Davis(0-3, 6.39)
NYA  5  at  TBA  3  CLA-Baez(3-1, 4.08) at BAA-Erickso(1-3, 7.76)
BOA  7  at  OAA  3  DEA-Cornejo(1-3, 7.52) at ANA-Appier(2-1, 2.03)
DEA  0  at  ANA  4  NYA-Clemens(3-2, 5.66) at TBA-James(0-3, 8.00)
KCA  5  at  MNA  8  KCA-Affeldt(1-1, 3.91) at MNA-Radke(4-1, 2.52)
TOA  5  at  SEA  1  TOA-Smith(0-2, 4.35) at SEA-Garcia(1-3, 8.54)
CON  5  at  MON  3  LAN-Perez(2-2, 1.79) at ATN-Millwoo(2-0, 3.34)
HON  4  at  PHN  2  CON-Chacon(1-3, 6.83) at MON-Pavano(4-2, 7.59)
LAN  2  at  ATN  0  HON-Redding(0-3, 7.62) at PHN-Duckwor(1-1, 2.29)
MLN  3  at  CIN  5  PIN-Wells(2-1, 4.32) at ARN-Schilli(6-0, 1.97)
SLN  1  at  CHN  8  SDN-Tomko(2-2, 4.29) at FLN-Olsen(0-3, 7.36)
SDN  5  at  FLN  3  SFN-Rueter(3-1, 3.51) at NYN-Estes(1-1, 2.63)
SFN  5  at  NYN  1  SLN-Morris(4-2, 5.28) at CHN-Cruz(2-1, 4.03)
PIN 10  at  ARN  5  MLN-Neugeba(2-2, 4.81) at CIN-Rijo(0-1, 6.53)

BOXSCORE: 2002 Boston Red Sox At 2002 Oakland Athletics              5/7/2002
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Damon CF          4  0  1  1 .252     S.Hatteberg 1B      4  0  0  0 .289 
  T.Nixon RF          5  0  1  0 .256     J.Giambi LF         5  0  2  0 .301 
  N.Garciaparra SS    5  3  3  0 .392     J.Dye RF            5  1  3  0 .310 
  M.Ramirez DH        3  1  2  0 .367     M.Tejada SS         5  0  2  1 .256 
  S.Hillenbrand 3B    5  0  0  0 .305     E.Chavez 3B         5  1  2  1 .296 
  J.Varitek C         5  1  2  3 .275     C.Pena DH           1  0  0  0 .173 
  R.Henderson LF      4  2  1  2 .188   A-O.Saenz PH          1  0  0  0 .383 
  R.Sanchez 2B        4  0  2  0 .349   B-D.Justice PH        1  0  0  0 .223 
  T.Clark 1B          4  0  0  0 .174     R.Velarde 2B        3  0  1  1 .222 
                                          R.Hernandez C       3  0  0  0 .267 
                                          T.Long CF           2  0  0  0 .158 
                                        C-G.Myers PH          1  1  0  0 .227 
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---     
         Totals      39  7 12  6                 Totals      36  3 10  3

A-Pinch Hit For Pena In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Saenz In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Long In 9th Inning

Red Sox......... 0 0 0  4 1 0  0 1 1  -  7 12  2
Athletics....... 0 0 0  1 0 1  0 0 1  -  3 10  1

Red Sox (25-4)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
P.Martinez WIN(6-0)       5 1/3   7   2   2   2   5   1  88   1.57  A1 C6
S.Kim HOLD(1st)           3       2   1   0   2   2   0  47   4.05  C7 E2
U.Urbina SAVE(7th)        0 2/3   1   0   0   0   2   0  13   1.64  E3
Totals                    9      10   3   2   4   9   1

Athletics (16-16)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Zito LOSS(3-4)          6       7   5   4   1   5   1  95   3.83  A1 C9
J.Mecir                   0 1/3   2   0   0   1   0   0  16   2.33  D1 D4
M.Venafro                 0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   4.63  D5 D6
C.Bradford                2       3   2   2   1   1   0  38   7.04  D7
Totals                    9      12   7   6   3   6   1

ATTENDANCE- 39,464 DATE- Tuesday, May 7th 2002 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Chuck Meriwether, Tim Timmons, Tim Tschida, Greg Gibson
T- 3:13
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 9  Athletics:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1  Athletics: 0
ERRORS- N.Garciaparra-2, S.Hatteberg
DOUBLES- M.Ramirez(11th), J.Varitek(5th)
TRIPLES- J.Damon(5th)
HOME RUNS- R.Henderson(1st), E.Chavez(5th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Damon, R.Velarde
WALKS- M.Ramirez-2, R.Henderson, S.Hatteberg, D.Justice, R.Hernandez, T.Long
STRIKE OUTS- T.Nixon-2, R.Henderson-2, T.Clark-2, J.Giambi, J.Dye, E.Chavez-2,
             C.Pena, O.Saenz, D.Justice, R.Hernandez, T.Long
WILD PITCHES- B.Zito

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