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Series: Game 1 of 2

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Boston leads 1-0 (as of 4/1)

Game 1: Tuesday, April 1
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Game 2: Wednesday, April 2
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Red Sox 2

(2-1, 2-1 away)

Athletics 1

(1-2, 1-2 home)

10:05 PM ET, April 1, 2008

O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California 

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W: D. Matsuzaka (1-0)

L: J. Blanton (0-1)

S: J. Papelbon (2)

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Boston - Top of 1st		SCORE
Joe Blanton pitching for OaklandBOSOAK
J Ellsbury grounded out to first.00
D Pedroia grounded out to shortstop.00
D Ortiz flied out to center.00
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 1st		SCORE
Daisuke Matsuzaka pitching for BostonBOSOAK
T Buck struck out swinging.00
M Ellis struck out swinging.00
D Barton popped out to third.00
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 2nd		SCORE
Joe Blanton pitching for OaklandBOSOAK
M Ramirez singled to left center.00
M Ramirez to second on wild pitch by J Blanton.00
M Lowell grounded out to third.00
K Youkilis reached on infield single to third, M Ramirez to third.00
J Varitek popped out to third.00
C Crisp struck out looking.00
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 2nd		SCORE
Daisuke Matsuzaka pitching for BostonBOSOAK
J Cust homered to left.01
E Brown grounded out to shortstop.01
B Crosby grounded out to shortstop.01
J Hannahan flied out to left.01
1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 3rd		SCORE
Joe Blanton pitching for OaklandBOSOAK
J Lugo grounded out to third.01
D Pedroia grounded out to shortstop.01
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 3rd		SCORE
Daisuke Matsuzaka pitching for BostonBOSOAK
K Suzuki singled to center.01
R Sweeney struck out swinging.01
K Suzuki caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.01
T Buck struck out swinging.01
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 4th		SCORE
Joe Blanton pitching for OaklandBOSOAK
D Ortiz grounded out to first.01
M Ramirez flied out to right.01
M Lowell continues to bat after dropped foul ball by first baseman D Barton.01
M Lowell struck out looking.01
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 4th		SCORE
Daisuke Matsuzaka pitching for BostonBOSOAK
M Ellis popped out to shortstop.01
D Barton struck out swinging.01
J Cust grounded out to first.01
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 5th		SCORE
Joe Blanton pitching for OaklandBOSOAK
K Youkilis singled to right center.01
J Varitek flied out to right.01
C Crisp struck out swinging.01
J Lugo reached on infield single to pitcher, K Youkilis to second.01
J Ellsbury singled to right, K Youkilis scored, J Lugo to second.11
D Pedroia walked, J Lugo to third, J Ellsbury to second.11
D Ortiz grounded out to first.11
1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 5th		SCORE
Daisuke Matsuzaka pitching for BostonBOSOAK
E Brown struck out looking.11
B Crosby grounded out to second.11
J Hannahan struck out swinging.11
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 6th		SCORE
Joe Blanton pitching for OaklandBOSOAK
M Ramirez flied out to center.11
M Lowell flied out to left.11
K Youkilis tripled to deep left.11
J Varitek doubled to deep right, K Youkilis scored.21
C Crisp grounded out to pitcher.21
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 6th		SCORE
Daisuke Matsuzaka pitching for BostonBOSOAK
K Suzuki flied out to right.21
R Sweeney struck out swinging.21
T Buck struck out swinging.21
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 7th		SCORE
Joe Blanton pitching for OaklandBOSOAK
S Casilla relieved J Blanton.21
J Lugo flied out to left.21
J Ellsbury struck out looking.21
D Pedroia grounded out to shortstop.21
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 7th		SCORE
Daisuke Matsuzaka pitching for BostonBOSOAK
M Ellis grounded out to shortstop.21
D Barton grounded out to first.21
H Okajima relieved D Matsuzaka.21
J Cust walked.21
E Brown popped out to second.21
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 8th		SCORE
Santiago Casilla pitching for OaklandBOSOAK
D Ortiz popped out to third.21
M Ramirez popped out to first.21
M Lowell struck out looking.21
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 8th		SCORE
Hideki Okajima pitching for BostonBOSOAK
B Crosby singled to shallow left.21
J Hannahan grounded into fielder's choice to third, B Crosby out at second.21
K Suzuki flied out to left.21
M Sweeney hit for R Sweeney.21
J Papelbon relieved H Okajima.21
M Sweeney grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Hannahan out at second.21
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Boston - Top of 9th		SCORE
Keith Foulke pitching for OaklandBOSOAK
C Denorfia in center field.21
K Foulke relieved S Casilla.21
K Youkilis grounded out to shortstop.21
J Varitek singled to shallow center.21
C Crisp reached on bunt single to third, J Varitek to second.21
J Lugo lined out to third.21
J Ellsbury lined out to left.21
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Oakland - Bottom of 9th		SCORE
Jonathan Papelbon pitching for BostonBOSOAK
T Buck struck out swinging.21
M Ellis struck out looking.21
D Barton struck out swinging.21
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors