Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays
July 1, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 2008 at Tropicana Field. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 1, Tampa Bay Rays 3

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 4 1 3 0
Pedroia 2b 3 0 1 0
Drew rf 3 0 0 1
Ramirez dh 3 0 0 0
Lowell 3b 4 0 0 0
Youkilis 1b 4 0 0 0
Moss lf 4 0 2 0
Cora ss 4 0 1 0
Cash c 2 0 0 0
  Casey ph 0 0 0 0
  Varitek ph,c 2 0 0 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Hansen p 0 0 0 0
  Delcarmen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 3 0 1 0
Crawford lf 3 1 0 0
Upton cf 4 0 0 0
Pena 1b 3 1 0 0
Longoria 3b 3 1 1 0
Floyd dh 3 0 0 0
  Gomes pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Navarro c 4 0 2 2
Hinske rf 3 0 1 0
  Gross rf 1 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 3 0 1 0
Garza p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 2
Boston 000 100 000171
Tampa Bay 100 100 01x362
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield  L(5-6) 7.0 5 2 1 3 4
  Hansen   0.2 0 1 1 2 1
  Delcarmen   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
1
0
0
0
1
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Garza  W(7-4) 7.0 5 1 0 0 3
  Howell   0.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Balfour  SV(2) 1.1 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
1
3

  E–Cora (2), Navarro (1), Bartlett (10).  DP–Boston 1. Pedroia-Cora-Youkilis.  2B–Boston Cora (5,off Balfour), Tampa Bay Bartlett (7,off Wakefield).  SF–Drew (4,off Garza).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  SB–Ellsbury (35,2nd base off Howell/Navarro); Longoria (5,2nd base off Wakefield/Cash); Bartlett (17,3rd base off Wakefield/Cash).  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Bruce Dreckman, 3B–Sam Holbrook.  T–2:56.  A–31,112.
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