Clutch Hitting (Thru Block 1)

Team Clutch Hitting
Team                        ClAB ClH ClHR ClRBI ClAvg
--------------------------- ---- --- ---- ----- -----
Philadelphia Phillies (PHN)    88  28    1    30  .318
San Francisco Giants (SFN)    121  37    7    52  .306
New York Yankees (NYA)         84  24    2    31  .286
Atlanta Braves (ATN)           82  23    6    34  .280
Los Angeles Dodgers (LAN)      83  23    3    27  .277
Florida Marlins (FLN)          86  23    3    29  .267
Houston Astros (HON)           84  22    3    26  .262
Seattle Mariners (SEA)         98  25    4    35  .255
Washington Nationals (WAN)     69  16    6    26  .232
Boston Red Sox (BOA)           82  19    3    20  .232
Arizona Diamondbacks (ARN)     70  16    0    24  .229
Kansas City Royals (KCA)       96  21    1    24  .219
Anaheim Angels (ANA)           97  21    3    23  .216
Pittsburgh Pirates (PIN)       87  18    4    28  .207
Cleveland Indians (CLA)       100  20    2    25  .200
Chicago White Sox (CHA)        75  15    0    18  .200
Toronto Blue-Jays (TOA)        88  17    4    27  .193
Oakland A's (OAA)              73  14    2    20  .192
St. Louis Cardinals (SLN)      67  12    3    16  .179
Minnesota Twins (MNA)          77  12    2    13  .156

Bullpen Stats (Thru Block 1)

ZTeam Bullpen
Team                        ReERA ReW ReL Sv
--------------------------- ----- --- --- --
Chicago White Sox (CHA)       1.63   5   2  7
New York Yankees (NYA)        2.17   1   2  8
Los Angeles Dodgers (LAN)     2.19   2   1  5
St. Louis Cardinals (SLN)     2.31   1   1  5
Washington Nationals (WAN)    2.70   3   0  5
Anaheim Angels (ANA)          2.97   4   4  7
Atlanta Braves (ATN)          3.02   1   1  7
Toronto Blue-Jays (TOA)       3.21   3   2  5
San Francisco Giants (SFN)    3.22   5   1  8
Philadelphia Phillies (PHN)   3.28   3   2  4
Houston Astros (HON)          3.45   3   4  6
Seattle Mariners (SEA)        3.54   5   1  5
Minnesota Twins (MNA)         3.57   1   7  4
Oakland A's (OAA)             3.74   4   0  6
Boston Red Sox (BOA)          3.79   3   4  6
Arizona Diamondbacks (ARN)    4.37   1   3  6
Pittsburgh Pirates (PIN)      4.88   4   3  5
Kansas City Royals (KCA)      5.00   4   2  4
Florida Marlins (FLN)         6.13   0   5  2
Cleveland Indians (CLA)       6.90   0   5  7

Block 1 Walk-Offs

Blue-Jays....... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 - 8 10 2 

Royals.......... 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 - 9 18 0 

Adrian Gonzalez had 4 hits and 2 RBI as the Kansas City Royals pulled out a
win over the Toronto team by a score of 9 to 8 at Kauffman Stadium.
 
The deciding run was scored by Kansas City in the 9th.  Gonzalez lofted a
solo-blast 'downtown' giving Kansas City the victory and sending the 13,555
home-town fans home happy.

Indians......... 0 0 2  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  3  8  0
Angels.......... 0 0 2  0 0 0  0 0 3  -  5  8  0

In a thrilling finish the Anaheim Angels won in dramatic fashion coming back
to beat the Cleveland Indians by the count of 5 to 3.
 
Anaheim won the game with a rally in the bottom of the 9th inning with 3 runs
utilizing 2 base hits.  After an out was recorded, Marco Scutaro got things
going when he lined a base-hit.  Jason Bartlett followed next and he drew a
walk.  Matt Tolbert got his turn next, but he was a strikeout victim.  Casey
McGehee was up next and he clubbed a three-run home run giving Anaheim the
victory as 16,481 happy fans celebrated wildly.

Blue-Jays....... 0 1 0  0 0 1  3 1 0  -  6 10  2
Braves.......... 1 0 0  0 0 1  2 0 3  -  7 13  0

In an great finish the Atlanta Braves won in dramatic fashion over the Toronto
club by a score of 7 to 6 at Progressive Field.
 
Atlanta scored the decisive runs in a big bottom of the 9th inning scoring 3
runs on 2 base hits.  Derek Jeter kicked off the action when he laced a
base-knock.  Kevin Youkilis followed next and he was hit by a pitch.  Matt
Holliday dug into the batters box next, but he struck out.  Nick Swisher
followed, but he was set down on strikes.  Jermaine Dye came to the plate and
launched a three-run homer giving Atlanta the win as 48,075 happy fans
joyfully celebrated.

Twins........... 0 1 1  1 0 0  4 0 1  -  8 11  2
Pirates......... 0 6 0  0 0 0  0 2 2  - 10 11  0

In a dramatic ending at Miller Park the Pittsburgh Pirates won in their last
at-bat beating the Minnesota Twins by the count of 10 to 8.
 
Pittsburgh erupted with the game winning runs in the bottom of the 9th inning
with 2 runs.  Justin Morneau led off and started the rally when he drew a
walk.  Ben Francisco stepped up to the plate and he cleared the fences for a
two-run home run making Pittsburgh victorious to the delight of the the home
town crowd.  This was a game of many highs and lows for the home town fans,
as the lead kept changing - 5 times in all.

Erik Bedard was 1 out away from a No-Hitter against Boston

Even though Bedard had given up a run in the 4th (Bourn stole 2nd and 3rd, and Damon put down an excellent suicide squeeze), he had a no-hitter into the top of the 9th. With 2 outs, Alexei Ramirez just barely snuck a ball past Aramis Ramirez for the 1st hit of the game for the Red Sox. Oakland still won 4-1.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2009 Boston Red Sox At 2009 Oakland A's                    5/3/2009
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     A's                AB  R  H RBI AVG
  M.Bourn CF          3  1  0  0 .219     R.Ryal 2B           4  0  2  1 .261  
  A.Ramirez SS        4  0  1  0 .342     A.Ramirez 3B        4  1  3  1 .340  
  J.Damon LF          3  0  0  1 .329     K.Morales 1B        4  0  0  0 .295  
  D.Uggla 2B          3  0  0  0 .191     M.Kemp CF           3  0  0  0 .261  
  J.Loney 1B          1  0  0  0 .240     M.Diaz RF           4  0  0  0 .310  
  M.Teahen 3B         3  0  0  0 .194   A-R.Sweeney RF        0  0  0  0 .340  
  J.Baker C           3  0  0  0 .238     K.Blanks LF         4  1  1  1 .107  
  G.Matthews Jr RF    2  0  0  0 .100     J.Buck C            4  1  2  1 .250  
B-Y.Betancourt PH     1  0  0  0 .231     J.Rollins SS        4  1  2  0 .171  
C-C.Thomas RF         0  0  0  0 .200     E.Bedard P          3  0  0  0 .083  
  M.Cain P            2  0  0  0 .167                                          
  A.Heilman P         0  0  0  0 ----                                          
D-G.Beckham PH        1  0  0  0 .255                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      26  1  1  1                 Totals      34  4 10  4
 
A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Diaz In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Matthews Jr In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Betancourt In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Heilman In 9th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  1  2
A's............. 0 2 0  1 1 0  0 0    -  4 10  0
 
Red Sox (11-20)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Cain LOSS(1-3)          7      10   4   4   1  11   3   3.83
A.Heilman                 1       0   0   0   1   1   0   1.17
Totals                    8      10   4   4   2  12   3
 
A's (14-8)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
E.Bedard WIN(4-1)         9       1   1   1   3   8   0   1.70
Totals                    9       1   1   1   3   8   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 38,435 DATE- Friday, May 3rd 2009 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Wally Bell, Brian O'Nora, Dan Iassogna, Mark Hirschbeck
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 2  A's:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0  A's: 1
ERRORS- D.Uggla, J.Baker
DOUBLES- R.Ryal(3rd)
HOME RUNS- A.Ramirez(4th), K.Blanks(1st), J.Buck(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- M.Bourn-2(13th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Damon, E.Bedard
WALKS- M.Bourn, J.Loney-2, R.Ryal, M.Kemp
HIT BY PITCH- A.Ramirez
STRIKE OUTS- M.Bourn, A.Ramirez, J.Damon, M.Teahen-3, J.Baker, M.Cain,
             K.Morales-3, M.Kemp, M.Diaz-3, K.Blanks, J.Buck, E.Bedard-3
GIDP- J.Baker
2-out RBI- R.Ryal
WEB GEMS- Bot 8th: Clete Thomas robbed Aramis Ramirez of an extra base hit.
 
Aramis Ramirez went deep and Erik Bedard took a no-hitter into the 9th inning
as the Oakland A's outscored the Boston Red Sox 4 to 1.
 
Bedard(4-1) was indeed brilliant as he hand-cuffed the Boston offense.  He
surrendered only 1 hit and 3 walks in 9 innings improving his ERA from 1.93
to 1.70.  The left-handed Bedard had his no-hit bid broken up by Alexei
Ramirez who singled with two outs in the 9th inning.  Oakland finished with
10 hits in the victory.  
 
Matt Cain(1-3) absorbed the loss.  He served up 3 homeruns in his 7 innings.

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