Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays
May 3, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 2009 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."

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Boston Red Sox 3, Tampa Bay Rays 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 5 0 2 0
Pedroia 2b 4 2 1 0
Ortiz dh 3 0 0 0
Youkilis 1b 4 1 2 2
Drew rf 4 0 3 1
Bay lf 3 0 0 0
Lowell 3b 4 0 0 0
Varitek c 3 0 0 0
Lugo ss 4 0 0 0
Penny p 0 0 0 0
  Delcarmen p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Upton cf 5 0 0 0
Crawford lf 4 2 4 1
Longoria 3b 4 0 1 0
Pena 1b 3 0 1 1
Burrell dh 3 0 0 1
Zobrist rf 3 1 0 0
Iwamura 2b 4 1 1 0
Bartlett ss 4 1 3 1
Hernandez c 3 0 0 1
Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Percival p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 5
Boston 100 000 020381
Tampa Bay 100 200 11x5100
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Penny  L(2-1) 6.0 6 3 3 2 8
  Delcarmen   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Jones   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Ramirez   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
2
10
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Shields  W(3-2) 7.1 6 2 2 2 6
  Howell   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Wheeler   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Percival  SV(3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
6

  E–Varitek (1).  2B–Boston Drew (8,off Shields), Tampa Bay Pena (4,off Penny); Iwamura (10,off Penny); Bartlett (4,off Penny).  HR–Boston Youkilis (6,8th inning off Howell 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Hernandez (1,off Jones).  HBP–Longoria (1,by Penny); Pena (1,by Delcarmen); Burrell (1,by Delcarmen).  Team–10.  SB–Pedroia (4,2nd base off Howell/Hernandez).  CS–Ellsbury (3,2nd base by Shields/Hernandez).  U-HP–Marty Foster, 1B–Marvin Hudson, 2B–John Hirschbeck, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–3:15.  A–32,332.
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