Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays
September 16, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 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)
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Boston Red Sox 1, Tampa Bay Rays 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury lf 4 1 2 0
Pedroia 2b 4 0 1 0
Ortiz dh 4 0 0 0
Youkilis 1b 3 0 0 1
Lowell 3b 3 0 1 0
  Van Every pr 0 0 0 0
  Cora ss 0 0 0 0
Kotsay rf 3 0 0 0
Lowrie ss,3b 4 0 1 0
Varitek c 2 0 0 0
Crisp cf 3 0 0 0
Beckett p 0 0 0 0
  Masterson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 4 0 1 0
Bartlett ss 4 1 1 0
Pena 1b 3 1 1 1
Longoria 3b 4 0 0 0
Floyd dh 3 0 1 0
Navarro c 3 0 1 1
Hinske lf 2 0 0 0
  Ruggiano lf 0 0 0 0
Gross rf 3 0 0 0
Perez cf 3 0 0 0
Sonnanstine p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 5 2
Boston 000 001 000150
Tampa Bay 000 000 101251
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Beckett   8.0 3 1 1 1 7
  Masterson  L(6-5) 0.1 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.1
2
1
1
1
1
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sonnanstine   6.0 3 1 0 2 5
  Balfour   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Howell   1.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Wheeler  W(5-5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–Longoria (9).  DP–Boston 1. Beckett-Pedroia-Youkilis, Tampa Bay 1. Bartlett-Iwamura-Pena.  HR–Tampa Bay Pena (29,7th inning off Beckett 0 on 0 out).  SF–Youkilis (9,off Sonnanstine).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Ruggiano (1,by Beckett); Floyd (5,by Masterson).  Team–6.  CS–Ellsbury (10,2nd base by Howell/Navarro).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Paul Emmel, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Jerry Meals.  T–2:51.  A–32,079.
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