Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox
May 3, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 2008 at Fenway Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Rays and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Rays 4, Boston Red Sox 12

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 4 1 2 1
Crawford lf 4 0 0 0
Hinske dh 4 1 1 0
Pena 1b 4 0 1 0
Longoria 3b 4 0 1 1
Navarro c 4 1 2 0
Gross rf 2 1 1 2
Haynes cf 4 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 3 0 0 0
  Cannizaro ss 1 0 0 0
Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Dohmann p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 4 2 2 0
Pedroia 2b 5 2 3 1
  Lowrie 2b 0 0 0 0
Ortiz dh 5 2 3 2
Ramirez lf 3 2 1 2
Lowell 3b 5 1 1 0
Youkilis 1b 2 1 1 1
Drew rf 4 2 2 2
Varitek c 4 0 1 3
  Cash c 0 0 0 0
Lugo ss 5 0 1 1
Beckett p 0 0 0 0
  Aardsma p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 12 15 12
Tampa Bay 020 100 010480
Boston 311 202 03x12150
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Shields  L(3-2) 3.2 10 7 7 3 3
  Howell   2.1 2 2 2 2 1
  Miller   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Dohmann   1.0 2 3 3 2 1
Totals
8.0
2
3
3
2
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Beckett  W(3-2) 8.0 7 4 4 1 5
  Aardsma   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
1
0

  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Iwamura-Pena, Boston 1. Ramirez-Varitek.  2B–Tampa Bay Hinske (6,off Beckett), Boston Ortiz 2 (4,off Shields 2); Lugo (5,off Shields); Pedroia (13,off Shields); Lowell (4,off Howell); Ellsbury (2,off Miller); Drew (3,off Dohmann).  HR–Tampa Bay Gross (1,2nd inning off Beckett 1 on 2 out); Iwamura (2,8th inning off Beckett 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Varitek (2,by Howell).  Team–9.  U-HP–Bill Welke, 1B–Chris Guccione, 2B–Tim Welke, 3B–Chuck Meriwether.  T–3:13.  A–37,700.
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