Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox
October 13, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 13, 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 9, Boston Red Sox 1

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 5 1 2 0
Upton cf 5 1 2 3
Pena 1b 5 1 2 1
Longoria 3b 4 2 1 1
Crawford lf 5 0 1 0
Aybar dh 4 0 2 0
  Perez pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Navarro c 4 1 1 1
Baldelli rf 3 1 1 3
  Gross rf 0 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 4 1 1 0
Garza p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 13 9
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 3 0 0 1
Pedroia 2b 3 0 2 0
Ortiz dh 4 0 0 0
Youkilis 3b 4 0 0 0
Drew rf 4 0 1 0
Bay lf 3 0 1 0
Kotsay 1b 4 0 2 0
Varitek c 3 1 0 0
Cora ss 4 0 1 0
Lester p 0 0 0 0
  Byrd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Tampa Bay 014 000 0319130
Boston 000 000 100170
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Garza  W(1-0) 6.0 6 1 1 3 5
  Howell   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Jackson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lester  L(0-1) 5.2 8 5 4 2 7
  Byrd   3.1 5 4 4 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
0
2

  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 1 Longoria-Iwamura-Pena.  PB–Varitek (1).  2B–Tampa Bay Iwamura 2 (2,off Lester,off Byrd), Boston Pedroia (1,off Garza); Kotsay (2,off Garza).  HR–Tampa Bay Upton (2,3rd inning off Lester 2 on 0 out); Longoria (2,3rd inning off Lester 0 on 1 out); Baldelli (1,8th inning off Byrd 2 on 1 out); Pena (1,9th inning off Byrd 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Ellsbury (1,off Howell).  Team–8.  SB–Pena (1,2nd base off Lester/Varitek).  U-HP–Brian O'Nora, 1B–Brian Gorman, 2B–Alfonso Marquez, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–3:23.  A–38,031.
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