| I goy so excited after this one I forgot to blog after the game, and had to go into the box scores for it! The first meeting of the year between the Sox and Rays, kind of surprising since they are divisional opponents and play 19 times during the season and the season is already half over. Just the kind of game you would expect with Scott Kazmir and Dice-K doing battle - 22 strikeouts between the two, 11 for each. Unfourtunately, both teams game out swinging and 20 hits and 10 runs allowed between the two pitchers leads to a 5-5 tie after the regulation 9 innings. The fun was in the Sox 10th. As you can see by the score, they won by 4 runs and the game is in Fenway. Now what does that tell you, as how can you get four runs on one swing? This is how: Kevin Youkilis leads off with a single, and a Mike Lowell single puts Youk at third, 90 feet from the win. Jason Varitek walks (unintentional) to load the bases, with the only runner that matters is Youk at third. I give Jacoby Ellsbury the first chance to play hero in his young career, pinch-hitting for Wily Mo Pena, but he can't capitalize on the chance and pops out. Julio Lugo is due up next, but JD Drew comes in to pinch hit. The pitch....and there it goes, a blast over the right field fence for the walk-off grand salami!! Sox win 9-5! This was Drew's second grand slam of the year, and one by Coco Crisp earlier in the year for Sox grand slams so far this season. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
Event Codes: J K
BOXSCORE: 2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays At 2007 Boston Red Sox 7/3/2007
Devil Rays AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
A.Iwamura 3B 4 0 1 0 .286 C.Crisp CF 4 2 2 2 .269
C.Crawford LF 4 0 0 0 .307 D.Pedroia 2B 5 0 4 1 .297
B.Harris SS 5 1 1 0 .267 D.Ortiz DH 5 0 0 0 .317
C.Pena 1B 4 1 1 1 .316 M.Ramirez LF 5 0 2 0 .321
G.Norton DH 5 0 0 1 .241 K.Youkilis 1B 5 1 1 0 .297
T.Wigginton 2B 5 1 2 0 .281 M.Lowell 3B 5 2 3 0 .287
D.Young CF 4 0 0 0 .253 J.Varitek C 4 2 0 0 .257
J.Gomes RF 4 2 3 2 .285 W.Pena RF 4 0 1 0 .202
D.Navarro C 3 0 1 1 .220 A-J.Ellsbury PH 1 0 0 0 .462
J.Lugo SS 4 1 1 1 .210
B-J.Drew PH 1 1 1 4 .256
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Totals 38 5 9 5 Totals 43 9 15 8
A-Pinch Hit For Pena In 10th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Lugo In 10th Inning
Devil Rays...... 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 - 5 9 3
Red Sox......... 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 9 15 0
Devil Rays (38-44) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
S.Kazmir 8 1/3 12 5 1 1 11 1 139 3.56 A1 E2
G.Glover LOSS(3-5) 0 2/3 2 3 3 1 0 0 19 5.26 E3 E7
A.Reyes 0 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 1 8 4.01 E8
Totals 9 1/3 15 9 5 2 11 2
Red Sox (46-36) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
D.Matsuzaka 7 8 5 5 3 11 1 117 4.56 A1 D4
H.Okajima 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 24 1.06 D5 E2
M.Timlin WIN(2-1) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 19 6.00 E3
Totals 10 9 5 5 4 16 1
ATTENDANCE- 35,343 DATE- Tuesday, July 3rd 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 3:29
LEFT ON BASE- Devil Rays: 7 Red Sox: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Devil Rays: 2 Red Sox: 0
ERRORS- B.Harris, T.Wigginton, S.Kazmir
DOUBLES- A.Iwamura(9th), J.Gomes-2(12th), D.Pedroia(27th), M.Lowell(26th),
W.Pena(7th)
TRIPLES- C.Pena(1st), D.Navarro(2nd)
HOME RUNS- J.Gomes(6th), C.Crisp(6th), J.Drew(9th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Crawford(26th)
WALKS- A.Iwamura, C.Crawford, C.Pena, D.Navarro, C.Crisp, J.Varitek
STRIKE OUTS- A.Iwamura-2, C.Crawford-3, B.Harris-2, C.Pena-2, G.Norton-2,
T.Wigginton, D.Young-3, D.Navarro, C.Crisp, M.Ramirez,
K.Youkilis-3, M.Lowell, J.Varitek-2, W.Pena-2, J.Lugo
GIDP- D.Ortiz, M.Lowell
Daisuke Matsuzaka struck out 11 batters as the Boston Red Sox topped the Tampa
Bay Devil Rays in 10 innings by a score of 9 to 5 at Fenway Park.
The score was knotted at 5 after nine innings. Boston won it in the 10th
inning. The highlight belonged to J.D. Drew who came through for the home
fans when he launched a rocket-shot out of the park for a Grand Slam homerun
(his 9th of the season). Boston finished with 15 hits while Tampa Bay ended
up with 9.
The winning pitcher was Mike Timlin(2-1) who allowed no runs in 1 inning. Gary
Glover(3-5) took the loss in relief. He surrendered 2 hits and 1 walk in 2/3
of an inning.
SCORESHEET: 2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays at 2007 Boston Red Sox
A.Iwamur-A1 A1:K *3*:K C1:P/2 D1:W>b1 E1:Do
C.Crawfo-A1 A2:W>b1 B2:G/63 C2:K D2:K E2:K
B.Harris-A1 A3:SB>12 B3:G/63 *6*:Si D3:K *10*:G/53
K
C.Pena-A1 A4:F/9 *4*:K C4:Tr>1# D4:K E4:W>b1
G.Norton-A1 *2*:F/9 B5:F/8 C5:G/43>3 *8*:K E5:K
#
T.Wiggin-A1 A6:Si B6:Si PkO C6:K D6:G/53 E6:L/5
ff/13>1o
D.Young-A1 A7:K *5*:K C7:G/43 D7:K
J.Gomes-A1 A8:HR>1# B8:Do *7*:Do *9*:G/31
b#
D.Navarr-A1 A9:F/7 B9:W>b1 C9:Tr>2# D9:K
C.Crisp-A1 A1:K B1:Si>3# *4*:HR>b# *6*:W>b1 *9*:E/6
12
D.Pedroi-A1 A2:Si B2:Si>2# C2:Si D2:Force/ E2:PkOff/
13 14>1o b1 13>1o Do
D.Ortiz-A1 A3:F/7 B3:E/1>3# C3:G/43>1 D3:G-DP/1 E3:G/43>2
12 2 63>1o 3
M.Ramire-A1 A4:G/63 B4:K C4:Si>23 *7*:Si E4:G/53
K.Youkil-A1 *2*:L/6 *3*:K C5:K D5:K *10*:Si
M.Lowell-A1 A6:Do B6:Si C6:K D6:G-DP/6 E6:Si>13
43>1o
J.Varite-A1 A7:E/4>23 B7:F/7 *5*:K *8*:K E7:W>12 b
1
W.Pena-A1 A8:K B8:Do>13 C8:K D8:L/5 E8:P/2
J.Ellsbu-E8
J.Lugo-A1 A9:Si>3# B9:P/6 C9:K D9:P/2 E9:HR>3#
J.Drew-E9 13 2# 1# b#
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