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Lester, Harden square off again as Red Sox visit A's

Apr 2, 2008 - 12:30 PM Boston (2-1) at Oakland (1-2) 3:35 pm EDT

OAKLAND, California (Ticker) - If Rich Harden's second start is anything like his first, the Oakland Athletics have a good chance to even their record.

Harden (1-0) will be looking to build on his nine-strikeout debut in Japan when the Athletics host the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday.

The Canadian righthander, who appeared in a combined 16 games in 2006 and 2007 due to a number of injuries, dominated the Red Sox last week at the Tokyo Dome. Harden allowed one run and three hits in six innings while walking three to pick up the win.

A popular name in trade talks this winter as Oakland begins to rebuild, Harden was 10-5 with a 2.53 ERA in 2005 before he began to break down.

While the clubs split two games in their season-opening series in Japan, Boston took the first game of their American-soil debut, 2-1, on Tuesday.

Daisuke Matsuzaka struck out nine in 6 2/3 solid frames and Kevin Youkilis had three hits to lead the Red Sox.

Jon Lester (0-1) will take the mound for Boston on Wednesday. The 24-year-old lefthander opposed Harden in Japan as well, allowing four runs and five hits in four innings to take the loss.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    BOSTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 5 13 0
    OAKLAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: BOS - JON LESTER, BRYAN COREY (7TH), MANNY DELCARMEN (9TH) AND JASON
    VARITEK
    OAK - RICH HARDEN, ANDREW BROWN (6TH), ALAN EMBREE
    (6TH), LENNY DINARDO (8TH), SANTIAG

    Apr 2 6:37 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JASON VARITEK (1) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 9TH OFF HUSTON STREET.
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 5, OAKLAND 0
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: C CRISP (.364, 2-FOR-4)

    Red Sox 5, Athletics 0  Top 9, 0 OutsApr 2 6:26 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY KEVIN YOUKILIS SCORED COCO CRISP.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, K YOUKILIS ON FIRST, D PEDROIA ON SECOND, A
    CORA ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 4
    OAKLAND 0 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D ORTIZ (.143, 2-FOR-3, BB, HR, 2 RBI)

    Red Sox 4, Athletics 0  Top 8, 0 OutsApr 2 6:03 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DUSTIN PEDROIA SCORED JASON VARITEK.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D PEDROIA ON FIRST, A CORA ON SECOND, C
    CRISP ON THIRD, 0 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 3
    OAKLAND 0 TOP, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: K YOUKILIS (.357, 1-FOR-3, BB)

    Red Sox 3, Athletics 0  Top 8, 0 OutsApr 2 5:57 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY DAVID ORTIZ (1) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 7TH OFF ALAN EMBREE SCORED KEVIN YOUKILIS.
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 2, OAKLAND 0
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M RAMIREZ (.267, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Red Sox 2, Athletics 0  Top 7, 0 OutsApr 2 5:32 PM

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