Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox
April 8, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 2009 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 7, Boston Red Sox 2

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Bartlett ss 5 1 3 1
Crawford lf 5 0 3 1
Longoria 3b 5 1 2 1
Pena 1b 4 1 1 2
Burrell dh 3 0 0 0
Navarro c 4 0 0 0
Zobrist rf 4 0 0 0
Kapler cf 3 1 1 0
Iwamura 2b 4 3 3 0
Kazmir p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 13 5
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 5 0 1 0
Pedroia 2b 4 1 1 0
Ortiz dh 3 1 1 0
Youkilis 1b 4 0 3 1
Baldelli rf 4 0 1 0
Bay lf 4 0 1 1
Lowell 3b 3 0 0 0
Lowrie ss 3 0 0 0
Varitek c 4 0 0 0
Lester p 0 0 0 0
  Delcarmen p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Saito p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Tampa Bay 001 040 0117130
Boston 001 000 010281
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Kazmir  W(1-0) 6.0 5 1 1 3 4
  Wheeler   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Howell   0.2 3 1 1 0 2
  Balfour  SV(1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
3
8
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lester  L(0-1) 5.0 8 5 5 2 5
  Delcarmen   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Saito   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Lopez   1.0 4 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
2
6

  E–Youkilis (1), Youkilis (1).  DP–Tampa Bay 2. Lowrie-Pedroia-Youkilis, Lowrie-Pedroia-Youkilis, Boston 2. Lowrie-Pedroia-Youkilis, Lowrie-Pedroia-Youkilis.  2B–Tampa Bay Longoria (1,off Lester); Iwamura (1,off Lester); Kapler (1,off Lopez), Boston Pedroia (1,off Kazmir); Bay (1,off Howell).  HR–Tampa Bay Pena (1,5th inning off Lester 1 on 2 out); Longoria (1,8th inning off Saito 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Lowell (1,by Howell).  Team–9.  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Jeff Nelson, 2B–Mark Carlson, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–3:10.  A–37,552.
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