Happy Birthday Junichi Tazawa!!!

Junichi Tazawa was born on Friday 6 June 1986 in Yokohama, Japan. Junichi is twenty-four years old today and is a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. Have a joyous day Junichi!

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Red Sox Rattle Orioles, 8 to 2

BOSTON: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 - 8 9 0

BALTIMORE: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 6 0

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BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Jon Lester, Winning Pitcher: Jon Lester (7)

BALTIMORE: Starting Pitcher: Jeremy Guthrie, Losing Pitcher: Jeremy Guthrie

BOSTON: Homerun: Kevin Youkilis (12)

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RED SOX: Wins: 33, Losses: 24, AL East Standings: Tampa Bay, New York, Boston, Toronto, Baltimore

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Next game: Sunday 6 June 2010, 10:35 a.m.PT/1:35 p.m.ET, Baltimore Orioles, Oriole Park, John Lackey

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Boston Blanks Baltimore, 11 to 0

BOSTON: 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 2 - 11 16 0

BALTIMORE: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0

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BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Clay Buchholz, Winning Pitcher: Clay Buchholz (8)

BALTIMORE: Starting Pitcher: Chris Tillman, Losing Pitcher: Chris Tillman

BOSTON: Homeruns: Kevin Youkilis (11), Adrian Beltre (7), Marco Scutaro (4)

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RED SOX: Wins: 32, Losses: 24, AL East Standings: Tampa Bay, New York, Boston, Toronto, Baltimore

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Next game: Saturday 5 June 2010, 4:05 p.m.PT/7:05 p.m.ET, Baltimore Orioles, Oriole Park, Jon Lester

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Red Sox Recap, 1 June 2010 to 3 June 2010

Between Tuesday 1 June 2010 and Thursday 3 June 2010, the Boston Red Sox played three home games against the Oakland Athletics in Fenway Park.

Game One – Tuesday 1 June 2010

Red Sox 9 runs 14 hits 1 error
Athletics 4 runs 13 hits 0 errors
Red Sox won
Game totals: 13 runs 27 hits 1 error
Analysis: Red Sox had 69.23% of the game runs, 51.85% of the game hits, 100% of the game errors

Game Two – Wednesday 2 June 2010

Red Sox 6 runs 10 hits 0 errors
Athletics 4 runs 12 hits 0 errors
Red Sox won
Game totals: 10 runs 22 hits 0 errors
Analysis: Red Sox had 60.00% of the game runs, 45.45% of the game hits, 0.00% of the game errors

Game Three – Thursday 3 June 2010

Red Sox 8 runs 18 hits 1 error
Athletics 9 runs 14 hits 0 errors
Red Sox lost
Game totals: 17 runs 32 hits 1 error
Analysis: Red Sox had 47.06% of the game runs, 56.25% of the game hits, 100% of the game errors



Combined Totals

Red Sox 23 runs 42 hits 2 errors
Athletics 17 runs 39 hits 0 errors
Red Sox: two wins, one loss
Totals: 40 runs 81 hits 2 errors
Analysis: Red Sox had 57.50% of the total runs, 51.85% of the total hits, 100% of the total errors


Hitting (Season)

Red Sox wins when hitting in double digits = 20
Red Sox losses when hitting in double digits = 6
Total number of games = 26
Red Sox won 76.92% of the games when hitting in double digits

Red Sox wins when hitting in single digits = 11
Red Sox losses when hitting in single digits = 18
Total number of games = 29
Red Sox won 37.93% of the games when hitting in single digits

Season-To-Thursday 3 June 2010

Red Sox: 292 runs 523 hits 30 errors
Opponents: 270 runs 478 hits 25 errors
Red Sox: thirty-one wins, twenty-four losses
Totals: 562 runs 1001 hits 55 errors
Analysis: Red Sox had 51.96% of the total runs, 52.25% of the total hits, 54.55% of the total errors

AL East Standings (at the start of Friday 4 June 2010)

Tampa Bay 36 18 .667
New York 34 20 .630
Boston 31 24 .564
Toronto 31 24 .564
Baltimore 15 39 .278

Images:

Left: Pie chart of percentage share of runs between the Red Sox and Athletics

Right: Pie chart of percentage share of hits between the Red Sox and Athletics

Athletics Avenge Red Sox

OAKLAND: 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 2 0 - 9 14 0

BOSTON: 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 - 8 18 1

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OAKLAND: Starting Pitcher: Brett Anderson, Winning Pitcher: Vin Mazzaro

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Tim Wakefield, Losing Pitcher: Tim Wakefield (4)

OAKLAND: Save: Andrew Bailey

OAKLAND: Homeruns: Kurt Suzuki (two), Jack Cust, Kevin Kouzmanoff

BOSTON: Homeruns: Jeremy Hermida (5), Marco Scutaro (3), Bill Hall (5)

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RED SOX: Wins: 31, Losses: 24, AL East Standings: Tampa Bay, New York, Boston, Toronto, Baltimore

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Next game: Friday 4 June 2010, 4:05 p.m.PT/7:05 p.m.Et, Baltimore Orioles, Oriole Park, Clay Buchholz

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Red Sox Regain Athletics, 6 to 4

OAKLAND: 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 12 0

BOSTON: 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 x - 6 10 0

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OAKLAND: Starting Pitcher: Ben Sheets, Losing Pitcher: Ben Sheets

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Daisuke Matsuzaka, Winning Pitcher: Daisuke Matsuzaka (4)

OAKLAND: Homeruns: Kurt Suzuki, Kevin Kouzmanoff

BOSTON: Homerun: David Ortiz (12)

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RED SOX: Wins: 31, Losses: 23, AL East Standings: Tampa Bay, New York, Boston, Toronto, Baltimore

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Next game: Thursday 3 June 2010, 10:35 a.m.PT/1:35 p.m.ET, Oakland Athletics, Fenway Park, Tim Wakefield

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Boston Over Oakland, 9 to 4

OAKLAND: 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 4 13 0

BOSTON: 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 3 x - 9 14 1

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OAKLAND: Starting Pitcher: Gio Gonzalez, Losing Pitcher: Tyson Ross

BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: John Lackey, Winning Pitcher: John Lackey (6)

OAKLAND: Homerun: Daric Barton

BOSTON: Homerun: Adrian Beltre (6)

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RED SOX: Wins: 30, Losses: 23, AL East Standings: Tampa Bay, New York, Toronto, Boston, Baltimore

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Next game: Wednesday 2 June 2010, 4:10 p.m.PT/7:10 p.m.ET, Oakland Athletics, Fenway Park, Daisuke Matsuzaka

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