Saturday, September 22, 2012

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






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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