| The Rays get 3 runs on only one hit in the first inning and jump out to a 5-0 lead off Tim Wakefield, but the Red Sox get all that back in the top of the 4th. The big plays in the 4th for the Sox are a Coco Crisp/Julio Lugo double steal with Crisp stealing home, a solo homerun for Mike Lowell, and a 2-run shot for Doug Mirabelli. The teams battle back and forth from there, with what would prove to be the winning run scoring for the Sox on a wild pitch in the 7th inning. After a leadoff single in the 8th for the Tampa, Jonathan Papelbon comes in and goes the final two innings for his 44th save. Here is the Red Sox 4th inning: *** TOP OF INNING 4 *** 0 M.Lowell 2- 4 5 Home Run b-H 0 J.Drew 1- 6 6 Walk b-1 0 1 E.Hinske 6- 4 2 Ground Out 1-2 b-0 1 2 C.Crisp 4- 7 4 Walk b-1 1 12 J.Lugo 6- 8 14 5 Single 2-H 1-3 b-1 1 1 3 1 Stolen Base 3-H 1-2 1 2 D.Mirabelli 1- 3 1 5 Home Run 2-H b-H 1 J.Ellsbury 2- 4 10 6 Ground Out b-0 2 A.Cora 3- 9 17 3 Fly Out b-0 In other news, the Toronto Blue Jays become the second team to clinch a playoff berth as they clinch at least the AL wild card. Looks like that is where they will stay, as the Red Sox magic number has dropped to one. Still quite a dogfight in the National League, more on that in the Phillies blog for today's game. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 9/23/2007
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Devil Rays AB R H RBI AVG
J.Ellsbury LF 5 0 1 0 .389 A.Iwamura 3B 3 0 0 0 .284
A.Cora 2B 5 0 1 0 .284 J.Velandia 2B 4 1 0 0 .194
D.Ortiz DH 4 2 2 0 .312 C.Pena 1B 4 2 1 1 .303
A-R.Clayton PR,DH 0 0 0 0 .257 B.Upton CF 4 0 1 0 .278
M.Lowell 3B 5 2 2 2 .308 D.Young RF 4 1 2 3 .281
J.Drew RF 3 1 0 0 .249 R.Casanova C 4 0 0 0 .280
E.Hinske 1B 4 0 0 0 .263 J.Gomes LF 4 2 2 1 .253
C.Crisp CF 4 1 0 0 .268 J.Guzman DH 4 1 2 0 .250
J.Lugo SS 3 1 2 2 .224 J.Wilson SS 1 0 0 2 .246
D.Mirabelli C 4 1 2 2 .208 B-G.Norton PH 1 0 1 0 .246
D-J.Varitek C 0 0 0 0 .271 C-C.Crawford PR 0 0 0 0 .322
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Totals 37 8 10 6 Totals 33 7 9 7
A-Pinch Ran For Ortiz In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Wilson In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Norton In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Mirabelli In 9th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 - 8 10 0
Devil Rays...... 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 7 9 0
Red Sox (94-62) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
T.Wakefield 5 6 6 6 3 4 3 90 5.47
M.Delcarmen W(4-1)B(3rd) 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 18 2.15
H.Okajima HOLD(17th) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 1.67
J.Papelbon SAVE(44th) 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 22 1.59
Totals 9 9 7 7 3 7 3
Devil Rays (73-83) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
E.Jackson 4 6 5 5 2 2 2 81 6.47
G.Glover LOSS(5-9) 2 1/3 3 3 3 2 2 0 42 5.99
J.Salas 2 2/3 1 0 0 1 2 0 42 3.48
Totals 9 10 8 8 5 6 2
ATTENDANCE- 9,144 DATE- Sunday, September 23rd 2007 TIME- Day
T- 3:17
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 8 Devil Rays: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0 Devil Rays: 0
DOUBLES- J.Lugo(32nd), J.Gomes(31st)
TRIPLES- D.Ortiz(3rd), J.Guzman-2(2nd)
HOME RUNS- M.Lowell(21st), D.Mirabelli(4th), C.Pena(47th), D.Young(13th),
J.Gomes(18th)
STOLEN BASES- C.Crisp(32nd), J.Lugo(25th), B.Upton(21st)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Iwamura
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Wilson-2
WALKS- D.Ortiz, J.Drew-2, C.Crisp, J.Lugo, A.Iwamura, J.Velandia, C.Pena
HIT BY PITCH- E.Hinske
STRIKE OUTS- J.Ellsbury, A.Cora, D.Ortiz, M.Lowell, E.Hinske, D.Mirabelli,
J.Velandia-2, B.Upton-2, D.Young, J.Gomes, J.Guzman
WILD PITCHES- J.Salas
The amazing Boston Red Sox edged the floundering Tampa Bay Devil Rays at
Tropicana Field by the score of 8 to 7.
Boston took the lead for keeps in the top of the 7th inning plating an
isolated run. Tampa Bay made it exciting in the 9th, but they were unable to
push the needed runs across.
The victory went to Manny Delcarmen(4-1) who went 1 inning, allowing 1 run.
Jonathan Papelbon recorded the save, his 44th. Gary Glover(5-9) was the
losing pitcher in relief. He gave up 3 runs in 2 and 1/3 innings of work.
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