Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox
April 9, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 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 4, Boston Red Sox 3

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 4 1 1 0
Crawford lf 5 0 0 0
Longoria 3b 5 1 3 2
Pena 1b 2 0 1 0
Aybar dh 3 0 1 0
Joyce cf 3 1 1 1
  Burrell ph 1 0 1 0
  Zobrist pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Gross rf 3 0 0 0
  Kapler ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Riggans c 4 1 1 1
Bartlett ss 4 0 1 0
Garza p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Percival p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 4 0 1 0
Pedroia 2b 5 0 0 0
Ortiz dh 3 0 0 0
Youkilis 1b 4 2 3 0
Drew rf 4 0 0 0
Bay lf 3 0 1 1
Lowell 3b 4 0 1 1
  Green pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Lowrie ss 4 0 0 0
Varitek c 4 1 1 1
Matsuzaka p 0 0 0 0
  Delcarmen p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Okajima p 0 0 0 0
  Masterson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 7 3
Tampa Bay 012 100 0004102
Boston 000 001 011370
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Garza  W(1-0) 7.0 4 1 1 3 5
  Shouse   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Nelson   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Percival  SV(1) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
5
6
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Matsuzaka  L(0-1) 5.1 9 4 4 3 5
  Delcarmen   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Ramirez   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Okajima   0.2 1 0 0 2 1
  Masterson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
7
7

  E–Pena (1), Riggans (1).  DP–Boston 2. Pedroia-Lowrie-Youkilis, Ramirez-Lowrie-Youkilis.  2B–Tampa Bay Longoria (2,off Matsuzaka); Bartlett (1,off Matsuzaka); Aybar (1,off Matsuzaka); Iwamura (2,off Matsuzaka), Boston Youkilis (2,off Garza); Lowell (2,off Nelson).  3B–Boston Bay (1,off Garza).  HR–Tampa Bay Joyce (1,2nd inning off Matsuzaka 0 on 0 out); Longoria (2,3rd inning off Matsuzaka 1 on 1 out); Riggans (1,4th inning off Matsuzaka 0 on 1 out), Boston Varitek (2,9th inning off Percival 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Joyce (1,by Matsuzaka).  IBB–Gross (1,by Matsuzaka).  Team LOB–12.  Team–10.  SB–Iwamura (2,2nd base off Matsuzaka/Varitek); Ellsbury (1,2nd base off Garza/Riggans).  U-HP–Jeff Nelson, 1B–Mark Carlson, 2B–Tim Tschida, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–3:39.  A–37,784.
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