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2008 Boston Red Sox (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007)
60-44, 2nd place in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 517 runs, Allowed 422 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-42
Managed by Terry Francona

Ballpark: Fenway Park II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,805,910 (4th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 106, Pitching - 105
  (one-year): Batting - 111, Pitching - 109
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Game Results

Season Summary   60-44 , Final Rank: 2, GB:    1.0
Days in First:                  63 (last on July 13, counts the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day)

Most Games over  .500:          18 (last on June 27)
Most Games under .500:           1 (last on April 11)

Biggest Lead:                  3.5 (last on May 8)
Farthest Behind Leader:        5.0 (last on July 6)

Longest Winning Streak:          7 (May 17 to May 22)
Longest Losing Streak:           5 (April 23 to April 27 and June 28 to July 2)

Most Runs Allowed:              15 (April 16)
Most Runs Scored:               18 (July 9)

Longest Game:                   13 innings (May 30 and June 22)

Times Shutout by Opponent:       6
Times Opponent Shutout:         11

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Overall        60  44     517     422    .577

Home/Road
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Home           36  12     274     176    .750
Road           24  32     243     246    .429

Month by Month
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
March           1   1       7      10    .500
April          16  11     129     120    .593
May            17  12     154     121    .586
June           16  11     138     105    .593
July           10   9      89      66    .526

By Season Half
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
First Half     57  40     495     396    .588
Second Half     3   4      22      26    .429

Extra-Innings
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
ExtraInning     5   2      36      27    .714
Full Games     55  42     481     395    .567

One-Run Games
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
One Run        14  17     120     123    .452

Blowouts (5+ Runs)
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Blowout        18   8     182     109    .692

Opponent
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
ARI             2   1      11       6    .667
BAL             7   5      68      50    .583
CIN             2   1      16       7    .667
CLE             2   0      11       7   1.000
DET             5   2      44      27    .714
HOU             1   2      18      15    .333
KCR             4   0      26      12   1.000
LAA             1   5      24      39    .167
MIL             3   0      23      16   1.000
MIN             4   3      47      35    .571
NYY             5   5      47      44    .500
OAK             3   4      20      28    .429
PHI             2   1      12      12    .667
SEA             6   3      35      25    .667
STL             1   2      12      17    .333
TBR             6   6      61      41    .500
TEX             4   0      30      14   1.000
TOR             2   4      12      27    .333

Inter-League Play
Split           W   L      RS      RA     WP
Inter-Lg       11   7      92      73    .611

Game Results

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
  1 Tue, Mar 25 box BOS @OAK  W   6-5 (10)   1-0     1    Tied  3:39 H Okajima    H Street      44,628 +
  2 Wed, Mar 26 box BOS @OAK  L   1-5        1-1     1    Tied  2:51 R Harden     J Lester      44,735 -
  3 Tue, Apr  1 box BOS @OAK  W   2-1        2-1     1    Tied  2:39 D Matsuzaka  J Blanton     36,067 +
  4 Wed, Apr  2 box BOS @OAK  W   5-0        3-1     1  up 1.0  3:00 J Lester     A Embree      21,625 ++
  5 Fri, Apr  4 box BOS @TOR  L   3-6        3-2     1    Tied  2:24 S Marcum     D Aardsma     50,171 -
  6 Sat, Apr  5 box BOS @TOR  L   2-10       3-3     4     1.0  3:02 J Litsch     C Buchholz    35,238 --
  7 Sun, Apr  6 box BOS @TOR  L   4-7        3-4     5     2.0  2:58 R Halladay   J Beckett     30,114 ---
  8 Tue, Apr  8 box BOS  DET  W   5-0        4-4     3     2.5  3:29 D Matsuzaka  K Rogers      36,567 +
  9 Wed, Apr  9 box BOS  DET  L   2-7        4-5     3     3.0  3:45 J Bonderman  J Lester      37,190 -
 10 Thu, Apr 10 box BOS  DET  W  12-6        5-5     2     1.5  3:44 T Wakefield  N Robertson   37,612 +
 11 Fri, Apr 11 box BOS  NYY  L   1-4        5-6     5     1.5  2:59 C Wang       M Timlin      37,624 -
 12 Sat, Apr 12 box BOS  NYY  W   4-3        6-6     3     1.5  2:49 J Beckett    M Mussina     37,461 +
 13 Sun, Apr 13 box BOS  NYY  W   8-5        7-6     3     0.5  3:55 D Matsuzaka  P Hughes      37,876 ++
 14 Mon, Apr 14 box BOS @CLE  W   6-4        8-6     2     0.5  3:40 M Timlin     J Borowski    21,802 +++
 15 Tue, Apr 15 box BOS @CLE  W   5-3        9-6     1  up 0.5  3:24 D Aardsma    J Lewis       25,135 ++++
 16 Wed, Apr 16 box BOS @NYY  L   9-15       9-7     1    Tied  4:08 L Hawkins    J Tavarez     54,667 -
 17 Thu, Apr 17 box BOS @NYY  W   7-5       10-7     1  up 0.5  3:20 J Beckett    M Mussina     55,088 +
 18 Fri, Apr 18 box BOS  TEX  W  11-3       11-7     1  up 0.5  3:13 D Matsuzaka  L Mendoza     37,902 ++
 19 Sat, Apr 19 box BOS  TEX  W   5-3       12-7     1  up 0.5  2:56 J Lopez      J Benoit      37,958 +++
 20 Sun, Apr 20 box BOS  TEX  W   6-5       13-7     1  up 1.5  2:40 T Wakefield  C Wilson      37,480 ++++
 21 Mon, Apr 21 box BOS  TEX  W   8-3       14-7     1  up 2.0  3:33 C Buchholz   D Nippert     37,539 +++++
 22 Tue, Apr 22 box BOS  LAA  W   7-6       15-7     1  up 3.0  3:21 M Timlin     D Oliver      37,982 ++++++
 23 Wed, Apr 23 box BOS  LAA  L   4-6       15-8     1  up 2.0  2:52 J Garland    C Hansen      38,172 -
 24 Thu, Apr 24 box BOS  LAA  L   5-7       15-9     1  up 1.0  3:17 J Saunders   M Delcarmen   37,848 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 25 Fri, Apr 25 box BOS @TBR  L   4-5 (11)  15-10    1  up 0.5  4:00 S Dohmann    M Timlin      30,290 ---
 26 Sat, Apr 26 box BOS @TBR  L   1-2       15-11    1    Tied  2:47 S Dohmann    C Buchholz    36,048 ----
 27 Sun, Apr 27 box BOS @TBR  L   0-3       15-12    1    Tied  2:25 J Shields    J Beckett     32,363 -----
 28 Tue, Apr 29 box BOS  TOR  W   1-0       16-12    1    Tied  2:18 J Papelbon   R Halladay    37,215 +
 29 Wed, Apr 30 box BOS  TOR  W   2-1       17-12    1  up 1.0  3:00 J Papelbon   S Downs       37,710 ++
 30 Thu, May  1 box BOS  TOR  L   0-3       17-13    1    Tied  2:44 A Burnett    T Wakefield   37,821 -
 31 Fri, May  2 box BOS  TBR  W   7-3       18-13    1  up 1.0  3:16 C Buchholz   E Jackson     37,541 +
 32 Sat, May  3 box BOS  TBR  W  12-4       19-13    1  up 2.0  3:13 J Beckett    J Shields     37,700 ++
 33 Sun, May  4 box BOS  TBR  W   7-3       20-13    1  up 3.0  3:39 J Lester     S Kazmir      37,091 +++
 34 Mon, May  5 box BOS @DET  W   6-3       21-13    1  up 3.5  3:29 D Matsuzaka  J Bonderman   39,478 ++++
 35 Tue, May  6 box BOS @DET  W   5-0       22-13    1  up 3.5  2:21 T Wakefield  N Robertson   38,564 +++++
 36 Wed, May  7 box BOS @DET  L   9-10      22-14    1  up 3.5  3:55 T Jones      J Papelbon    38,062 -
 37 Thu, May  8 box BOS @DET  W   5-1       23-14    1  up 3.5  2:52 J Beckett    J Verlander   38,952 +
 38 Fri, May  9 box BOS @MIN  L   6-7       23-15    1  up 2.5  3:19 J Crain      J Papelbon    25,477 -
 39 Sat, May 10 box BOS @MIN  W   5-2       24-15    1  up 2.5  2:44 D Matsuzaka  G Perkins     33,839 +
 40 Sun, May 11 box BOS @MIN  L   8-9       24-16    1  up 1.5  3:04 N Blackburn  T Wakefield   26,511 -
 41 Mon, May 12 box BOS @MIN  L   3-7       24-17    1  up 0.5  2:51 L Hernandez  C Buchholz    18,782 --
 42 Tue, May 13 box BOS @BAL  L   4-5       24-18    2     0.5  3:17 J Guthrie    J Beckett     38,768 ---
 43 Wed, May 14 box BOS @BAL  L   3-6       24-19    2     0.5  2:40 D Cabrera    C Hansen      28,939 ----
 44 Sat, May 17 box BOS  MIL  W   5-3       25-19    1    Tied  3:03 D Matsuzaka  J Suppan      37,409 +
 45             box BOS  MIL  W   7-6       26-19    1    Tied  3:12 C Hansen     S Torres      37,847 ++
 46 Sun, May 18 box BOS  MIL  W  11-7       27-19    1  up 1.0  3:18 J Beckett    C Villanueva  37,204 +++
 47 Mon, May 19 box BOS  KCR  W   7-0       28-19    1  up 1.0  2:30 J Lester     L Hochevar    37,746 ++++
 48 Tue, May 20 box BOS  KCR  W   2-1       29-19    1  up 1.0  2:50 J Masterson  G Meche       37,486 +++++
 49 Wed, May 21 box BOS  KCR  W   6-3       30-19    1  up 2.0  3:19 B Colon      B Tomko       37,674 ++++++

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 50 Thu, May 22 box BOS  KCR  W  11-8       31-19    1  up 2.5  3:16 D Matsuzaka  B Bannister   37,613 +++++++
 51 Fri, May 23 box BOS @OAK  L   3-8       31-20    1  up 1.5  2:27 R Harden     T Wakefield   29,051 -
 52 Sat, May 24 box BOS @OAK  L   0-3       31-21    1  up 0.5  2:17 J Duchschere J Beckett     33,468 --
 53 Sun, May 25 box BOS @OAK  L   3-6       31-22    2     0.5  2:39 J Blanton    J Lester      35,067 ---
 54 Mon, May 26 box BOS @SEA  W   5-3       32-22    2     0.5  2:30 B Colon      F Hernandez   35,818 +
 55 Tue, May 27 box BOS @SEA  L   3-4       32-23    2     0.5  3:00 J Putz       M Timlin      30,758 -
 56 Wed, May 28 box BOS @SEA  L   0-1       32-24    2     1.5  2:11 E Bedard     T Wakefield   30,752 --
 57 Fri, May 30 box BOS @BAL  W   5-2 (13)  33-24    2     1.0  4:49 M Timlin     C Bradford    46,199 +
 58 Sat, May 31 box BOS @BAL  W   6-3       34-24    2     1.0  3:20 D Aardsma    L Cormier     48,281 ++
 59 Sun, Jun  1 box BOS @BAL  W   9-4       35-24    2     1.0  3:05 B Colon      B Burres      45,031 +++
 60 Mon, Jun  2 box BOS @BAL  L   3-6       35-25    2     1.5  2:55 J Johnson    H Okajima     25,711 -
 61 Tue, Jun  3 box BOS  TBR  W   7-4       36-25    2     0.5  2:54 J Masterson  M Garza       37,823 +
 62 Wed, Jun  4 box BOS  TBR  W   5-1       37-25    1  up 0.5  3:13 J Beckett    E Jackson     37,474 ++
 63 Thu, Jun  5 box BOS  TBR  W   7-1       38-25    1  up 1.5  3:40 J Lester     J Shields     37,639 +++
 64 Fri, Jun  6 box BOS  SEA  L   0-8       38-26    1  up 0.5  2:38 F Hernandez  B Colon       37,757 -
 65 Sat, Jun  7 box BOS  SEA  W  11-3       39-26    1  up 0.5  2:45 T Wakefield  M Batista     37,443 +
 66 Sun, Jun  8 box BOS  SEA  W   2-1       40-26    1  up 1.5  2:46 J Masterson  S Green       37,198 ++
 67 Tue, Jun 10 box BOS  BAL  L   6-10      40-27    1  up 1.0  3:27 D Sarfate    H Okajima     37,858 -
 68 Wed, Jun 11 box BOS  BAL  W   6-3       41-27    1  up 2.0  2:47 B Colon      G Olson       38,130 +
 69 Thu, Jun 12 box BOS  BAL  W   9-2       42-27    1  up 2.5  2:38 J Lester     J Guthrie     38,139 ++
 70 Fri, Jun 13 box BOS @CIN  L   1-3       42-28    1  up 1.5  2:21 A Harang     J Masterson   38,855 -
 71 Sat, Jun 14 box BOS @CIN  W   6-4 (10)  43-28    1  up 1.5  3:10 J Papelbon   M Lincoln     40,947 +
 72 Sun, Jun 15 box BOS @CIN  W   9-0       44-28    1  up 2.5  3:07 J Beckett    H Bailey      39,958 ++
 73 Mon, Jun 16 box BOS @PHI  L   2-8       44-29    1  up 2.0  2:32 C Hamels     B Colon       45,026 -
 74 Tue, Jun 17 box BOS @PHI  W   3-0       45-29    1  up 2.0  3:04 J Lester     J Moyer       45,160 +

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
 75 Wed, Jun 18 box BOS @PHI  W   7-4       46-29    1  up 2.0  3:09 J Masterson  K Kendrick    45,187 ++
 76 Fri, Jun 20 box BOS  STL  L   4-5       46-30    1  up 1.5  2:59 K Lohse      T Wakefield   37,671 -
 77 Sat, Jun 21 box BOS  STL  L   3-9       46-31    1  up 0.5  2:52 M Boggs      D Matsuzaka   37,227 --
 78 Sun, Jun 22 box BOS  STL  W   5-3 (13)  47-31    1  up 1.5  4:25 J Lopez      M Parisi      37,085 +
 79 Mon, Jun 23 box BOS  ARI  L   1-2       47-32    1  up 1.0  3:01 D Haren      J Beckett     37,694 -
 80 Tue, Jun 24 box BOS  ARI  W   5-4       48-32    1  up 1.0  2:44 C Smith      C Qualls      37,867 +
 81 Wed, Jun 25 box BOS  ARI  W   5-0       49-32    1  up 1.0  2:48 T Wakefield  R Johnson     37,924 ++
 82 Fri, Jun 27 box BOS @HOU  W   6-1       50-32    1  up 0.5  3:22 D Matsuzaka  R Hernandez   42,327 +++
 83 Sat, Jun 28 box BOS @HOU  L  10-11      50-33    1  up 0.5  3:25 D Brocail    M Delcarmen   43,073 -
 84 Sun, Jun 29 box BOS @HOU  L   2-3       50-34    2     0.5  3:27 D Brocail    D Aardsma     42,066 --
 85 Mon, Jun 30 box BOS @TBR  L   4-5       50-35    2     1.5  2:55 J Shields    J Masterson   34,145 ---
 86 Tue, Jul  1 box BOS @TBR  L   1-3       50-36    2     2.5  2:56 M Garza      T Wakefield   31,112 ----
 87 Wed, Jul  2 box BOS @TBR  L   6-7       50-37    2     3.5  3:55 G Glover     C Hansen      36,048 -----
 88 Thu, Jul  3 box BOS @NYY  W   7-0       51-37    2     3.0  2:46 J Lester     A Pettitte    54,677 +
 89 Fri, Jul  4 box BOS @NYY  W   6-4       52-37    2     3.0  3:51 J Beckett    D Rasner      55,130 ++
 90 Sat, Jul  5 box BOS @NYY  L   1-2       52-38    2     4.0  2:58 M Mussina    J Masterson   54,990 -
 91 Sun, Jul  6 box BOS @NYY  L   4-5 (10)  52-39    2     5.0  3:25 M Rivera     J Papelbon    54,922 --
 92 Mon, Jul  7 box BOS  MIN  W   1-0       53-39    2     4.0  2:43 H Okajima    B Bass        37,912 +
 93 Tue, Jul  8 box BOS  MIN  W   6-5       54-39    2     3.0  2:51 D Aardsma    M Guerrier    37,925 ++
 94 Wed, Jul  9 box BOS  MIN  W  18-5       55-39    2     2.0  3:59 J Beckett    L Hernandez   37,470 +++
 95 Fri, Jul 11 box BOS  BAL  L   3-7       55-40    2     1.5  3:29 B Burres     C Buchholz    37,779 -
 96 Sat, Jul 12 box BOS  BAL  W  12-1       56-40    2     0.5  2:32 T Wakefield  R Liz         37,539 +
 97 Sun, Jul 13 box BOS  BAL  W   2-1       57-40    1  up 0.5  3:32 D Matsuzaka  D Cabrera     37,344 ++
 98 Fri, Jul 18 box BOS @LAA  L   3-11      57-41    2     0.5  2:35 J Lackey     C Buchholz    44,260 -
 99 Sat, Jul 19 box BOS @LAA  L   2-4       57-42    2     1.5  2:49 J Arredondo  J Beckett     44,005 --

Gm  Date            Team Opp     Score       W-L  Rank      GB  Time Winner       Loser         Attend Streak (+win -loss)
100 Sun, Jul 20 box BOS @LAA  L   3-5       57-43    2     1.5  2:43 D Oliver     T Wakefield   44,164 ---
101 Mon, Jul 21 box BOS @SEA  W   4-0       58-43    2     1.5  2:57 J Lester     J Washburn    37,861 +
102 Tue, Jul 22 box BOS @SEA  W   4-2       59-43    2     0.5  2:48 D Matsuzaka  R Dickey      38,425 ++
103 Wed, Jul 23 box BOS @SEA  W   6-3 (12)  60-43    2     0.5  4:01 J Papelbon   S Green       43,231 +++
104 Fri, Jul 25 box BOS  NYY  L   0-1       60-44    2     1.0  3:04 J Chamberlai J Beckett     37,744 -

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