Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays
October 10, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 10, 2008 at Tropicana Field. 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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Boston Red Sox 2, Tampa Bay Rays 0

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 5 0 0 0
Pedroia 2b 3 1 1 0
Ortiz dh 3 0 0 0
Youkilis 3b 4 0 3 1
Drew rf 3 0 1 0
Bay lf 3 1 1 0
Kotsay 1b 4 0 1 0
Lowrie ss 3 0 0 1
Varitek c 4 0 0 0
Matsuzaka p 0 0 0 0
  Okajima p 0 0 0 0
  Masterson p 0 0 0 0
  Papelbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 3 0 1 0
Upton cf 4 0 1 0
Pena 1b 2 0 0 0
Longoria 3b 4 0 0 0
Crawford lf 3 0 1 0
Floyd dh 4 0 1 0
Navarro c 4 0 0 0
Gross rf 3 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 3 0 0 0
Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
Boston 000 010 010270
Tampa Bay 000 000 000040
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Matsuzaka  W(1-0) 7.0 4 0 0 4 9
  Okajima   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Masterson   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Papelbon  SV(1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Shields  L(0-1) 7.1 6 2 2 2 6
  Howell   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Balfour   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Price   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1 Lowrie-Pedroia-Kotsay, Tampa Bay 1 Iwamura-Bartlett-Pena.  2B–Boston Youkilis 2 (2,off Shields,off Howell); Kotsay (1,off Shields).  SF–Lowrie (1,off Shields).  HBP–Drew (1,by Balfour).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  SB–Pedroia (1,2nd base off Howell/Navarro).  HBP–Balfour (1,Drew).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Sam Holbrook, 2B–Brian O'Nora, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–3:25.  A–35,001.
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