Red Sox 7 - 2 Rangers
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Byrd, Red Sox trying to close AL East deficit

Sep 7, 2008 - 12:48 PM Boston (83-58) at Texas (70-73), 3:05 pm EDT

ARLINGTON, Texas (Ticker) -- Paul Byrd aims to win his fourth consecutive start on Sunday when the Boston Red Sox meet the Texas Rangers.

The Red Sox trail the Tampa Bay Rays (85-55) by 2 1/2 games in the American League East race.

Boston failed to cut into the deficit on Saturday as the Rangers were led by recent minor league call-up Nelson Cruz, who had two home runs and five RBI in a 15-8 victory.

The Red Sox had won four straight and six of seven by a combined margin of 52-17, then surrendered almost that many runs in one game.

Byrd (10-11, 4.58 ERA) has received new life since joining Boston on August 12, posting a 3-1 record with a 4.79 ERA and 13 strikeouts over four starts.

The Rangers will counter with righthander Brandon McCarthy (1-0, 2.25), who is making his fourth start. He missed most of the season with right forearm inflammation.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    BOSTON 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 7 12 1
    TEXAS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 7 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: BOS - PAUL BYRD, JAVIER LOPEZ (7TH), MANNY DELCARMEN (8TH), CHRIS
    SMITH (9TH), JONATHAN PAPELBON (9TH) AND JASON VARITEK
    TEX - BRANDON MCCARTHY, LUIS MENDOZA (6TH),

    Sep 7 6:15 PM


  • AL
    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY TAYLOR TEAGARDEN SCORED MARLON BYRD.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, T TEAGARDEN ON FIRST, N CRUZ ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 7
    TEXAS 2 BOTTOM, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: J ARIAS (.254, 0-FOR-3, HBP)

    Red Sox 7, Rangers 2  Bot 9, 0 OutsSep 7 6:13 PM


  • AL
    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY TAYLOR TEAGARDEN (3) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 0
    OUT IN THE 8TH OFF MANNY DELCARMEN.
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 7, TEXAS 1
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: J ARIAS (.258, 0-FOR-2, HBP)

    Red Sox 7, Rangers 1  Bot 8, 0 OutsSep 7 5:40 PM


  • AL
    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JASON BAY (5) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN THE
    7TH OFF JAMEY WRIGHT.
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 7, TEXAS 0
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: S CASEY (.347, 1-FOR-3)

    Red Sox 7, Rangers 0  Top 7, 0 OutsSep 7 5:02 PM


  • AL
    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DUSTIN PEDROIA SCORED COCO CRISP.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, D PEDROIA ON FIRST, J ELLSBURY ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 6
    TEXAS 0 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D ORTIZ (.271, 2-FOR-3, HR, 2 RBI)

    Red Sox 6, Rangers 0  Top 6, 0 OutsSep 7 4:50 PM


  • AL
    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JACOBY ELLSBURY SCORED SEAN CASEY.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J ELLSBURY ON FIRST, C CRISP ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 5
    TEXAS 0 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D PEDROIA (.329, 0-FOR-3)

    Red Sox 5, Rangers 0  Top 6, 0 OutsSep 7 4:47 PM


  • AL
    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY DAVID ORTIZ (18) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 5TH OFF BRANDON MCCARTHY SCORED COCO CRISP.
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 4, TEXAS 0
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: K YOUKILIS (.314, 0-FOR-2)

    Red Sox 4, Rangers 0  Top 5, 0 OutsSep 7 4:19 PM


  • AL
    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY COCO CRISP SCORED ALEX CORA.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C CRISP ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 2
    TEXAS 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J ELLSBURY (.263, 0-FOR-1)

    Red Sox 2, Rangers 0  Top 2, 0 OutsSep 7 3:24 PM


  • AL
    AT TEXAS - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY ALEX CORA SCORED JASON VARITEK.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A CORA ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1
    TEXAS 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR BOSTON: C CRISP (.281, 7 HR, 38 RBI)

    Red Sox 1, Rangers 0  Top 2, 0 OutsSep 7 3:23 PM

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