Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 2, Oakland 1
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, August 1, 2008
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Bruce Dreckman, 1B - Todd Tichenor, 2B - Brian Gorman, 3B - Gerry Davis
Attendance: 37832
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Bruce Dreckman, 1B - Todd Tichenor, 2B - Brian Gorman, 3B - Gerry Davis
Attendance: 37832
Final Scoring Summary
Team Records
Recap Quick Hits
- With this win, the Boston Red Sox have a 38-16 record at home this season. The Oakland Athletics have a 21-26 record on the road.
- Boston has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Red Sox have won 5 of their last 10 games.
- Oakland has a streak of 4 straight up losses. The Athletics have won 2 of their last 10 games.
- Mike Timlin pitched 1.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 5.34. Alan Embree took the loss for Oakland.
- Jack Cust had the only homerun for Oakland.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Oakland | Boston | |
| Justin Duchscherer | Player | Tim Wakefield |
| Loss | W/L | Loss |
| 6.0 | IP | 6.1 |
| 2 | Strikeouts | 4 |
| 5 | Hits | 4 |
| 1.50 | ERA | 0.00 |
Hitting
| Oakland | Boston | |
| Mark Ellis | Player | Kevin Youkilis |
| 2 | Hits | 3 |
| 0 | RBI | 0 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 2 | TB | 3 |
| .400 | Avg | .500 |
Team Stats Summary