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Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays
October 18, 2008 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 18, 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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"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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| Game played on Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Tropicana Field |
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| Boston |
0 | 1 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 2 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay |
1 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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| Boston Red Sox |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Beckett W (1-0) |
5.0 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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Okajima 2 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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Masterson 1 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Papelbon SV (2) |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Totals |
6.0 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
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| Tampa Bay Rays |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Shields L (0-2) |
5.2 |
9 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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Howell 1 |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Balfour 0.1 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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Bradford 1.2 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Miller 0.1 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
6.2 |
10 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
E–Bartlett (1). DP–Boston 1 Lowrie-Pedroia-Kotsay, Tampa Bay 1 Longoria-Iwamura-Pena. PB–Navarro (1). 2B–Boston Ortiz (1,off Shields); Drew (1,off Shields). HR–Boston Youkilis (2,2nd inning off Shields 0 on 0 out); Varitek (1,6th inning off Shields 0 on 2 out), Tampa Bay Upton (4,1st inning off Beckett 0 on 1 out); Bartlett (1,5th inning off Beckett 0 on 2 out). HBP–Bay (1,by Howell); Bartlett 2 (2,by Beckett,by Masterson). IBB–Ortiz (1,by Bradford). Team LOB–12. Team–4. SB–Crawford (3,2nd base off Beckett/Varitek). CS–Navarro (1,2nd base by Beckett/Varitek). HBP–Beckett (1,Bartlett); Masterson (1,Bartlett). U–Derryl Cousins, Tim McClelland. T–3:48. A–40,947. |
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| Game played on Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Tropicana Field |
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