August 22, 2004 Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox Play by Play and Box Score

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TOR 8
@BAL 5 BOS 6
@CHW 5 SEA 5
@DET 3 KCR 10
TEX 2 MIN 7
CLE 3 ANA 4
@NYY 3 TBD 2
OAK 1 CIN 11
@ARI 1 MON 8
@COL 2 CHC 11
@HOU 6 ATL 10
@LAD 1 PHI 9
@MIL 6
(10) FLA 8
@SDP 3 SFG 3
NYM 1 STL 11
PIT 4

Standings at end of play this day

Comiskey Park II, Attendance: 34,355

Sunday, August 22, 2004, 7:11PM
Time of Game: 3:05

Red Sox

70-52

Won 6

2nd, 5½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Red Sox         3  1  0   0  0  0   0  2  0    6 11  1
White Sox       0  0  0   0  3  0   2  0  0    5  8  1

W: C Leskanic (2-5), L: D Marte (4-5), S: K Foulke (22)

White Sox

60-61

Lost 4

3rd, 8 GB

BATTING

Boston Red Sox               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Damon CF                    5   1   2   0    0   0  .306  .848   20    4   0   
O Cabrera SS                  5   0   2   0    0   1  .247  .643   23    1   2   2B
M Ramirez LF                  5   2   1   2    0   1  .319 1.035   19    1   0   HR
D Ortiz DH                    3   2   2   2    1   1  .303  .982   14    0   0   HR,2B
J Varitek C                   4   0   2   1    0   1  .303  .899   13    6   0   2B,CS
K Millar RF                   2   0   0   0    2   0  .302  .854   19    2   0   
  G Kapler RF                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .280  .724         0   0   
B Mueller 3B                  4   0   0   0    0   1  .281  .809   15    1   3   GDP
D Mientkiewicz 1B             4   1   1   1    0   1  .245  .691   11   11   1   HR
M Bellhorn 2B                 4   0   1   0    0   3  .257  .802   17    0   6   

D Lowe P                                                                 1   1
  C Leskanic P                                                           0   0
  M Myers P                                                              0   0
  M Timlin P                                                             0   0
  K Foulke P                                                             0   0
Totals                       36   6  11   6    3   9              151   27  13

BATTING

2B: J Varitek (20, off F Garcia); O Cabrera (26, off F Garcia); D Ortiz (38, off F Garcia).

HR: D Mientkiewicz (6, off F Garcia; 2nd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to CF-RF); M Ramirez (33, off F Garcia; 8th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to CF); D Ortiz (31, off D Marte; 8th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to CF).

TB: D Ortiz 6; D Mientkiewicz 4; M Ramirez 4; O Cabrera 3; J Varitek 3; J Damon 2; M Bellhorn.

GIDP: B Mueller (7).

RBI: M Ramirez 2 (98); D Ortiz 2 (107); D Mientkiewicz (30); J Varitek (63).

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 2 for 9.

FIELDING

E: M Bellhorn (13).

BASERUNNING

CS: J Varitek (3, 2nd base by C Politte/B Davis).

Chicago White Sox            AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
W Harris 2B                   5   1   1   0    0   2  .267  .678   18    3   2   
A Rowand CF                   4   2   2   0    1   0  .317  .939   17    3   0   SB
C Lee LF                      5   1   2   2    0   1  .299  .882   17    3   0   HR
P Konerko 1B                  3   1   1   3    1   0  .278  .906   16    8   0   HR
C Everett DH                  3   0   0   0    1   0  .248  .692   22    0   0   
  R Alomar PR                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .273  .742         0   0   
J Valentin SS                 4   0   1   0    0   2  .226  .798   18    2   6   
B Davis C                     4   0   1   0    0   0  .252  .702   12    8   1   2B
J Borchard RF                 3   0   0   0    0   1  .160  .481   10    0   0   
  R Gload PH-RF               1   0   0   0    0   0  .273  .715    9    0   0   
J Crede 3B                    3   0   0   0    0   0  .233  .703    9    0   1   
  T Perez PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .244  .625    8    0   0   
  J Uribe 3B                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .259  .781         0   0   

F Garcia P                                                               0   1
  D Marte P                                                              0   0
  C Politte P                                                            0   0
  N Cotts P                                                              0   0
  S Takatsu P                                                            0   0
Totals                       36   5   8   5    3   6              156   27  11

BATTING

2B: B Davis (6, off M Timlin).

HR: C Lee (24, off D Lowe; 7th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to CF-RF); P Konerko (31, off D Lowe; 5th inn, 2 on, 2 outs to LF-CF).

TB: C Lee 5; P Konerko 4; A Rowand 2; B Davis 2; J Valentin; W Harris.

RBI: P Konerko 3 (85); C Lee 2 (81).

2-out RBI: P Konerko 3; C Lee 2.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 1 for 6.

FIELDING

DP: 1. W Harris-J Valentin-P Konerko.

E: W Harris (4).

BASERUNNING

SB: A Rowand (14, 2nd base off D Lowe/J Varitek).

PITCHING

Boston Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Lowe                         6.2   7   5   5    2   3   2   5.32   30  106-72   52· 6·14   16· 6· 3· 0     41    -     0.96  -0.30
C Leskanic, W (2-5)            0.1   0   0   0    1   0   0   6.75    2    7-3     2· 0· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.47  -0.08
M Myers, H (9)                 0.1   0   0   0    0   1   0   4.26    1    8-6     4· 1· 1    0· 0· 0· 0          1-0    3.84   0.09
M Timlin, H (12)               0.2   1   0   0    0   0   0   4.35    3   18-12   10· 0· 2    0· 3· 0· 0          1-0    4.37   0.16
K Foulke, S (22)               1     0   0   0    0   2   0   1.91    3   15-12    8· 1· 3    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    2.78   0.22
Totals                         9     8   5   5    3   6   2          39  154-105  76· 8·21   18· 9· 3· 0          2-0

Chicago White Sox             IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
F Garcia                       7     7   5   5    3   7   2   3.84   30  118-68   35·18·15    9· 4· 7· 0     47    -     0.72  -0.29
D Marte, L (4-5)               0     2   1   1    0   0   1   3.28    2    4-4     3· 0· 1    0· 0· 2· 0          0-0    1.42  -0.27
C Politte                      1     0   0   0    0   0   0   4.37    2    7-3     2· 0· 1    1· 1· 0· 0          1-0    0.91   0.10
N Cotts                        0.1   2   0   0    0   0   0   5.20    3    9-5     3· 1· 1    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.75  -0.03
S Takatsu                      0.2   0   0   0    0   2   0   2.23    2   10-6     0· 2· 4    0· 0· 0· 0          2-0    1.40   0.07
Totals                         9    11   6   6    3   9   3          39  148-86   43·21·22   12· 6· 9· 0          3-0

C Leskanic faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.
F Garcia faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.
D Marte faced 2 batters in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Charlie Reliford, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - Dan Iassogna, 3B - Doug Eddings.

Time of Game: 3:05.

Attendance: 34,355.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 80° F, Wind 20mph out to Centerfield, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Boston Red Sox                Chicago White Sox                    
1. J Damon              CF    1. W Harris             2B 
2. O Cabrera            SS    2. A Rowand             CF 
3. M Ramirez            LF    3. C Lee                LF 
4. D Ortiz              DH    4. P Konerko            1B 
5. J Varitek            C     5. C Everett            DH 
6. K Millar             RF    6. J Valentin           SS 
7. B Mueller            3B    7. B Davis              C  
8. D Mientkiewicz       1B    8. J Borchard           RF 
9. M Bellhorn           2B    9. J Crede              3B 

   D Lowe               P        F Garcia             P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 7   2  4-3  1--  1  -42%  26% C Lee           D Lowe          Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF); Rowand Scores
   b 5   2  4-0  12-  3  -24%  63% P Konerko       D Lowe          Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF); Harris Scores; Rowand Scores
   t 8   0  5-4  ---  1   23%  50% M Ramirez       F Garcia        Home Run (Line Drive)
   t 8   0  5-5  ---  1   23%  73% D Ortiz         D Marte         Home Run (Line Drive)
   b 8   1  6-5  1--  1  -23%  44% B Davis         M Timlin        Double to LF (Fly Ball); Alomar to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Freddy Garcia facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  5   53%  J Damon         Single to RF (Ground Ball)
          1--  4   62%  O Cabrera       Single to CF (Line Drive); Damon to 3B
   RO     1-3  6   60%  M Ramirez       Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Damon Scores; Ramirez to 2B/Adv on E4 (throw)
   R      -2-  2   69%  D Ortiz         Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Ramirez Scores
   R      -2-  1   76%  J Varitek       Double to RF (Ground Ball thru RF Line); Ortiz Scores
   O      -2-  2   74%  K Millar        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      -2-  4   72%  B Mueller       Flyball: LF
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, White Sox 0.

Bottom of the 1st, White Sox Batting, Behind 0-3, Derek Lowe facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  6   74%  W Harris        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   75%  A Rowand        Flyball: RF (CF-RF)
          ---  4   74%  C Lee           Single to CF (Ground Ball)
          1--  5   72%  P Konerko       Walk; Lee to 2B
   O      12- 11   76%  C Everett       Groundout: 1B-P
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 3, White Sox 0.

Top of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 3-0, Freddy Garcia facing 8-9-1
   R      ---  4   83%  D Mientkiewicz  Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF)
   O      ---  5   82%  M Bellhorn      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   81%  J Damon         Lineout: 2B
   O      ---  1   80%  O Cabrera       Lineout: LF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, White Sox 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, White Sox Batting, Behind 0-4, Derek Lowe facing 6-7-8
          ---  1   77%  J Valentin      Single to RF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  1   80%  B Davis         Flyball: CF
   O      1--  4   82%  J Borchard      Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  2   84%  J Crede         Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, White Sox 0.

Top of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 4-0, Freddy Garcia facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  6   83%  M Ramirez       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  6   82%  D Ortiz         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   82%  J Varitek       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, White Sox 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, White Sox Batting, Behind 0-4, Derek Lowe facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  2   84%  W Harris        Groundout: P-1B
          ---  4   82%  A Rowand        Walk
   O      1--  3   84%  C Lee           Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
          1--      84%  P Konerko       Rowand Steals 2B
   O      -2-  5   86%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, White Sox 0.

Top of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 4-0, Freddy Garcia facing 6-7-8
          ---  4   88%  K Millar        Walk
   O      1--  4   86%  B Mueller       Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  3   85%  D Mientkiewicz  Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  4   84%  M Bellhorn      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, White Sox 0.

Bottom of the 4th, White Sox Batting, Behind 0-4, Derek Lowe facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  4   86%  C Everett       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  3   88%  J Valentin      Strikeout Swinging
          ---  4   86%  B Davis         Reached on E4 (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  5   88%  J Borchard      Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Red Sox 4, White Sox 0.

Top of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 4-0, Freddy Garcia facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   87%  J Damon         Flyball: LF
          ---  5   89%  O Cabrera       Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF)
   O      -2-  1   88%  M Ramirez       Groundout: 3B-1B
          -2-  5   88%  D Ortiz         Walk
   O      12-  3   86%  J Varitek       Flyball: CF (LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 4, White Sox 0.

Bottom of the 5th, White Sox Batting, Behind 0-4, Derek Lowe facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   88%  J Crede         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  4   86%  W Harris        Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  3   82%  A Rowand        Single to 3B (Ground Ball); Harris to 2B
   O      12-  1   87%  C Lee           Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   RRR    12-  3   63%  P Konerko       Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF); Harris Scores; Rowand Scores
   O      ---  1   65%  C Everett       Flyball: CF
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, White Sox 3.

Top of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 4-3, Freddy Garcia facing 6-7-8
          ---  5   69%  K Millar        Walk
   OO     1--  5   60%  B Mueller       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
   O      ---  3   59%  D Mientkiewicz  Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, White Sox 3.

Bottom of the 6th, White Sox Batting, Behind 3-4, Derek Lowe facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  6   63%  J Valentin      Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  6   66%  B Davis         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  1   68%  J Borchard      Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, White Sox 3.

Top of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 4-3, Freddy Garcia facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  5   65%  M Bellhorn      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   63%  J Damon         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  8   62%  O Cabrera       Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, White Sox 3.

Bottom of the 7th, White Sox Batting, Behind 3-4, Derek Lowe facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  4   67%  J Crede         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  3   70%  W Harris        Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  1   68%  A Rowand        Single to LF (Ground Ball)
   RR     1--  1   26%  C Lee           Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF); Rowand Scores
                  Curt Leskanic replaces Derek Lowe pitching
   O      ---  1   27%  P Konerko       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 4, White Sox 5.

Top of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 4-5, Freddy Garcia facing 3-4-5
   R      ---  1   50%  M Ramirez       Home Run (Line Drive)
                  Damaso Marte replaces Freddy Garcia pitching
   R      ---  1   73%  D Ortiz         Home Run (Line Drive)
          ---  3   77%  J Varitek       Single to CF (Line Drive)
                  Cliff Politte replaces Damaso Marte pitching
   O      1--      70%  K Millar        Varitek Caught Stealing 2B (C-2B)
   O      ---  5   68%  " "             Flyball: CF (Deep LF-CF)
   O      ---  2   67%  B Mueller       Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, White Sox 5.

Bottom of the 8th, White Sox Batting, Behind 5-6, Curt Leskanic facing 5-6-7
                  Gabe Kapler replaces Kevin Millar playing RF batting 6th
          ---  6   57%  C Everett       Walk
                  Mike Myers replaces Curt Leskanic pitching
   O      1--  8   67%  J Valentin      Strikeout Swinging
                  Mike Timlin replaces Mike Myers pitching; Roberto Alomar pinch runs for Carl Everett batting 5th
          1--  1   44%  B Davis         Double to LF (Fly Ball); Alomar to 3B
                  Ross Gload pinch hits for Joe Borchard batting 8th
   O      -23  9   65%  R Gload         Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
                  Timo Perez pinch hits for Joe Crede batting 9th
   O      -23  8   82%  T Perez         Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 6, White Sox 5.

Top of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 6-5, Neal Cotts facing 8-9-1
                  Neal Cotts replaces Cliff Politte pitching; Juan Uribe replaces Timo Perez playing 3B batting 9th; Ross Gload moves to RF
   O      ---  1   80%  D Mientkiewicz  Popfly: SS
          ---  3   82%  M Bellhorn      Single to LF (Ground Ball)
          1--  5   85%  J Damon         Single to 2B (Ground Ball); Bellhorn to 2B
                  Shingo Takatsu replaces Neal Cotts pitching
   O      12-  5   81%  O Cabrera       Strikeout Swinging
   O      12-  5   78%  M Ramirez       Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 6, White Sox 5.

Bottom of the 9th, White Sox Batting, Behind 5-6, Keith Foulke facing 1-2-3
                  Keith Foulke replaces Mike Timlin pitching
   O      ---  3   87%  W Harris        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  4   95%  A Rowand        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  8  100%  C Lee           Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 6, White Sox 5.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:CHA200408220

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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