Boston (0-0) at LA Angels (0-0)

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Healthy Beckett set to battle Halos

Joe Frisaro / MLB.com
A welcome sight will be on the mound for the Red Sox on Friday night. The Josh Beckett of old is ready to make his playoff debut.
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Red Sox probable pitcher

Josh Beckett

  • #19 RHP
  • (0-0) -.-- ERA 0 SO
The ace turned in another solid season, his fourth with the Red Sox. But October has always been Beckett's favorite time of year. In 2003, he led the Marlins to a World Series championship, firing a shutout in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium. Beckett had a 1.10 ERA in his two World Series starts that year. He was every bit as dominant for the Red Sox in October 2007, going 4-0 with a 1.20 ERA in his four postseason starts. Last year, Beckett was badly hindered by an oblique injury, going 1-0 with an 8.79 ERA in three October starts. But he finishes this season healthy and optimistic. Beckett, however, had an ordinary second half, going 6-3 with a 4.53 ERA in 14 starts. A four-star slump in August brought down his overall numbers. The righty was 0-1 with a 4.50 ERA in two starts against the Angels.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 106-68 3.79 1401.0 426 1330 .242
Season 17-6 3.86 212.1 55 199 .244
October 1-0 7.20 5.0 3 5 .318
Vs. LA Angels 0-1 4.50 14.0 2 12 .268

Series at a Glance

Standings - 10/09/2009 W L PCT GB Home Away
Boston Red Sox (AL East) 95 67 .586 8.0 56-25 39-42
Los Angeles Angels (AL West) 97 65 .599 - 49-32 48-33
Stats - 10/09/2009 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
BOS .270 872 212 822 126 1120 4.35 1436.2 1494 530 1230
LAA .285 883 173 841 148 1054 4.45 1445.0 1513 523 1062
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Weaver must set aside second-half falloff

T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com
The season put in by Angels ALDS Game 2 starter Jered Weaver was a tale of two halves, but the righty's dominance at home never wavered.
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Angels probable pitcher

Jered Weaver

  • #36 RHP
  • (0-0) -.-- ERA 0 SO
Weaver threw five scoreless innings in a 5-2 victory over Oakland in his final start of the season on Friday, snapping a three-game losing streak. He was still 6-5 with a 4.47 ERA in 15 starts after the All-Star break after going 10-3 with a 3.22 ERA in 18 starts before the break. He is 2-2 with a 3.99 ERA in four career regular season starts against the Red Sox and pitched twice against them last year. He has pitched twice against them in the playoffs, once in relief last year and in a start in the 2007 ALDS. He allowed two runs in seven innings.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 51-27 3.73 671.2 198 546 .250
Season 16-8 3.75 211.0 66 174 .246
October 1-0 0.00 5.0 0 5 .167
Vs. Boston 1-0 0.66 13.2 3 12 .174

Red Sox hitters vs Jered Weaver
Regular Season stats only

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Anderson, Brian .000 3 0 0 .167 6 0 0
Bates, Aaron - - - - - - - -
Brown, Dusty - - - - - - - -
Drew, J.D. .167 6 1 1 .353 17 1 1
Ellsbury, Jacoby .333 6 0 0 .273 11 1 1
Hermida, Jeremy - - - - - - - -
Iglesias, Jose - - - - - - - -
Kotchman, Casey - - - - - - - -
Lowell, Mike .333 6 0 0 .313 16 0 0
Lowrie, Jed .000 2 0 0 .200 5 0 1
Martinez, Victor .000 1 0 0 .375 8 0 1
Ortiz, David .000 5 0 1 .350 20 2 9
Pedroia, Dustin .000 2 0 0 .231 13 0 0
Reddick, Josh - - - - - - - -
Varitek, Jason .500 2 0 0 .250 12 0 0
Wagner, Mark - - - - - - - -
Youkilis, Kevin .333 3 0 0 .300 20 2 4

Angels hitters vs Josh Beckett
Regular Season stats only

  2009 2004-2008
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Abreu, Bobby .143 7 0 2 .231 52 1 6
Aybar, Erick .250 4 0 0 .400 5 0 3
Bourjos, Peter - - - - - - - -
Brown, Matthew - - - - - - - -
Budde, Ryan - - - - .333 3 0 0
Evans, Terry - - - - - - - -
Hunter, Torii .000 4 0 0 .333 15 0 2
Izturis, Maicer 1.000 3 0 0 .370 27 0 1
Kendrick, Howard .667 6 1 3 .421 19 1 3
Mathis, Jeff .500 2 0 0 .286 7 0 1
Matthews, Gary .167 6 0 0 .118 17 0 0
Morales, Kendry .000 7 0 0 .000 7 0 0
Napoli, Mike .000 2 0 0 .000 6 0 0
Pettit, Chris - 0 0 0 - 0 0 0
Rivera, Juan .000 6 0 0 .111 18 0 1
Sandoval, Freddy - - - - - - - -
Trumbo, Mark - - - - - - - -
Willits, Reggie - - - - .000 2 0 0
Wilson, Bobby - - - - - - - -
Wood, Brandon - - - - - - - -

Seventh heavenly for Halos (0-2) (2-0)

Angels 4, Red Sox 1

SoCal slumping

Ian Browne / MLB.com
Fresh off a blanking in Game 1, the Red Sox again struggled at the plate and are stuck in do-or-die mode heading home to Fenway Park. Victor Martinez's RBI single in the third gave Boston a short-lived lead, but the Sox didn't cross the plate again.
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Angels two good

Lyle Spencer / MLB.com
In the seventh, Maicer Izturis ripped an RBI single and Erick Aybar followed later in the frame with a two-run triple to propel the Angels squarely into the series driver's seat. Jered Weaver sparkled on the hill as the Halos took care of business at home.
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Angels 4, Red Sox 1

Boston AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Ellsbury, CF 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 .286
Pedroia, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125
Martinez, V, C 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .143
Youkilis, 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .125
Ortiz, D, DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
Bay, LF 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .200
Lowell, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000
Drew, J, RF 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .200
Gonzalez, A, SS 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250
  a-Kotchman, PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Lowrie, PH-SS 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Totals 31 1 4 1 3 8 9  

a-Batted for Gonzalez, A in the 8th. b-Struck out for Kotchman in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Youkilis (1, Jepsen).
3B: Ellsbury (1, Weaver, Jr).
TB: Ellsbury 4; Martinez, V; Youkilis 2.
RBI: Martinez, V (1).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Lowell.
Team RISP: 1-for-4.
Team LOB: 6.
 
LA Angels AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Figgins, 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000
Abreu, B, RF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .500
Hunter, CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167
Guerrero, DH 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .333
  1-Kendrick, H, PR-DH 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .200
Morales, K, 1B 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 .167
Rivera, J, LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .143
Izturis, M, 2B 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 .333
Napoli, C 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Aybar, E, SS 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 .429
Totals 28 4 6 4 1 5 7  


1-Ran for Guerrero in the 7th.

BATTING
3B: Aybar, E (1, Beckett).
TB: Abreu, B 2; Guerrero; Izturis, M; Aybar, E 4.
RBI: Morales, K (2), Izturis, M (1), Aybar, E 2 (2).
2-out RBI: Izturis, M; Aybar, E 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Figgins.
SF: Morales, K.
Team RISP: 2-for-4.
Team LOB: 3.

BASERUNNING
SB: Izturis, M (1, 2nd base off Beckett/Martinez, V), Kendrick, H (1, 2nd base off Beckett/Martinez, V).
CS: Abreu, B (1, 2nd base by Papelbon/Martinez, V).
 
Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Beckett (L, 0-1) 6.2 5 4 4 1 3 0 5.40
Wagner, B 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Papelbon 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
 
LA Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Weaver, Jr (W, 1-0) 7.1 2 1 1 2 7 0 1.23
Oliver (H, 1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Jepsen (H, 1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Fuentes (S, 1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00

Wagner, B pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

HBP: Napoli (by Beckett).
Pitches-strikes: Beckett 103-64, Wagner, B 8-6, Papelbon 7-5, Weaver, Jr 111-68, Oliver 8-5, Jepsen 11-7, Fuentes 12-6.
Groundouts-flyouts: Beckett 8-9, Wagner, B 0-0, Papelbon 0-1, Weaver, Jr 6-9, Oliver 0-0, Jepsen 1-1, Fuentes 0-2.
Batters faced: Beckett 27, Wagner, B 2, Papelbon 2, Weaver, Jr 26, Oliver 2, Jepsen 3, Fuentes 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Wagner, B 1-0, Papelbon 1-0, Jepsen 1-0, Fuentes 1-0.
Umpires: HP: CB Bucknor. 1B: Eric Cooper. 2B: Greg Gibson. 3B: Brian Gorman. LF: Dan Iassogna. RF: Joe West.
Weather: 67 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 5 mph, Out to CF.
T: 3:11.
Att: 45,223.
October 9, 2009

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