October 26, 2013: Red Sox 7 Nationals 3 (Red Sox lead World Series, 2-1)

The Red Sox needed to call on closer Koji Uehara in the 8th to quell the Nationals late rally, then scored 2 insurance runs in the bottom of the 8th for the final 7-3 score. Uehara entered the game with the tying run on 1st and the go-ahead run at the plate, but got Wilson Ramos to fly out to end the inning.

The Sox first got on the board in the 1st on a 3-run home run from David Ortiz. They added a run in the 3rd on back-to-back doubles from Mike Napoli and Daniel Nava, and another in the 4th on a Will Middlebrooks solo homer. The Nats finally got on the board in the 7th when Scott Hairston went deep with a runner on in his first start of the playoffs, filling the DH spot against the lefty Jon Lester. That homer facilitated Lester's exit from the game after 7 strong innings.

BOXSCORE: 2013 Washington Nationals At 2013 Boston Red Sox         10/26/2013
 
  Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Span CF           5  0  0  0 .132     J.Ellsbury CF       5  0  2  2 .235  
  R.Zimmerman 3B      4  1  1  0 .259     S.Victorino RF      4  1  1  0 .323  
  J.Werth RF          3  0  1  0 .283     D.Pedroia 2B        2  1  0  0 .279  
  B.Harper LF         3  0  0  1 .326     D.Ortiz DH          4  1  2  3 .236  
  I.Desmond SS        4  1  2  0 .326   A-Q.Berry PR,DH       1  0  0  0 .500  
  W.Ramos C           4  0  1  0 .255     M.Napoli 1B         4  1  1  0 .300  
  T.Moore 1B          4  0  0  0 .111     D.Nava LF           4  0  2  1 .313  
  S.Hairston DH       3  1  1  2 .200     J.Saltalamacchia C  3  0  0  0 .283  
B-A.Laroche PH        1  0  0  0 .231     S.Drew SS           4  1  1  0 .352  
  A.Rendon 2B         3  0  0  0 .156     W.Middlebrooks 3B   4  2  2  1 .190  
C-C.Tracy PH          1  0  0  0 .286                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  3  6  3                 Totals      35  7 11  7
 
A-Pinch Ran For Ortiz In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hairston In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Rendon In 9th Inning
 
Nationals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  2 1 0  -  3  6  1
Red Sox......... 3 0 1  1 0 0  0 2    -  7 11  2
 
Nationals (8-5)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Strasburg LOSS(2-1)     5       7   5   5   4   9   2  88   4.81
C.Stammen                 2       1   0   0   1   3   0  37   1.50
T.Roark                   0       3   2   1   0   0   0  12  10.13
T.Clippard                1       0   0   0   1   1   0  18   2.84
Totals                    8      11   7   6   6  13   2
 
Red Sox (9-6)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Lester WIN(3-1)         7       3   2   2   2   8   1 109   3.15
J.Tazawa                  0 1/3   2   1   1   0   0   0   9   5.79
C.Breslow HOLD(2nd)       0 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   8   6.75
K.Uehara SAVE(3rd)        1 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0  15   0.00
Totals                    9       6   3   3   2   9   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 34,084 DATE- Saturday, October 26th 2013 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Paul Schrieber, Chad Fairchild, Jeff Kellogg, Eric Cooper
T- 2:52
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 7  Red Sox:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 0  Red Sox: 0
ERRORS- A.Rendon, J.Ellsbury, W.Middlebrooks
DOUBLES- D.Ortiz(4th), M.Napoli(4th), D.Nava(2nd)
HOME RUNS- S.Hairston(1st), D.Ortiz(1st), W.Middlebrooks(3rd)
RBIs- B.Harper(14th), S.Hairston-2(2nd), J.Ellsbury-2(10th), D.Ortiz-3(6th),
      D.Nava(5th), W.Middlebrooks(8th)
WALKS- J.Werth, B.Harper, S.Victorino, D.Pedroia-3, M.Napoli, J.Saltalamacchia
STRIKE OUTS- D.Span-2, R.Zimmerman, J.Werth, B.Harper, I.Desmond, W.Ramos,
             T.Moore, A.Rendon, S.Victorino-2, D.Ortiz, Q.Berry, M.Napoli,
             D.Nava, J.Saltalamacchia-3, S.Drew-3, W.Middlebrooks
WILD PITCHES- J.Lester
2-out RBI- S.Hairston-2
RLISP 2-out- I.Desmond-2, S.Drew-2, M.Napoli-2, D.Span-2, J.Saltalamacchia,
             W.Ramos
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 1 for 7  Red Sox: 3 for 12
WEB GEMS- Bot 5th: Denard Span robbed Daniel Nava of a Homerun!
 
The Boston Red Sox readily handled Washington Nationals by a score of 7 to 3
at Fenway Park.
 
Boston took the lead off Stephen Strasburg in the first inning scoring 3
runners on 2 hits.  The big moment was provided by David Ortiz who came
through for the home fans when he clubbed a three-run home run.  Boston
out-hit Washington for the game, 11 hits to 6.  
 
The victory was credited to Jon Lester(3-1) who went 7 innings, allowing 2
runs. Koji Uehara was credited with his 3rd save.  Strasburg(2-1) was tagged
with the loss.  While he was the losing pitcher, he still struck out 9
batters in 5 innings.