| A solid start for Jon Lester is wasted as he goes the distance in a complete game loss. Lester did have a bit of uncharacteristic wildness in walking 4 batters, but otherwise whiffed 9 only allowing 4 hits and 2 runs. Normally that would be good enough for a win, but Scott Kasmir and Warwick native Dan Wheeler hold the Sox to only one run on four hits. That one run was in the first inning when after a Jacoby Ellsbury triple Dustin Pedroia knocked him home with a groundout, but the Rays get a run to tie the game in the 3rd when a walk to ex-Soxer Gabe Kapler leads to him scoring on a Dioner Navarro double, and a B. J. Upton solo homer in the 6th gives Tampa the winning run. Two teams going in opposite directions, as for struggling Boston it is their fifth straight loss and seventh loss in their last 8 games, as their recent 2-8 run has dropped them from the division lead down to fourth place and a game below the .500 mark. For the surging Rays, they have now won 8 straight and 10 of their last 11 and are now in a virtual tie with the Yankees for the division lead. The RedSox are 2-7 so far this season against their division rival Rays. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2009 Tampa Bay Rays At 2009 Boston Red Sox 5/9/2009
Rays AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
B.Upton CF 4 1 1 1 .286 J.Ellsbury CF 4 1 1 0 .323
C.Crawford LF 4 0 0 0 .260 D.Pedroia 2B 4 0 0 1 .191
E.Longoria 3B 2 0 0 0 .185 D.Ortiz DH 4 0 0 0 .236
C.Pena 1B 4 0 1 0 .237 J.Bay LF 3 0 0 0 .240
P.Burrell DH 4 0 0 0 .209 M.Lowell 3B 3 0 0 0 .270
J.Bartlett SS 3 0 0 0 .196 R.Baldelli RF 3 0 1 0 .231
G.Kapler RF 2 1 0 0 .325 C-G.Kottaras C 0 0 0 0 .077
A.Iwamura 2B 3 0 1 0 .241 J.Bailey 1B 2 0 0 0 .414
D.Navarro C 2 0 1 1 .220 A-K.Youkilis PH,1B 1 0 0 0 .323
J.Varitek C 2 0 1 0 .228
B-J.Drew PR,RF 0 0 0 0 .295
J.Lugo SS 3 0 1 0 .304
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Totals 28 2 4 2 Totals 29 1 4 1
A-Pinch Hit For Bailey In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Varitek In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Baldelli In 9th Inning
Rays............ 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 4 0
Red Sox......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 0
Rays (17-15) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
S.Kazmir WIN(3-1) 6 4 1 1 0 3 0 70 2.66 A1 C3
D.Wheeler SAVE(2nd) 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 36 4.84 C4
Totals 9 4 1 1 2 4 0
Red Sox (15-16) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Lester LOSS(4-2) 9 4 2 2 4 9 1 111 2.77 A1
Totals 9 4 2 2 4 9 1
ATTENDANCE- 39,155 DATE- Saturday, May 9th 2009 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Adrian Johnson, Mike Dimuro, Dale Scott, Jerry Meals
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Rays: 3 Red Sox: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rays: 2 Red Sox: 1
DOUBLES- D.Navarro(1st)
TRIPLES- J.Ellsbury(3rd)
HOME RUNS- B.Upton(5th)
CAUGHT STEALING- D.Navarro
WALKS- E.Longoria-2, G.Kapler, D.Navarro, J.Bay, J.Varitek
STRIKE OUTS- B.Upton, C.Crawford, E.Longoria-2, C.Pena-2, P.Burrell,
A.Iwamura-2, J.Bay, K.Youkilis, J.Varitek, J.Lugo
GIDP- C.Pena, M.Lowell, J.Bailey
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Jacoby Ellsbury robbed Pat Burrell of an extra base hit.
Scott Kazmir(3-1) and Jon Lester(4-2) treated the Boston fans to a fine
pitching duel at Fenway Park. The sizzling Tampa Bay Rays eventually emerged
as victors over the Boston Red Sox by the score of 2 to 1.
Tampa Bay scored 1 run in the top of the 6th inning. Boston was set down
quietly in the bottom of the 9th. Dan Wheeler earned his 2nd save.
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