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The Red Sox set an A.L. record by
scoring 12 runs before recording an out

ON THIS DATE (May 7, 2009) ... In a 13-3 Red Sox victory, twelve batters crossed the plate before Indians pitchers (three of them) could record one out in the sixth inning. When Julio Lugo walked toward the batter’s box, the Sox trailed, 2-1. When J.D. Drew grounded to second for the third out of the sixth, the Sox had an 11-run lead.

Lugo also sparked the unending rally with a clean single through the left side. Dustin Pedroia walked, and Jason Bay doubled home Lugo for his second of three runs. The Indians intentionally walked Mike Lowell to pitch to Rocco Baldelli with the bases loaded. They watched Red Sox batters circle the bases one by one, the cheers becoming louder and more delirious as each run crossed.

Indians pitcher Jeremy Sowers, who had allowed four hits through the first five innings, faced six batters and left with the bases loaded following a walk to Drew. Masa Kobayashi rode in from the dugout, faced five batters and allowed five hits. Matt Herges took his turn and Bay promptly smashed a home run to right-center, into the Red Sox bullpen.

Four RBIs make for a decent week and Jason Bay achieved that in one inning, going went 2 for 2 with a double and a three-run home run. Three batters - Lugo, Pedroia, and Bay - scored twice while the “out” lights on the Green Monster remained dim. Lugo slapped two singles in the inning, and for the night went 3 for 5 with a triple from the leadoff spot.

Statistical oddities and feats tumbled out of the inning. The Red Sox hadn’t scored 12 runs in an inning since they scored 14 in the first inning against the Marlins on June 27, 2003.

They became only the second team in baseball’s modern era, that had scored 12 runs in an inning before recording an out. The Brooklyn Dodgers scored 12 runs before one out in the eighth inning against the Philadelphia Athletics May 24, 1953.

 

Bost
(6th)

Julio Lugo singles to left
Duston Pedroia walks, Lugo to second
Jason Bay doubles to center, scoring Lugo, Pedroia to third
Mike Lowell is intentionally walked
Rocco Baldelli singles to center, scoring Bay and Pedroia, Lowell to third
J.D. Drew walks
Jeff Bailey doubles to left, scoring Lowell and Baldelli, Drew to third
George Kottaras singles to center, scoring Drew and Bailey, Green to second
Julio Lugo reaches on an infield hit, Green to third, Kottaras to second
Dustin Pedroia singles to left, scoring Green and Kottaras, Lugo to second
Jason Bay homers, scoring Lugo and Pedroia
Mike Lowell grounds out to Orlando Cabrera (6-3)
Matt Herges strikes out Rocco Baldelli (K)
J.D. Drew grounds out to Luis Valbuena (4-3)
CLEVELAND (2); BOSTON (13)

 

 

 

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W-Tim Wakefield (4-1)
L-Jeremy Sowers (0-1)
Attendance - 37,541

 2B-Valbuena (Clev), Garko (Clev), Green (Bost),
Bay (Bost), Bailey (Bost), Lugo (Bost)

3B-Lugo (Bost)

HR-Bay (Bost)