Boston @ Arizona

Network: NESN
Announcers: Don Orsillo, Jerry Remy
Format: DVD (2 disks)
Quality: 9.5 (Directv Master)
Notes: Commercials edited out.

Game Notes

Randy Johnson, Diamondbacks slow the Red Sox with a 5-1 win.

Johnson allows 4 hits and 1 run, while striking out 9 in 6 innings for his 284th career win, matching Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins and Tom Mullane for 28th all-time. Johnson temporarily re-claims the #2 position for career Ks, with 4,614 as the 43-year-old trades the spot back and forth with Roger Clemens.

Johnson wins the duel with Daisuke Matsuzaka, departing with a 2-1 lead after Carlos Quentin breaks a 1-1 tie with an RBI-double in the bottom of the 6th. Arizona adds 3 more runs in the 8th, with 2 scoring on Mike Timlin's throwing error when Quentin attempts a sacrifice bunt.

Starting pitchers:
Red Sox - Matsuzaka
Diamondbacks - Johnson

Winning pitcher - Johnson (4-2)
Losing pitcher - Matsuzaka (7-5)