Red Sox Repel Reds

The Boston Red Sox made their last trip to Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota to play the Cincinnati Reds in a preseason game. In spite of the number of Red Sox errors, they managed to get away from this final game against the Reds with a win. Boston won this low-scoring game over Cincinnati by a score of two to one.

BOSTON: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 4 3

CINCINNATI: 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 0

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BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Clay Buhholz, Winning Pitcher: Hideki Okajima

CINCINNATI: Starting Pitcher: Johnny Cueto, Losing Pitcher: Bill Bray

BOSTON: Save: Javier Lopez

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RED SOX: Spring Training Wins: 16, Spring Training Losses: 12

Boston Batters Cincinnati

Located in Sarasota, the site of the latest Boston Red Sox victory was Ed Smith Stadium, which is the Spring Training ballpark for the Cincinnati Reds. The scoring was begun by the Reds with a single run in the bottom of the first. This would be their only run of the game. The Red Sox scored four runs in the top of the third on two two-run homers by Jed Lowrie and Chris Carter. Although those runs would be all they needed, Boston went on to score one run in the top of the seventh and four runs in the top of the eighth. At the end of the game, the Red Sox had scored nine runs and the Reds had scored one run.

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BOSTON: nine runs, eight hits, zero errors

CINCINNATI: one run, eight hits, zero errors

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Jon Lester, Winning Pitcher: Jon Lester

CINCINNATI: Starting Pitcher: Bronson Arroyo, Losing Pitcher: Bronson Arroyo

BOSTON: Homeruns: Jed Lowrie, Chris Carter

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RED SOX: Spring Training Wins: 11, Spring Training Losses: 11