Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox
September 9, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 2008 at Fenway Park. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Tampa Bay Rays 5, Boston Red Sox 4

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 5 1 2 0
Zobrist cf,lf 4 1 0 0
Pena 1b 3 0 1 0
Floyd dh 3 0 0 1
  Ruggiano ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,dh 1 1 1 1
Aybar 3b 4 0 2 1
Hinske lf 2 0 0 0
  Perez ph,cf 1 1 1 0
Navarro c 5 0 2 1
Gross rf 5 1 2 0
Bartlett ss 5 0 1 1
Kazmir p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Percival p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 5 0 1 0
Lowrie ss 2 0 0 0
Pedroia 2b 4 1 1 0
Youkilis 1b 3 1 1 1
Bay lf 3 1 1 2
Lowell 3b 4 1 2 1
Kotsay rf 3 0 0 0
  Ellsbury pr 0 0 0 0
Varitek c 4 0 0 0
Bailey dh 2 0 0 0
  Ortiz ph,dh 2 0 0 0
Matsuzaka p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Delcarmen p 0 0 0 0
  Okajima p 0 0 0 0
  Papelbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Tampa Bay 002 100 0025121
Boston 100 100 020460
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Kazmir   6.0 5 2 2 3 4
  Balfour   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler  W(4-5) 1.0 1 2 2 1 1
  Percival  SV(28) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
1
1
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Matsuzaka   5.0 8 3 3 4 5
  Lopez   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Delcarmen   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Okajima   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Papelbon  L(5-4) 1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
0
0

  E–Navarro (4).  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Iwamura-Bartlett-Pena.  2B–Tampa Bay Bartlett (20,off Matsuzaka); Perez (1,off Papelbon); Navarro (24,off Papelbon), Boston Youkilis (38,off Kazmir).  HR–Tampa Bay D. Johnson (1,9th inning off Papelbon 0 on 0 out), Boston Lowell (16,4th inning off Kazmir 0 on 2 out); Bay (7,8th inning off Wheeler 1 on 2 out).  SF–Aybar (1,off Matsuzaka).  HBP–Floyd (4,by Matsuzaka).  Team LOB–13.  Team–6.  U-HP–Mark Wegner, 1B–Dan Iassogna, 2B–Ron Kulpa, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–3:40.  A–37,573.
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