September 11, 2007 Red Sox 6, Devil Rays 2

Kevin Youkilis blasts two homers, Mike Lowell adds a dinger of his own and Tim Wakefield gets his 10th win as the Sox upend the Rays. The big story for the day though isn't Youk or Lowell, it is the battery of Wakefield and Kevin Cash. Cash, in a rare start, throws out three D' Rays stealing (including Carl Crawford twice!!) and Wake almost gets a shutout before allowing a couple of runs in the 9th and also picks two Rays off at first base. The daring on the basepaths Devil Rays paid for it today with the two picks and three caught stealing. The Sox magic number drops to 9 with the win. Boston is the closest to joining the Angels in clinching their division, as none of the other four divisions have a leader by more than four games. Bound to be some exciting races going down the stretch.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays At 2007 Boston Red Sox          9/11/2007
 
  Devil Rays         AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Iwamura 3B        4  1  3  1 .291     J.Ellsbury LF       4  0  1  0 .317  
  C.Crawford LF       4  0  2  1 .319     D.Pedroia 2B        4  1  1  0 .308  
  C.Pena 1B           3  0  0  0 .303     D.Ortiz DH          3  1  2  1 .314  
  B.Upton CF          3  0  0  0 .275     M.Lowell 3B         4  2  2  1 .312  
  D.Young RF          3  0  1  0 .283     J.Drew RF           4  0  0  1 .247  
  B.Harris 2B         3  0  0  0 .267     K.Youkilis 1B       4  2  2  3 .320  
  J.Gomes DH          3  0  0  0 .266     C.Crisp CF          3  0  1  0 .266  
  D.Navarro C         2  0  1  0 .224     J.Lugo SS           4  0  1  0 .219  
A-J.Velandia PH       1  0  0  0 .000     K.Cash C            3  0  0  0 .095  
  J.Wilson SS         3  1  2  0 .271                                          
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         Totals      29  2  9  2                 Totals      33  6 10  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Navarro In 9th Inning
 
Devil Rays...... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 2  -  2  9  0
Red Sox......... 0 0 1  1 0 1  0 3    -  6 10  0
 
Devil Rays (70-75)       IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
A.Sonnanstin LOSS(7-5)    7       7   3   3   1   4   2 110   4.55
G.Glover                  1       3   3   3   1   1   1  26   5.30
Totals                    8      10   6   6   2   5   3
 
Red Sox (89-57)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Wakefield WIN(10-13)    8 1/3   9   2   2   1   3   0 111   5.36
M.Delcarmen               0 2/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.12
Totals                    9       9   2   2   1   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 36,261 DATE- Tuesday, September 11th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Devil Rays: 1  Red Sox: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Devil Rays: 1  Red Sox: 2
DOUBLES- J.Wilson(13th), J.Ellsbury(5th), D.Pedroia(41st), J.Lugo(25th)
TRIPLES- A.Iwamura(13th)
HOME RUNS- M.Lowell(18th), K.Youkilis-2(17th)
CAUGHT STEALING- A.Iwamura, C.Crawford-2
WALKS- C.Pena, D.Ortiz, C.Crisp
STRIKE OUTS- C.Pena, J.Gomes-2, D.Navarro, J.Ellsbury, D.Pedroia, D.Ortiz,
             J.Drew, K.Cash
GIDP- B.Harris, J.Wilson, M.Lowell
WILD PITCHES- A.Sonnanstine
WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Carlos Pena robbed Coco Crisp of a base hit.
 
Kevin Youkilis rocketed 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI at Fenway Park as the Boston
Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays by the count of 6 to 2.
 
Youkilis enjoyed a fine evening at the plate.  He ripped a solo home run in
the 4th inning and cracked a two-run shot (his 17th of the season) in the 8th
inning.  Boston managed 10 hits in their victory.  
 
Tim Wakefield(10-13) was the winner allowing 2 runs in 8 and 1/3 innings. Andy
Sonnanstine(7-5) took the loss.  He surrendered 7 hits and 1 walk in 7
innings.

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