Series Summary

2007 AL Championship Series

Game 1, October 12
CLE 3
BOS 10
Game 2, October 13
CLE 13
BOS 6 (11)
Game 3, October 15
BOS 2
CLE 4
Game 4, October 16
BOS 3
CLE 7
Game 5, October 18
BOS 7
CLE 1
Game 6, October 20
CLE 2
BOS 12
Game 7, October 21
CLE 2
BOS 11

Series Summary

Game Summary

Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Start Time: 8:22 p.m. Local
Attendance: 44,008
Venue: Jacobs Field
Game Duration: 3:12
Night Game, on grass

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 8 1
Cleveland Indians 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 X 7 9 0
WP: Paul Byrd (2-0) • LP: Tim Wakefield (0-1)

Boston Red Sox

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Dustin Pedroia 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.172 0.226 0.241 0.467 0.000 0.000
Kevin Youkilis 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 4 0.333 0.406 0.593 0.999 0.000 1.000
David Ortiz DH 4 1 1 1 0 1 4 0.500 0.677 1.050 1.727 0.000 1.000
Manny Ramirez LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 4 0.429 0.613 1.000 1.613 0.000 1.000
Mike Lowell 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.280 0.310 0.520 0.830 0.000 0.000
J.D. Drew RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0.231 0.231 0.231 0.462 0.000 0.000
Coco Crisp CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.192 0.222 0.231 0.453 0.000 0.000
Doug Mirabelli C 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Jason Varitek C 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.192 0.192 0.385 0.577 0.000 0.000
Julio Lugo SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.208 0.269 0.250 0.519 0.000 0.000
Tim Wakefield P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Manny Delcarmen P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Jon Lester P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 34 3 8 3 0 4 34 0.235 0.235 0.500 0.735 0.000 3.000

Cleveland Indians

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Grady Sizemore CF 3 1 0 0 2 0 5 0.281 0.439 0.563 1.002 0.000 0.000
Asdrubal Cabrera 2B 5 1 1 1 0 2 5 0.235 0.270 0.324 0.594 0.117 0.710
Travis Hafner DH 4 0 0 0 0 4 4 0.226 0.368 0.419 0.788 0.000 0.000
Victor Martinez 1B 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 0.344 0.432 0.500 0.932 0.117 0.710
Jhonny Peralta SS 4 1 2 3 0 1 4 0.406 0.486 0.750 1.236 0.267 1.926
Kenny Lofton LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 0.333 0.371 0.515 0.887 0.067 0.559
Casey Blake 3B 4 1 2 2 0 1 4 0.212 0.235 0.394 0.629 0.200 1.626
Franklin Gutierrez RF 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 0.182 0.308 0.318 0.626 0.117 0.760
Kelly Shoppach C 3 0 1 0 0 2 4 0.500 0.625 0.833 1.458 0.117 0.710
Paul Byrd P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Jensen Lewis P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Rafael Betancourt P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 33 7 9 7 4 12 38 0.273 0.368 0.485 0.853 1.000 7.000

Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Tim Wakefield, L (0-1) 4.2 5 5 5 2 7 1 9.64 22 76 51 25 8 18 5 7 4 0 39 -0.080 1.12 -1.41% 36.01 -0.7
Manny Delcarmen 0.1 3 2 2 1 1 1 9.00 5 25 13 6 3 4 0 3 2 0 2 2 -0.110 0.21 -1.95% 6.77 -3.5
Jon Lester 3 1 0 0 1 4 0 4.91 11 50 34 17 6 11 3 3 0 0 0 0 0.023 0.13 0.41% 4.27 1.7
Team Totals 8 9 7 7 4 12 2 7.88 38 151 98 48 17 33 8 13 6 0 39 2 2 -0.167 0.70 -2.95% 22.44 -2.6

Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Paul Byrd, W (2-0) 5 6 2 2 0 4 2 3.60 21 73 54 33 7 14 7 10 6 0 51 0.256 0.86 4.54% 27.75 0.8
Jensen Lewis 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 3.68 7 26 19 12 1 6 3 4 2 0 0 0 0.033 0.55 0.58% 17.87 0.1
Rafael Betancourt 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 6 15 12 10 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0.044 0.28 0.77% 8.98 1.1
Team Totals 9 8 3 3 0 4 3 3.00 34 114 85 55 9 21 10 20 9 0 51 0 0 0.333 0.69 5.89% 22.40 2.0

Paul Byrd faced 2 batters in the 6th inning.

Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: Tim Wakefield (1; Kelly Shoppach).
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: Jon Lester (0; Grady Sizemore, 1st base).

Play by play

Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description SRC
Top of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Indians’ Paul Byrd facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 1,(0-0) X O BOS Dustin Pedroia Paul Byrd 2% 52% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
t1 0-0 1 3,(0-2) CSX O BOS Kevin Youkilis Paul Byrd 2% 54% Flyball: CF 0.0
t1 0-0 2 4,(1-2) CBFS O BOS David Ortiz Paul Byrd 1% 55% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Red Sox’ Tim Wakefield facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 7,(3-2) BCBBCFB CLE Grady Sizemore Tim Wakefield 3% 58% Walk 0.0
b1 0-0 0 1– 4,(1-2) CCBS O CLE Asdrubal Cabrera Tim Wakefield -3% 55% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b1 0-0 1 1– 1,(0-0) >C CLE Travis Hafner Tim Wakefield 1% 57% Sizemore Steals 2B 0.0
b1 0-0 1 -2- 4,(0-2) >C.CFS O CLE Travis Hafner Tim Wakefield -3% 53% Strikeout Swinging 0
b1 0-0 2 -2- 2,(1-0) BX O CLE Victor Martinez Tim Wakefield -3% 50% Lineout: RF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 0.
Top of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Indians’ Paul Byrd facing 4-5-6
t2 0-0 0 5,(1-2) FBCFX BOS Manny Ramirez Paul Byrd -4% 46% Single to LF (Ground Ball) 0.0
t2 0-0 0 1– 2,(0-1) CX O BOS Mike Lowell Paul Byrd 2% 48% Groundout: 1B unassisted; Ramirez to 2B 0.0
t2 0-0 1 -2- 4,(1-2) CBFS O BOS J.D. Drew Paul Byrd 4% 52% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t2 0-0 2 -2- 3,(0-2) FFC O BOS Coco Crisp Paul Byrd 3% 55% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 0.
Bottom of the 2nd, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Red Sox’ Tim Wakefield facing 5-6-7
b2 0-0 0 3,(0-2) CSS O CLE Jhonny Peralta Tim Wakefield -2% 53% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b2 0-0 1 1,(0-0) X O CLE Kenny Lofton Tim Wakefield -2% 51% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
b2 0-0 2 4,(1-2) BCFC O CLE Casey Blake Tim Wakefield -1% 50% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 0.
Top of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Indians’ Paul Byrd facing 8-9-1
t3 0-0 0 8,(3-2) BCBFFBFX O BOS Doug Mirabelli Paul Byrd 3% 53% Flyball: RF 0.0
t3 0-0 1 3,(0-2) CCX O BOS Julio Lugo Paul Byrd 2% 54% Groundout: P-1B 0.0
t3 0-0 2 5,(2-2) CBBSX BOS Dustin Pedroia Paul Byrd -1% 53% Single to RF (Ground Ball) 0.0
t3 0-0 2 1– 1,(0-0) X BOS Kevin Youkilis Paul Byrd -2% 51% Single to LF (Line Drive); Pedroia to 2B 0.0
t3 0-0 2 12- 5,(1-2) FFBFX O BOS David Ortiz Paul Byrd 5% 56% Groundout: SS unassisted/Forceout at 2B (SS-2B) 0.0
  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 0.
Bottom of the 3rd, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Red Sox’ Tim Wakefield facing 8-9-1
b3 0-0 0 5,(3-1) BBBCB CLE Franklin Gutierrez Tim Wakefield 4% 60% Walk 0.0
b3 0-0 0 1– 5,(0-2) CCFF1S O CLE Kelly Shoppach Tim Wakefield -4% 56% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b3 0-0 1 1– 6,(3-2) SBB11BC>X O CLE Grady Sizemore Tim Wakefield -2% 54% Groundout: 1B unassisted; Gutierrez to 2B 0.0
b3 0-0 2 -2- 1,(0-0) X O CLE Asdrubal Cabrera Tim Wakefield -4% 50% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 0.
Top of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Indians’ Paul Byrd facing 4-5-6
t4 0-0 0 3,(1-1) CBX O BOS Manny Ramirez Paul Byrd 3% 53% Lineout: CF 0.0
t4 0-0 1 2,(1-0) BX O BOS Mike Lowell Paul Byrd 2% 55% Flyball: LF 0.0
t4 0-0 2 5,(1-2) FSBFX BOS J.D. Drew Paul Byrd -2% 53% Single to CF (Line Drive) 0.0
t4 0-0 2 1– 1,(0-0) 1X O BOS Coco Crisp Paul Byrd 3% 56% Lineout: RF 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 0.
Bottom of the 4th, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Red Sox’ Tim Wakefield facing 3-4-5
b4 0-0 0 5,(2-2) CSBBT O CLE Travis Hafner Tim Wakefield -3% 53% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b4 0-0 1 1,(0-0) X O CLE Victor Martinez Tim Wakefield -2% 51% Lineout: CF 0.0
b4 0-0 2 1,(0-0) X CLE Jhonny Peralta Tim Wakefield 3% 54% Double to LF (Fly Ball) 0.0
b4 0-0 2 -2- 3,(2-0) BBX O CLE Kenny Lofton Tim Wakefield -4% 50% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 0.
Top of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Indians’ Paul Byrd facing 8-9-1
t5 0-0 0 6,(3-2) CBBFBS O BOS Doug Mirabelli Paul Byrd 3% 53% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t5 0-0 1 2,(1-0) BX O BOS Julio Lugo Paul Byrd 2% 55% Lineout: LF 0.0
t5 0-0 2 3,(1-1) CBX O BOS Dustin Pedroia Paul Byrd 2% 57% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 0.
Bottom of the 5th, Indians Batting, Tied 0-0, Red Sox’ Tim Wakefield facing 7-8-9
b5 0-0 0 2,(0-1) CX R CLE Casey Blake Tim Wakefield 13% 70% Home Run (Fly Ball) 1.6262
b5 1-0 0 4,(1-2) BLFX CLE Franklin Gutierrez Tim Wakefield 3% 74% Single to LF (Line Drive) 0.7595
b5 1-0 0 1– 1,(0-0) 1H CLE Kelly Shoppach Tim Wakefield 5% 78% Hit By Pitch; Gutierrez to 2B 0.7095
b5 1-0 0 12- 3,(1-1) CBX O CLE Grady Sizemore Tim Wakefield -2% 77% Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Gutierrez to 3B 0.0
b5 1-0 1 1-3 3,(0-2) FFX R CLE Asdrubal Cabrera Tim Wakefield 6% 83% Single to P (Line Drive); Gutierrez Scores; Sizemore to 2B 0.7095
b5 2-0 1 12- 5,(2-2) CFBBS O CLE Travis Hafner Tim Wakefield -3% 80% Strikeout Swinging -0.0
b5 2-0 2 12- 6,(2-2) BBFCFX R CLE Victor Martinez Tim Wakefield 7% 87% Single to LF (Ground Ball); Sizemore Scores; Cabrera to 2B 0.7095
  Manny Delcarmen replaces Tim Wakefield pitching
b5 3-0 2 12- 4,(2-1) .FBBX RRR CLE Jhonny Peralta Manny Delcarmen 10% 97% Home Run (Line Drive); Cabrera Scores; Martinez Scores 1.9263
b5 6-0 2 2,(1-0) BX CLE Kenny Lofton Manny Delcarmen 0% 97% Single to CF (Line Drive) 0.5595
b5 6-0 2 1– 2,(1-0) 1B>C CLE Casey Blake Manny Delcarmen 0% 97% Lofton Steals 2B 0
b5 6-0 2 -2- 5,(2-2) 1B>C.CBX R CLE Casey Blake Manny Delcarmen 1% 98% Single to CF (Fly Ball); Lofton Scores 0
b5 7-0 2 1– 7,(3-2) CB1C11BFB>B CLE Franklin Gutierrez Manny Delcarmen 0% 99% Walk; Blake to 2B 0
b5 7-0 2 12- 7,(3-2) BBSBS>F>S O CLE Kelly Shoppach Manny Delcarmen 0% 98% Strikeout Swinging 0
  7 runs, 7 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Indians 7.
Top of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-7, Indians’ Paul Byrd facing 2-3-4
t6 0-7 0 3,(0-2) SCX R BOS Kevin Youkilis Paul Byrd -1% 97% Home Run (Fly Ball) 1.0
t6 1-7 0 4,(2-1) BBFX R BOS David Ortiz Paul Byrd -2% 95% Home Run (Line Drive) 1.0
  Jensen Lewis replaces Paul Byrd pitching
t6 2-7 0 9,(3-2) .BCCFBFBFX R BOS Manny Ramirez Jensen Lewis -4% 91% Home Run (Line Drive) 1.0
t6 3-7 0 4,(1-2) CBFX O BOS Mike Lowell Jensen Lewis 2% 93% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
t6 3-7 1 2,(0-1) CX O BOS J.D. Drew Jensen Lewis 1% 94% Flyball: LF 0.0
t6 3-7 2 2,(1-0) BX O BOS Coco Crisp Jensen Lewis 1% 95% Flyball: LF 0.0
  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Indians 7.
Bottom of the 6th, Indians Batting, Ahead 7-3, Red Sox’ Jon Lester facing 1-2-3
  Jon Lester replaces Manny Delcarmen pitchingJason Varitek replaces Doug Mirabelli playing C batting 8th
b6 7-3 0 7,(3-2) ..CSBBFBB CLE Grady Sizemore Jon Lester 1% 95% Walk 0.0
b6 7-3 0 1– 6,(2-2) BBCC>FS O CLE Asdrubal Cabrera Jon Lester -1% 95% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b6 7-3 1 1– 3,(0-2) SCT O CLE Travis Hafner Jon Lester -1% 94% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b6 7-3 2 1– ,(0-0) 1 CLE Victor Martinez Jon Lester 0% 94% Sizemore Picked off 1B, safe on E3; Sizemore to 2B 0.0
b6 7-3 2 -2- 4,(1-2) 1.BCFX O CLE Victor Martinez Jon Lester -1% 93% Flyball: CF 0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Indians 7.
Top of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 3-7, Indians’ Jensen Lewis facing 8-9-1
t7 3-7 0 4,(1-2) CBSX BOS Jason Varitek Jensen Lewis -3% 91% Single to LF (Ground Ball) 0.0
t7 3-7 0 1– 2,(1-0) BX OO BOS Julio Lugo Jensen Lewis 6% 96% Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B 0.0
t7 3-7 2 3,(0-2) CFX O BOS Dustin Pedroia Jensen Lewis 1% 97% Lineout: 2B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Indians 7.
Bottom of the 7th, Indians Batting, Ahead 7-3, Red Sox’ Jon Lester facing 5-6-7
b7 7-3 0 6,(2-2) CBSBFX O CLE Jhonny Peralta Jon Lester 0% 96% Foul Popfly: 1B (1B into Foul Terr.) 0.0
b7 7-3 1 4,(0-2) CTFC O CLE Kenny Lofton Jon Lester 0% 96% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b7 7-3 2 3,(1-1) BFX O CLE Casey Blake Jon Lester 0% 96% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Indians 7.
Top of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 3-7, Indians’ Rafael Betancourt facing 2-3-4
  Rafael Betancourt replaces Jensen Lewis pitching
t8 3-7 0 2,(0-1) .FX O BOS Kevin Youkilis Rafael Betancourt 1% 97% Flyball: RF 0.0
t8 3-7 1 3,(0-2) FSX O BOS David Ortiz Rafael Betancourt 1% 98% Flyball: LF 0.0
t8 3-7 2 1,(0-0) X O BOS Manny Ramirez Rafael Betancourt 0% 99% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Indians 7.
Bottom of the 8th, Indians Batting, Ahead 7-3, Red Sox’ Jon Lester facing 8-9-1
b8 7-3 0 5,(2-2) CBTBS O CLE Franklin Gutierrez Jon Lester 0% 99% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b8 7-3 1 5,(2-2) BCSBX CLE Kelly Shoppach Jon Lester 0% 99% Single to 3B (Ground Ball) 0.0
b8 7-3 1 1– 2,(1-0) BX O CLE Grady Sizemore Jon Lester 0% 98% Flyball: RF 0.0
b8 7-3 2 1– 5,(1-2) CFFBX O CLE Asdrubal Cabrera Jon Lester 0% 98% Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Indians 7.
Top of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 3-7, Indians’ Rafael Betancourt facing 5-6-7
t9 3-7 0 1,(0-0) X O BOS Mike Lowell Rafael Betancourt 1% 99% Foul Popfly: C (Behind Home) 0.0
t9 3-7 1 7,(3-2) CFBBBFX O BOS J.D. Drew Rafael Betancourt 1% 100% Flyball: LF 0.0
t9 3-7 2 1,(0-0) X O BOS Coco Crisp Rafael Betancourt 0% 100% Lineout: 1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Indians 7.