Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays
August 5, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 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 4, Tampa Bay Rays 6

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 5 0 1 0
Pedroia 2b 3 1 0 0
Martinez 1b 4 1 2 1
Youkilis 3b 4 0 1 1
Bay lf 4 1 1 1
  Green lf 0 0 0 0
Lowell dh 4 0 0 0
Baldelli rf 3 1 0 0
  Drew ph 0 0 0 0
Varitek c 4 0 1 0
Lowrie ss 4 0 1 1
Penny p 0 0 0 0
  Delcarmen p 0 0 0 0
  Okajima p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 7 4
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Bartlett ss 4 1 1 1
Crawford lf 4 1 1 2
Longoria 3b 3 0 0 0
Zobrist 2b 4 1 1 0
Burrell dh 3 1 1 1
Pena 1b 3 1 1 2
Upton cf 3 0 1 0
Kapler rf 2 0 0 0
  Gross ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Hernandez c 3 1 1 0
Price p 0 0 0 0
  Cormier p 0 0 0 0
  Bennett p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 7 6
Boston 010 001 110470
Tampa Bay 022 001 10x671
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Penny  L(7-6) 6.0 6 5 5 2 5
  Delcarmen   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Okajima   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
3
7
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Price  W(5-4) 6.0 6 2 2 0 5
  Cormier   1.0 0 1 0 0 0
  Bennett   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Wheeler   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Howell  SV(12) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
2
7

  E–Zobrist (5), Zobrist (5).  2B–Boston Varitek (20,off Price); Youkilis (27,off Price); Ellsbury (17,off Price); Martinez (23,off Bennett).  HR–Boston Bay (21,2nd inning off Price 0 on 1 out); Martinez (16,6th inning off Price 0 on 0 out), Tampa Bay Pena (27,2nd inning off Penny 1 on 1 out); Crawford (12,3rd inning off Penny 1 on 1 out); Burrell (8,6th inning off Penny 0 on 1 out); Bartlett (9,7th inning off Delcarmen 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–3.  SB–Zobrist (13,2nd base off Penny/Varitek); Longoria (3,2nd base off Penny/Varitek); Upton (34,2nd base off Penny/Varitek); Zobrist (13,2nd base off Penny/Varitek); Longoria (3,2nd base off Penny/Varitek); Upton (34,2nd base off Penny/Varitek).  CS–Pena (2,2nd base by Penny/Varitek); Pena (2,2nd base by Penny/Varitek).  U-HP–Tony Randazzo, 1B–Chris Guccione, 2B–Mike Winters, 3B–Jerry Layne.  T–3:07.  A–31,517.
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