The Boston Red Sox challenged the the Philadelphia Phillies yesterday at Citizens Bank Park with the Red Sox triumphant 8 to 3. It was a thrilling night of baseball that anyone with Red Sox tickets will definitely cherish.
Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield (4.44 ERA) got the win, while Roy Halladay (2.22 ERA) took the loss for the Phillies. Tim Wakefield went 8 solid innings for the Red Sox, allowed 5 hits, no home runs and no earned runs with 2 walks and one strikeout. Also pitching for the Red Sox was Ramon Ramirez (6.35). The Phillies’s starter Roy Halladay went 5.2 innings, allowed 8 hits, one home run and 6 earned runs with 2 walks and one strikeout. Chad Durbin (2.61), J.C. Romero (2.70), and Danys Baez (4.66) also pitched for the Phillies. With the win, Wakefield’s record goes to 1-2, while Halladay falls to 6-3.
In addition to the 8 runs, the Red Sox managed 10 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Red Sox, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Jeremy Hermida had a tough day at the plate, leaving 5 runners on base. The Phillies didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Phillies mustered 3 runs, 8 hits and 2 errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Field Culbreth, Marty Foster, Gary Cederstrom and Ed Hickox. There were 45,068 Phillies ticket holders in attendance at Citizens Bank Park.
The win puts the Red Sox at a record of -, ( games behind first place in the division), while the loss brings the Phillies to -, ( games behind the division leader). Next up for the Red Sox are the (-) at the Rays’s Tropicana Field. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for tickets because that game should be a good one. The Phillies will next take on the (-) at Citizens Bank Park in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your tickets today and take in all the thrills.