Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays
September 1, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 2009 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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Boston Red Sox 8, Tampa Bay Rays 4

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 6 1 2 2
Pedroia 2b 4 0 0 0
Martinez c 4 0 2 0
Youkilis 1b 4 2 2 2
Ortiz dh 5 0 1 0
Bay lf 4 1 1 1
Lowell 3b 3 2 2 1
Drew rf 4 1 1 2
Gonzalez ss 5 1 1 0
Lester p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Okajima p 0 0 0 0
  Papelbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 12 8
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Bartlett ss 5 0 1 0
Crawford lf 5 1 1 0
Zobrist rf,2b 4 0 1 0
Longoria 3b 5 1 2 0
Pena 1b 4 2 2 2
Burrell dh 4 0 1 1
Iwamura 2b 3 0 0 0
  Aybar ph 1 0 1 0
  Gross pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Navarro c 3 0 2 1
  Kapler pr 0 0 0 0
  Zaun c 0 0 0 0
Upton cf 4 0 0 0
Sonnanstine p 0 0 0 0
  Shouse p 0 0 0 0
  Cormier p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Choate p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 11 4
Boston 010 311 0118121
Tampa Bay 100 100 0204113
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lester  W(11-7) 6.0 7 2 2 2 9
  Wagner   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Okajima   0.0 4 2 2 1 0
  Papelbon  SV(33) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
3
14
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sonnanstine  L(6-8) 4.0 8 5 3 4 2
  Shouse   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Cormier   0.2 1 1 0 1 0
  Bradford   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Choate   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Wheeler   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Balfour   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Howell   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
5
6
6

  E–A. Gonzalez (1), Crawford (4), Pena (10), Iwamura (6).  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Longoria-Iwamura-Pena.  2B–Boston Lowell 2 (28,off Sonnanstine 2).  3B–Boston Ellsbury (9,off Howell).  HR–Boston Drew (19,4th inning off Sonnanstine 1 on 0 out); Bay (30,5th inning off Sonnanstine 0 on 0 out); Youkilis (23,8th inning off Wheeler 0 on 1 out), Tampa Bay Pena (39,4th inning off Lester 0 on 0 out).  SF–Youkilis (3,off Sonnanstine); Lowell (4,off Bradford).  Team LOB–12.  Team–10.  U-HP–Paul Nauert, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Paul Schrieber.  T–3:44.  A–17,692.
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