Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Buccos Win 1-0 Thriller Over Boston in Playoff Rematch


The last time Pittsburgh and Boston met, Red Sox pitched Pedro Martinez walked off the mound with the first post season no-hitter in Millenium League history.
Pirates Carlos Guillen helped turn the tables with a dramatic RBI double in the bottom of the 10th to give Pittsburgh a thrilling 1-0 win over Boston. Guillen, in his fourth season with the Pirates, hit .255 with 6 home runs last season.


Strat-O-Matic Report








BOXSCORE: 2003 Boston Red Sox At 2003 Pittsburgh Pirates 4/3/2003



Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG

J.Damon CF 4 0 1 0 .250 R.Winn CF 5 1 2 0 .400

C.Everett LF 3 0 0 0 .000 C.Guillen SS 4 0 2 1 .500

N.Garciaparra SS 4 0 2 0 .500 J.Vidro 2B 4 0 1 0 .250

M.Sweeney 1B 3 0 1 0 .333 B.Giles LF 4 0 0 0 .000

A-E.Young PR 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Sanders RF 3 0 1 0 .333

B-S.Spiezio 1B 1 0 0 0 .000 E.Durazo 1B 4 0 1 0 .250

J.Varitek C 4 0 0 0 .000 J.Kendall C 1 0 0 0 .000

J.Gibbons RF 4 0 0 0 .000 E.Alfonzo 3B 4 0 0 0 .000

D.Bell 3B 4 0 0 0 .000 B.Zito P 3 0 0 0 .000

M.Kata 2B 4 0 0 0 .000 C-P.Nevin PH 1 0 0 0 .000

P.Martinez P 2 0 0 0 .000 B.Kim P 0 0 0 0 ----

J.Colome P 0 0 0 0 ----

-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---

Totals 33 0 4 0 Totals 33 1 7 1



A-Pinch Ran For Sweeney In 7th Inning

B-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Young In 7th Inning

C-Pinch Hit For Zito In 9th Inning



Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0

Pirates......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 7 0



Red Sox (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

P.Martinez 9 5 0 0 4 12 0 0.00

J.Colome LOSS(0-1) 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 ----

Totals 9 7 1 1 4 12 0



Pirates (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA

B.Zito 9 4 0 0 1 4 0 0.00

B.Kim WIN(1-0) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Totals 10 4 0 0 1 4 0



ATTENDANCE- 21,683 DATE- Wednesday, April 3rd 2003 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average

UMPIRES- Randy Marsh, Marty Foster, Ron Kulpa, Mike Van Vleet

T- 2:55

LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 5 Pirates: 9

DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0 Pirates: 0

DOUBLES- C.Guillen-2(2nd)

STOLEN BASES- J.Damon(1st)

CAUGHT STEALING- E.Young

SACRIFICE HITS- C.Guillen

WALKS- P.Martinez, R.Sanders, J.Kendall-3

HIT BY PITCH- C.Everett

STRIKE OUTS- C.Everett-2, M.Sweeney, J.Varitek, C.Guillen, J.Vidro-3, B.Giles,

R.Sanders-2, E.Durazo, E.Alfonzo, B.Zito-2, P.Nevin



Barry Zito pitched 9 strong innings as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the

Boston Red Sox in 10 innings 1 to 0 at Miller Park.



Neither team managed to score in the first nine innings. Pittsburgh won the

game in the 10th inning. Randy Winn banged out a single. Carlos Guillen

came to the plate and doubled giving Pittsburgh the victory and sending the

21,683 home-town fans home happy. Boston was out-hit by Pittsburgh, 7 hits

to 4.



The victory went to Byung-Hyun Kim(1-0) who went 1 inning, allowing no runs.

The loss was charged to Jesus Colome(0-1) in relief. He allowed 2 hits and

no walks without retiring a batter.











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