Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays
October 11, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 11, 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 8, Tampa Bay Rays 9

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury rf 6 0 0 0
  Cash c 0 0 0 0
Pedroia 2b 5 4 3 2
Ortiz dh 3 1 0 0
Youkilis 3b 6 2 3 1
Bay lf 5 1 3 4
Lowrie ss 3 0 0 0
Varitek c 3 0 0 0
  Drew ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Kotsay 1b 6 0 0 0
Crisp cf 6 0 3 0
Beckett p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Delcarmen p 0 0 0 0
  Okajima p 0 0 0 0
  Masterson p 0 0 0 0
  Papelbon p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 8 12 7
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 5 0 1 0
Upton cf 4 2 1 2
Pena 1b 5 2 2 1
Longoria 3b 5 3 3 3
Crawford lf 5 0 2 2
Floyd dh 2 1 1 1
  Aybar ph,dh 3 0 0 0
Navarro c 4 0 1 0
  Perez pr 0 1 0 0
Gross rf 3 0 0 0
  Zobrist ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 5 0 1 0
Kazmir p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 12 9
Boston 201 031 010 008120
Tampa Bay 202 130 000 019120
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Beckett  4.1 9.0 8 8 1 5 3
  Lopez  0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Delcarmen  1.2 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Okajima  2 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Masterson  0.2 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Papelbon  1.1 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Timlin  L (0-1) 0.2 0 1 1 3 0
Totals
12.2
12
9
9
4
9
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Kazmir  4.1 6.0 5 5 3 2 3
  Balfour  0 1.0 1 1 2 0 1
  Howell  1.1 0.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Bradford  1.1 4.0 1 1 0 1 0
  Miller  0 0.0 0 0 1 0 0
  Wheeler  3.1 1.0 0 0 2 4 0
  Price  W (1-0) 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
12.2
12
8
8
10
10

  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 1 Bartlett-Iwamura-Pena.  2B–Boston Bay (1,off Kazmir); Crisp 2 (2,off Kazmir,off Wheeler), Tampa Bay Pena (1,off Beckett); Longoria 2 (2,off Beckett 2).  HR–Boston Pedroia 2 (2,3rd inning off Kazmir 0 on 0 out,5th inning off Kazmir 0 on 0 out); Youkilis (1,5th inning off Kazmir 0 on 1 out); Bay (1,5th inning off Balfour 0 on 1 out), Tampa Bay Longoria (1,1st inning off Beckett 1 on 2 out); Upton (1,3rd inning off Beckett 0 on 1 out); Floyd (1,4th inning off Beckett 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–13.  SF–Upton (1,off Timlin).  IBB–Iwamura (1,by Timlin).  Team–6.  SB–Upton (1,2nd base off Beckett/Varitek).  IBB–Timlin (1,Iwamura).  U-HP–Sam Holbrook, 1B–Brian O'Nora, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Alfonso Marquez.  T–5:27.  A–34,904.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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