2008 Boston Red Sox season

2008 Boston Red Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
East Division (since 1969)
Location
Fenway Park (since 1912)
Boston, Massachusetts (since 1901)
Results
Record	95–67 (.586)
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Henry (New England Sports Ventures)
General manager(s)	Theo Epstein
Manager(s)	Terry Francona
Local television	NESN
Local radio	WRKO WEEI WROL (Spanish)
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The Boston Red Sox' 2008 season began on March 25, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan for the MLB Japan Opening Day 2008. The Red Sox were attempting to become the first repeat World Series Champions since the 1999–2000 New York Yankees and also be the first repeat Champions of the 21st century. They also tried to become World Series Champions three times in five years. At the 2008 MLB All Star Game, 7 Red Sox players were selected. The Red Sox clinched a spot in the American League Division Series with their 5–4 win over the Cleveland Indians. On September 28, the Red Sox officially retired Johnny Pesky's number 6 jersey. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the ALDS. Jed Lowrie of the Boston Red Sox became the fourth rookie in MLB history to end a postseason series by a walk-off hit.^[1] They then took the Tampa Bay Rays to a seven-game ALCS but were beaten 3–1 in Game 7 on October 19.

Regular season


Johnny Pesky's number 6 was retired by the Boston Red Sox in 2008.

Opening Day Lineup

15	Dustin Pedroia	2B
20	Kevin Youkilis	1B
34	David Ortiz	DH
24	Manny Ramírez	LF
25	Mike Lowell	3B
44	Brandon Moss	RF
33	Jason Varitek	C
46	Jacoby Ellsbury	CF
23	Julio Lugo	SS
18	Daisuke Matsuzaka	P

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Tampa Bay Rays	97	65	0.599	—	57–24	40–41
Boston Red Sox	95	67	0.586	2	56–25	39–42
New York Yankees	89	73	0.549	8	48–33	41–40
Toronto Blue Jays	86	76	0.531	11	47–34	39–42
Baltimore Orioles	68	93	0.422	28½	37–43	31–50

Roster

2008 Boston Red Sox

Roster

Pitchers

53 David Aardsma

19 Josh Beckett

64 Michael Bowden

61 Clay Buchholz

36 Paul Byrd

40 Bartolo Colón

30 Bryan Corey

17 Manny Delcarmen

43 Devern Hansack

56 Craig Hansen

31 Jon Lester

48 Javier López

63 Justin Masterson

18 Daisuke Matsuzaka

37 Hideki Okajima

58 Jonathan Papelbon

62 David Pauley

59 Chris Smith

39 Kyle Snyder

51 Julián Tavárez

50 Mike Timlin

49 Tim Wakefield

51 Charlie Zink

Catchers

36,30 Kevin Cash

68 George Kottaras

28 David Ross

33 Jason Varitek

Infielders

55 Jeff Bailey

22 Sean Casey

13 Alex Cora

25 Mike Lowell

12 Jed Lowrie

23 Julio Lugo

15 Dustin Pedroia

51 Gil Velazquez

20 Kevin Youkilis

Outfielders

44 Jason Bay

54 Chris Carter

10 Coco Crisp

7 J. D. Drew

46 Jacoby Ellsbury

11 Mark Kotsay

44 Brandon Moss

24 Manny Ramírez

3 Joe Thurston

30,60 Jonathan Van Every

Other batters

34 David Ortiz

Manager

47 Terry Francona

Coaches

16 Luis Alicea (first base)

52 John Farrell (pitching)

35 DeMarlo Hale (third base)

29 Dave Magadan (hitting)

2 Brad Mills (bench)

57 Gary Tuck (bullpen)

Record vs. Opponents

Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	–	6–12	4–5	4–4	4–3	5–3	3–6	3–3	7–11	0–5	8–2	3–15	4–5	6–12	11–7
Boston	12–6	–	4–3	5–1	5–2	6–1	1–8	4–3	9–9	6–4	6–3	8–10	9–1	9–9	11–7
Chicago	5–4	3–4	–	11–7	12–6	12–6	5–5	9–10	2–5	5–4	5–1	4–6	3–3	1–7	12–6
Cleveland	4–4	1–5	7–11	–	11–7	10–8	4–5	8–10	4–3	5–4	4–5	5–2	6–4	6–1	6–12
Detroit	3–4	2–5	6–12	7–11	–	7–11	3–6	7–11	4–2	3–6	7–3	3–4	6–3	3–5	13–5
Kansas City	3–5	1–6	6–12	8–10	11–7	–	2–3	6–12	5–5	6–3	7–2	3–5	2–7	2–5	13–5
Los Angeles	6–3	8–1	5–5	5–4	6–3	3–2	–	5–3	7–3	10–9	14–5	3–6	12–7	6–3	10–8
Minnesota	3–3	3–4	10–9	10–8	11–7	12–6	3–5	–	4–6	5–5	5–4	3–3	5–5	0–6	14–4
New York	11–7	9–9	5–2	3–4	2–4	5–5	3–7	6–4	–	5–1	7–2	11–7	3–4	9–9	10–8
Oakland	5–0	4–6	4–5	4–5	6–3	3–6	9–10	5–5	1–5	-	10–9	3–6	7–12	4–6	10–8
Seattle	2–8	3–6	1–5	5–4	3–7	2–7	5–14	4–5	2–7	9–10	–	3–4	8–11	5–4	9–9
Tampa Bay	15–3	10–8	6–4	2–5	4–3	5–3	6–3	3–3	7–11	6–3	4–3	–	6–3	11–7	12–6
Texas	5–4	1–9	3–3	4–6	3–6	7–2	7–12	5–5	4–3	12–7	11–8	3–6	–	4–4	10–8
Toronto	12–6	9–9	7–1	1–6	5–3	5–2	3–6	6–0	9–9	6–4	4–5	7–11	4–4	–	8–10

Game log

2008 Regular Season Game Log

March
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	March 25	@ Athletics*	6–5 ⁽¹⁰⁾	Okajima (1–0)	Street (0–1)	Papelbon (1)	44,628	1–0
2	March 26	@ Athletics*	5–1	Harden (1–0)	Lester (0–1)		44,735	1–1
* At Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, see MLB Japan Opening Day 2008

April
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
3	April 1	@ Athletics	2–1	Matsuzaka (1–0)	Blanton (0–1)	Papelbon (2)	36,067	2–1
4	April 2	@ Athletics	5–0	Lester (1–1)	Embree (0–1)		21,625	3–1
5	April 4	@ Blue Jays	6–3	Marcum (1–0)	Aardsma (0–1)	Accardo (2)	50,171	3–2
6	April 5	@ Blue Jays	10–2	Litsch (1–0)	Buchholz (0–1)		35,238	3–3
7	April 6	@ Blue Jays	7–4	Halladay (1–1)	Beckett (0–1)	Accardo (3)	30,114	3–4
8	April 8	Tigers	5–0	Matsuzaka (2–0)	Rogers (0–2)		36,567	4–4
9	April 9	Tigers	7–2	Bonderman (1–1)	Lester (1–2)		37,190	4–5
10	April 10	Tigers	12–6	Wakefield (1–0)	Robertson (0–1)	Papelbon (3)	37,612	5–5
11	April 11	Yankees	4–1	Wang (3–0)	Timlin (0–1)		37,624	5–6
12	April 12	Yankees	4–3	Beckett (1–1)	Mussina (1–2)	Papelbon (4)	37,461	6–6
13	April 13	Yankees	8–5	Matsuzaka (3–0)	Hughes (0–2)		37,876	7–6
14	April 14	@ Indians	6–4	Timlin (1–1	Borowski (0–2)	Papelbon (5)	21,802	8–6
15	April 15	@ Indians	5–3	Aardsma (1–1)	Lewis (0–1)	Okajima (1)	25,135	9–6
16	April 16	@ Yankees	15–9	Hawkins (1–0)	Tavárez (0–1)	Bruney (1)	54,667	9–7
17	April 17	@ Yankees	7–5	Beckett (2–1)	Mussina (1–3)		55,088	10–7
18	April 18	Rangers	11–3	Matsuzaka (4–0)	Mendoza (0–2)		37,902	11–7
19	April 19	Rangers	5–3	López (1–0)	Benoit (1–1)	Papelbon (6)	37,958	12–7
20	April 20	Rangers	6–5	Wakefield (2–0)	Wilson (0–1)	Papelbon (7)	37,480	13–7
21	April 21	Rangers	8–3	Buchholz (1–1)	Nippert (1–2)		37,539	14–7
22	April 22	Angels	7–6	Timlin (2–1)	Oliver (1–1)	Papelbon (8)	37,982	15–7
23	April 23	Angels	6–4	Garland (3–2)	Hansen (0–1)	Rodríguez (8)	38,172	15–8
24	April 24	Angels	7–5	Saunders (4–0)	Delcarmen (0–1)	Rodríguez (9)	36,848	15–9
25	April 25	@ Rays	5–4	Dohmann (1–0)	Timlin (2–2)		30,290	15–10
26	April 26	@ Rays	2–1	Dohmann (2–0)	Buchholz (1–2)	Percival (5)	36,048	15–11
27	April 27	@ Rays	3–0	Shields (3–1)	Beckett (2–2)		32,363	15–12
28	April 29	Blue Jays	1–0	Papelbon (1–0)	Halladay (2–4)		37,215	16–12
29	April 30	Blue Jays	2–1	Papelbon (2–0)	Downs(0–1)		37,710	17–12

May
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
30	May 1	Blue Jays	3–0	Burnett (3–2)	Wakefield (2–1)	Ryan (3)	37,821	17–13
31	May 2	Rays	7–3	Buchholz (2–2)	Jackson (2–3)		37,541	18–13
32	May 3	Rays	12–4	Beckett (3–2)	Shields (3–2)		37,700	19–13
33	May 4	Rays	7–3	Lester (2–2)	Kazmir (0–1)	Papelbon (9)	37,091	20–13
34	May 5	@ Tigers	6–3	Matsuzaka (5–0)	Bonderman (2–3)	Papelbon (10)	39,478	21–13
35	May 6	@ Tigers	5–0	Wakefield (3–1)	Robertson (1–4)		38,564	22–13
36	May 7	@ Tigers	10–9	Jones (1–0)	Papelbon (2–1)		38,062	22–14
37	May 8	@ Tigers	5–1	Beckett (4–2)	Verlander (1–6)		38,592	23–14
38	May 9	@ Twins	7–6	Crain (1–1)	Papelbon (2–2)		25,477	23–15
39	May 10	@ Twins	5–2	Matsuzaka (6–0)	Perkins (0–1)	Papelbon (11)	33,839	24–15
40	May 11	@ Twins	9–8	Blackburn (3–2)	Wakefield (3–2)	Nathan (12)	26,511	24–16
41	May 12	@ Twins	7–3	Hernández (6–1)	Buchholz (2–3)		18,782	24–17
42	May 13	@ Orioles	5–4	Guthrie (2–3)	Beckett (4–3)	Sherrill (14)	38,768	24–18
43	May 14	@ Orioles	6–3	Cabrera (4–1)	Hansen (0–2)	Sherrill (15)	28,939	24–19
–	May 16	Brewers	Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 17
44	May 17	Brewers	5–3	Matsuzaka (7–0)	Suppan (2–3)	Papelbon (12)	37,409	25–19
45	May 17	Brewers	7–6	Hansen (1–2)	Torres (3–1)	Timlin (1)	37,847	26–19
46	May 18	Brewers	11–7	Beckett (5–3)	Villanueva (2–5)		37,204	27–19
47	May 19	Royals	7–0	Lester (3–2) ^(no-hitter)	Hochevar (3–3)		37,746	28–19
48	May 20	Royals	2–1	Masterson (1–0)	Meche (3–6)	Papelbon (13)	37,486	29–19
49	May 21	Royals	6–3	Colón (1–0)	Tomko (2–5)		37,674	30–19
50	May 22	Royals	11–8	Matsuzaka (8–0)	Bannister (4–6)	Papelbon (14)	37,613	31–19
51	May 23	@ Athletics	8–3	Harden (3–0)	Wakefield (3–3)		29,057	31–20
52	May 24	@ Athletics	3–0	Duchscherer (4–3)	Beckett (5–4)	Street (10)	33,468	31–21
53	May 25	@ Athletics	6–3	Blanton (3–6)	Lester (3–3)	Street (11)	33,067	31–22
54	May 26	@ Mariners	5–3	Colón (2–0)	Hernández (2–5)		35,818	32–22
55	May 27	@ Mariners	4–3	Putz (2–3)	Timlin (2–3)		30,758	32–23
56	May 28	@ Mariners	1–0	Bédard (4–3)	Wakefield (3–4)	Putz (6)	30,752	32–24
57	May 30	@ Orioles	5–2 ⁽¹³⁾	Timlin (3–3)	Bradford (2–2)	Papelbon (15)	46,199	33–24
58	May 31	@ Orioles	6–3	Aardsma (2–1)	Cormier (0–2)	Papelbon (16)	48,281	34–24

June
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
59	June 1	@ Orioles	9–4	Colón (3–0)	Burres (4–5)		45,031	35–24
60	June 2	@ Orioles	6–3	Johnson (1–2)	Okajima (1–1)	Sherrill (18)	25,711	35–25
61	June 3	Rays	7–4	Masterson (2–0)	Garza (4–2)	Papelbon (17)	37,823	36–25
62	June 4	Rays	5–1	Beckett (6–4)	Jackson (3–5)		37,474	37–25
63	June 5	Rays	7–1	Lester (4–3)	Shields (4–4)		37,639	38–25
64	June 6	Mariners	8–0	Hernández (4–5)	Colón (3–1)		37,757	38–26
65	June 7	Mariners	11–3	Wakefield (4–4)	Batista (3–7)		37,443	39–26
66	June 8	Mariners	2–1	Masterson (3–0)	Green (1–2)	Papelbon (18)	37,198	40–26
67	June 10	Orioles	10–6	Sarfate (4–1)	Okajima (1–2)		37,858	40–27
68	June 11	Orioles	6–3	Colón (4–1)	Olson (5–2)	Papelbon (19)	38,180	41–27
69	June 12	Orioles	9–2	Lester (5–3)	Guthrie (3–7)		38,139	42–27
70	June 13	@ Reds	3–1	Harang (3–9)	Masterson (3–1)	Cordero (13)	38,855	42–28
71	June 14	@ Reds	6–4 ⁽¹⁰⁾	Papelbon (3–2)	Lincoln (0–2)	Hansen (1)	39,154	43–28
72	June 15	@ Reds	9–0	Beckett (7–4)	Bailey (0–3)		39,958	44–28
73	June 16	@ Phillies	8–2	Hamels (7–4)	Colón (4–2)		45,026	44–29
74	June 17	@ Phillies	3–0	Lester (6–3)	Moyer (7–4)	Papelbon (20)	45,160	45–29
75	June 18	@ Phillies	7–4	Masterson (4–1)	Kendrick (6–3)	Papelbon (21)	45,187	46–29
76	June 20	Cardinals	5–4	Lohse (9–2)	Wakefield (4–5)	Franklin (10)	37,671	46–30
77	June 21	Cardinals	9–3	Boggs (2–0)	Matsuzaka (8–1)		37,227	46–31
78	June 22	Cardinals	5–3 ⁽¹³⁾	López (2–0)	Parisi (0–3)		37,085	47–31
79	June 23	D-backs	2–1	Haren (8–4)	Beckett (7–5)	Lyon (16)	37,694	47–32
80	June 24	D-backs	5–4	Smith (1–0)	Qualls (1–6)	Papelbon (22)	37,867	48–32
81	June 25	D-backs	5–0	Wakefield (5–5)	Johnson (4–6)	Papelbon (23)	37,924	49–32
82	June 27	@ Astros	6–1	Matsuzaka (9–1)	Hernández (0–1)	Papelbon (24)	42,237	50–32
83	June 28	@ Astros	11–10	Brocail (3–3)	Delcarmen (0–2)	Valverde (20)	43,073	50–33
84	June 29	@ Astros	3–2	Brocail (4–3)	Aardsma (2–2)	Valverde (21)	42,066	50–34
85	June 30	@ Rays	5–4	Shields (6–5)	Masterson (4–2)	Howell (2)	34,145	50–35

July
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
86	July 1	@ Rays	3–1	Garza (7–4)	Wakefield (5–6)	Balfour (2)	31,112	50–36
87	July 2	@ Rays	7–6	Glover (1–2)	Hansen (1–3)	Wheeler (3)	36,048	50–37
88	July 3	@ Yankees	7–0	Lester (7–3)	Pettitte (9–6)		54,677	51–37
89	July 4	@ Yankees	6–4	Beckett (8–5)	Rasner (4–7)	Papelbon (25)	55,130	52–37
90	July 5	@ Yankees	2–1	Mussina (11–6)	Masterson (4–3)	Rivera (23)	54,920	52–38
91	July 6	@ Yankees	5–4 ⁽¹⁰⁾	Rivera (3–3)	Papelbon (3–3)		54,922	52–39
92	July 7	Twins	1–0	Okajima (2–2)	Bass (3–3)	Papelbon (26)	37,912	53–39
93	July 8	Twins	6–5	Aardsma (3–2)	Guerrier (4–4)	Papelbon (27)	37,925	54–39
94	July 9	Twins	18–5	Beckett (9–5)	Hernández (9–6)		37,470	55–39
95	July 11	Orioles	7–3	Burres (7–5)	Buchholz (2–4)	Sherrill (28)	37,779	55–40
96	July 12	Orioles	12–1	Wakefield (6–6)	Liz (3–2)		37,539	56–40
97	July 13	Orioles	2–1	Matsuzaka (10–1)	Cabrera (6–5)	Papelbon (28)	37,344	57–40
98	July 18	@ Angels	11–3	Lackey (7–2)	Buchholz (2–5)		44,260	57–41
99	July 19	@ Angels	4–2	Arredondo (4–0)	Beckett (9–6)	Rodríguez (39)	44,005	57–42
100	July 20	@ Angels	5–3	Oliver (3–1)	Wakefield (6–7)	Rodríguez (40)	44,164	57–43
101	July 21	@ Mariners	4–0	Lester (8–3)	Washburn (4–9)	Papelbon (29)	37,861	58–43
102	July 22	@ Mariners	4–2	Matsuzaka (11–1)	Dickey (2–5)	Papelbon (30)	38,425	59–43
103	July 23	@ Mariners	6–3 ⁽¹³⁾	Papelbon (4–3)	Green 2–3)	Hansen (2)	43,231	60–43
104	July 25	Yankees	1–0	Chamberlain (3–3)	Beckett (9–7)	Rivera (26)	37,744	60–44
105	July 26	Yankees	10–3	Pettitte (12–7)	Wakefield (6–8)		37,225	60–45
106	July 27	Yankees	9–2	Lester (9–3)	Ponson (6–2)		37,688	61–45
107	July 28	Angels	7–5	Weaver (9–8)	Matsuzaka (11–2)	Rodríguez (44)	37,830	61–46
108	July 29	Angels	6–2	Lackey (9–2)	Buchholz (2–6)		38,110	61–47
109	July 30	Angels	9–2	Saunders (14–5)	Beckett (9–8)		38,042	61–48

August
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
110	August 1	Athletics	2–1 ⁽¹²⁾	Timlin (4–3)	Embree (1–4)		37,832	62–48
111	August 2	Athletics	12–2	Lester (10–3)	Eveland (7–8)		37,838	63–48
112	August 3	Athletics	5–2	Matsuzaka (12–2)	Braden (2–2)	Papelbon (31)	37,317	64–48
113	August 4	@ Royals	4–3	Meche (10–9)	Buchholz (2–7)	Soria (32)	24,378	64–49
114	August 5	@ Royals	8–2	Beckett (10–8)	Bannister (7–10)		22,069	65–49
115	August 6	@ Royals	8–2	Wakefield (7–8)	Hochevar (6–10)		24,294	66–49
116	August 8	@ White Sox	5–3	Buehrle (9–10)	Lester (10–4)	Jenks (23)	38,621	66–50
117	August 9	@ White Sox	6–2	Matsuzaka (13–2)	Logan (2–3)		39,243	67–50
118	August 10	@ White Sox	6–5	Floyd (12–6)	Buchholz (2–8)	Jenks (24)	39,008	67–51
119	August 11	@ White Sox	5–1	Beckett (11–8)	Danks (9–5)		32,634	68–51
120	August 12	Rangers	19–17	Okajima (3–2)	Francisco (2–4)	Papelbon (32)	38,004	69–51
121	August 13	Rangers	8–4	Lester (11–4)	Mendoza (3–6)		37,876	70–51
122	August 14	Rangers	10–0	Matsuzaka (14–2)	Hunter (0–2)		37,856	71–51
–	August 15	Blue Jays	Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 13
123	August 16	Blue Jays	4–1	Halladay (14–9)	Byrd (7–11)		37,834	71–52
124	August 17	Blue Jays	15–4	Marcum (8–5)	Beckett (11–9)		37,415	71–53
125	August 18	@ Orioles	6–3	Lester (12–4)	Guthrie (10–9)	Papelbon (33)	40,429	72–53
126	August 19	@ Orioles	7–2	Matsuzaka (15–2)	Cabrera (8–8)		48,515	73–53
127	August 20	@ Orioles	11–6	Waters (2–0)	Buchholz (2–9)		33,364	73–54
128	August 22	@ Blue Jays	8–4	Byrd (8–11)	Marcum (8–6)		40,181	74–54
129	August 23	@ Blue Jays	11–0	Litsch (9–7)	Lester (12–5)		44,986	74–55
130	August 24	@ Blue Jays	6–5 ⁽¹¹⁾	Papelbon (5–3)	League (0–2)	Delcarmen (1)	44,521	75–55
131	August 26	@ Yankees	7–3	Wakefield (8–8)	Pettitte (13–10)	Papelbon (34)	55,058	76–55
132	August 27	@ Yankees	11–3	Byrd (9–11)	Ponson (7–5)		55,027	77–55
133	August 28	@ Yankees	3–2	Rivera (5–5)	Masterson (4–4)		55,092	77–56
134	August 29	White Sox	8–0	Matsuzaka (16–2)	Vázquez (10–12)		37,755	78–56
135	August 30	White Sox	8–2	Bowden (1–0)	Buehrle (11–11)		37,751	79–56
136	August 31	White Sox	4–2	Floyd (15–6)	Wakefield (8–9)	Jenks (12)	37,751	79–57

September
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
137	September 1	Orioles	7–4	Byrd (10–11)	Olson (8–7)	Papelbon (35)	37,565	80–57
138	September 2	Orioles	14–2	Lester (13–5)	Liz (5–4)		37,710	81–57
139	September 3	Orioles	5–4	Masterson (5–4)	Miller (0–1)		37,373	82–57
140	September 5	@ Rangers	8–1	Beckett (12–9)	Millwood (9–8)		30,264	83–57
141	September 6	@ Rangers	15–8	Harrison (7–3)	Wakefield (8–10)		38,208	83–58
142	September 7	@ Rangers	7–2	Byrd (11–11)	McCarthy (1–1)		28,644	84–58
143	September 8	Rays	3–0	Lester (14–5)	Jackson (11–10)	Papelbon (36)	37,662	85–58
144	September 9	Rays	5–4	Wheeler (4–5)	Papelbon (5–4)	Percival (28)	37,573	85–59
145	September 10	Rays	4–2 ⁽¹⁴⁾	Miller (2–0)	Timlin (4–4)	Hammel (1)	38,114	85–60
146	September 12	Blue Jays	7–0	Wakefield (9–10)	Purcey (3–6)		37,398	86–60
147	September 13	Blue Jays	8–1	Burnett (18–10)	Byrd (11–12)		37,341	86–61
148	September 13	Blue Jays	7–5	Masterson (6–4)	Downs (0–3)	Papelbon (37)	37,846	87–61
149	September 14	Blue Jays	4–3	Lester (15–5)	Halladay (18–11)	Papelbon (38)	37,007	88–61
150	September 15	@ Rays	13–5	Matsuzaka (17–2)	Kazmir (11–7)		29,772	89–61
151	September 16	@ Rays	2–1	Wheeler (5–5)	Masterson (6–5)		32,079	89–62
152	September 17	@ Rays	10–3	Balfour (5–2)	Wakefield (9–11)		36,048	89–63
153	September 19	@ Blue Jays	4–3	Delcarmen (1–2)	Tallet (1–2)	Papelbon (39)	34,982	90–63
154	September 20	@ Blue Jays	6–3	Halladay (19–11)	Lester (15–6)	Ryan (32)	40,554	90–64
155	September 21	@ Blue Jays	3–0	Matsuzaka (18–2)	Richmond (0–3)	Papelbon (40)	38,814	91–64
156	September 22	Indians	4–3	Jackson (1–3)	Beckett (12–10)	Lewis (12)	37,828	91–65
157	September 23	Indians	5–4	Wakefield (10–11)	Lee (22–3)	Papelbon (41)	37,882	92–65
158	September 24	Indians	5–4	Aardsma (4–2)	Pérez (4–4)	Delcarmen (2)	37,719	93–65
159	September 25	Indians	6–1	Lester (16–6)	Sowers (4–9)		37,726	94–65
160	September 26	Yankees	19–8	Robertson (4–0)	Pauley (0–1)		37,301	94–66
–	September 27	Yankees	Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 28
161	September 28	Yankees	6–2	Mussina (20–9)	Matsuzaka (18–3)	Rivera (39)	37,091	94–67
162	September 28	Yankees	4–3 ⁽¹⁰⁾	Hansack (1–0)	Veras (5–3)		37,440	95–67

2008 Postseason Game Log

ALDS vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
#	Date	Home	R	H	E	Away	R	H	E	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	October 1	LAA	1	9	1	BOS	4	8	1	Lester (1–0)	Lackey (0–1)	Papelbon (1)	44,996	1–0
2	October 3	LAA	5	11	2	BOS	7	14	0	Papelbon (1–0)	Rodríguez (0–1)		45,354	2–0
3(*)	October 5	BOS	4	7	0	LAA	5	16	0	Weaver (1–0)	Lopez (0–1)		39,067	2–1
4	October 6	BOS	3	9	0	LAA	2	6	1	Delcarmen (1–0)	Shields (0–1)		38,785	3–1
* 12 innings.

ALCS vs. Tampa Bay Rays
#	Date	Home	R	H	E	Away	R	H	E	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	October 10	TB	0	4	0	BOS	2	7	0	Matsuzaka (1–0)	Shields (0–1)	Papelbon (1)	35,001	1–0
2(*)	October 11	TB	9	12	0	BOS	8	12	0	Price (1–0)	Timlin (0–1)		34,904	1–1
3	October 13	BOS	1	7	0	TB	9	13	0	Garza (1–0)	Lester (0–1)		38,031	1–2
4	October 14	BOS	4	7	0	TB	13	14	3	Sonnanstine (1–0)	Wakefield (0–1)		38,133	1–3
5	October 16	BOS	8	11	0	TB	7	8	1	Masterson (1–0)	Howell (0–1)		38,437	2–3
6	October 18	TB	2	4	1	BOS	4	10	0	Beckett (1–0)	Shields (0–2)	Papelbon (2)	40,947	3–3
7	October 19	TB	3			BOS	1			Garza (2–0)	Lester (0–2)	Price (1)	40,473	3–4
* 11 innings.

Player stats

Batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases; Bold indicates leader in category.

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Aardsma, DavidDavid Aardsma	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Bailey, JeffJeff Bailey	27	50	10	14	1	1	2	6	.280	0
Bay, JasonJason Bay	49	184	39	54	12	2	9	37	.293	3
Beckett, JoshJosh Beckett	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Carter, ChrisChris Carter	9	18	5	6	0	0	0	3	.333	0
Casey, SeanSean Casey	69	199	14	64	14	0	0	17	.322	1
Cash, KevinKevin Cash	61	142	11	32	7	0	3	15	.225	0
Colón, BartoloBartolo Colón	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Cora, AlexAlex Cora	75	152	14	41	8	2	0	9	.270	1
Crisp, CocoCoco Crisp	118	361	55	102	18	3	7	41	.283	20
Delcarmen, MannyManny Delcarmen	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Drew, J. D.J. D. Drew	109	368	79	103	23	4	19	64	.280	4
Ellsbury, JacobyJacoby Ellsbury	145	554	98	155	22	7	9	47	.280	50*
Hansen, CraigCraig Hansen	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Kotsay, MarkMark Kotsay	22	84	6	19	8	1	0	12	.226	0
Kottaras, GeorgeGeorge Kottaras	3	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	.200	0
Lester, JonJon Lester	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Lopez, JavierJavier Lopez	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Lowell, MikeMike Lowell	113	419	58	115	27	0	17	73	.274	2
Lowrie, JedJed Lowrie	81	260	34	67	25	3	2	46	.258	1
Lugo, JulioJulio Lugo	82	261	27	70	13	0	1	22	.268	1
Masterson, JustinJustin Masterson	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Matsuzaka, DaisukeDaisuke Matsuzaka	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Moss, BrandonBrandon Moss	34	78	7	23	5	1	2	11	.295	1
Okajima, HidekiHideki Okajima	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Ortiz, DavidDavid Ortiz	109	416	74	110	30	1	23	89	.264	1
Papelbon, JonathanJonathan Papelbon	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Pedroia, DustinDustin Pedroia	157	653	118*	213**	54**	2	17	83	.326	20
Ramirez, MannyManny Ramirez	100	365	66	109	22	1	20	68	.299	1
Ross, DavidDavid Ross	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	.125	0
Thurston, JoeJoe Thurston	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Timlin, MikeMike Timlin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Van Every, JonathanJonathan Van Every	11	17	0	4	0	1	0	5	.235	0
Varitek, JasonJason Varitek	131	423	37	93	20	0	13	43	.220	0
Velazquez, GilGil Velazquez	3	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	.125	0
Wakefield, TimTim Wakefield	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Youkilis, KevinKevin Youkilis	145	538	91	168	43	4	29	115	.312	3
Totals	162	5596	845	1565	353	33	173	807	.280	120

Pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Aardsma, DavidDavid Aardsma	4	2	5.55	47	0	0	48.2	32	30	35	49
Beckett, JoshJosh Beckett	12	10	4.03	27	27	0	174.1	80	78	34^f	172
Bowden, MichaelMichael Bowden	1	0	3.60	1	1	0	5.0	2	2	1	3
Buchholz, ClayClay Buchholz	2	9	6.75	16	15	0	76.0	63	57	41	72
Byrd, PaulPaul Byrd	4	2	4.78	8	8	0	49.0	26	26	10	26
Colón, BartoloBartolo Colón	4	2	3.92	7	7	0	39.0	23	17	10	27
Corey, BryanBryan Corey	0	0	10.50	7	0	0	6.0	7	7	3	4
Delcarmen, MannyManny Delcarmen	1	2	3.27	73	0	2	74.1	28	27	28	72
Hansack, DevernDevern Hansack	1	0	4.05	4	0	0	6.2	5	3	1	5
Hansen, CraigCraig Hansen	1	3	5.58	32	0	2	30.2	23	19	23	25
Lester, JonJon Lester	16	6	3.21	33	33	0	210.1	78	75	66	152
López, JavierJavier López	2	0	2.43	70	0	0	59.1	18	16	27	38
Masterson, JustinJustin Masterson	6	5	3.16	36	9	0	88.1	31	31	40	68
Matsuzaka, DaisukeDaisuke Matsuzaka	18	3	2.90^a	29	29	0	167.2	58^c	54	94	154
Okajima, HidekiHideki Okajima	3	2	2.61	64	0	1	62.0	18^d	18	23	60
Papelbon, JonathanJonathan Papelbon	5	4	2.34	67	0	41	69.1	24	18	8^e	77
Pauley, DavidDavid Pauley	0	1	11.68	6	2	0	12.1	17	16	5	11
Smith, ChrisChris Smith	1	0	7.85	12	0	0	18.1	16	16	7	13
Snyder, KyleKyle Snyder	0	0	21.60	2	0	0	1.2	4	4	2	1
Tavárez, JuliánJulián Tavárez	0	1	6.39	9	0	0	12.2	12	9	9	6
Timlin, MikeMike Timlin	4	4	5.66	47	0	1	49.1	32	31	20	32
Wakefield, TimTim Wakefield	10	11	4.13	30	30	0	181.0	89	83	60	117
Zink, CharlieCharlie Zink	0	0	16.62	1	1	0	4.1	8	8	1	1
Totals	95	67	4.01	162	162	47	1446.1	694	645	548	1185

* indicates player led their respectable league in that certain category ** indicates player led all of baseball in that certain category

^a Led team in starters ERA ^b Led in team ERA ^c Allowed fewest runs as a starter for the Red Sox ^d Led team in runs allowed. ^e Led team in walks allowed. ^f Led starters in walks allowed.

Awards and honors

All Star Kevin Youkilis

Dustin Pedroia, AL MVP, Silver Slugger and Gold Glove for second base^[2]
Kevin Youkilis, Hank Aaron Award
Jon Lester, Hutch Award^[3]
J. D. Drew, All-Star MVP

Boston Red Sox

All-Stars^[4]

Hitters

Pitchers

Jonathan Papelbon CP

Reserves

Jason Varitek C
J. D. Drew(MVP) OF

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Pawtucket Red Sox	International League	Ron Johnson
AA	Portland Sea Dogs	Eastern League	Arnie Beyeler
A	Lancaster JetHawks	California League	Chad Epperson
A	Greenville Drive	South Atlantic League	Kevin Boles
A-Short Season	Lowell Spinners	New York–Penn League	Gary DiSarcina
Rookie	GCL Red Sox	Gulf Coast League	Dave Tomlin

References

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↑ Lowrie sends Red Sox back to ALCS
↑ "2008 MLB Awards". MLB.com. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
↑ "Hutch Award". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
↑ "2008 All-Star Game". MLB.com. Archived from the original on August 15, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
↑ Boston Red Sox 2008 Media Guide
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