Texas 10, Boston 0
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, September 2, 2011
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature:
66°
Umpires:
Home -
Rob Drake, 1B -
Gary Darling, 2B -
Bruce Dreckman, 3B -
Paul Emmel
Attendance:
38083
By SportsDirect Inc.
Derek Holland pitched seven shutout innings, and the Texas Rangers belted three home runs and knocked Boston out of first place with a 10-0 victory over the host Red Sox on Friday.
Ian Kinsler homered for the third time in two games as Texas opened up a 5-0 lead in the second.
David Murphy and Elvis Andrus also homered for the Rangers, who increased their lead to 4½ games over the Los Angeles Angels in the American League West.
The loss, coupled with New York's 3-2 victory over Toronto on Friday, dropped Boston one-half game behind the Yankees in the AL East. The Red Sox, though, lead the wild card standings by nine games over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Holland (13-5) allowed two hits - both singles. He fanned six and didn’t allow a walk.
Jacoby Ellsbury and Adrian Gonzalez were the only Boston players to reach base, and Holland picked Ellsbury off first.
The Red Sox' David Ortiz had his 15-game hitting streak stopped.
Boston starter Andrew Miller (6-2) allowed six runs, five hits and four walks in 1 1/3 innings.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Texas
|
13 |
3 |
22 |
.342 |
18 |
10 |
10 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
Boston
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
.071 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |