Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays
September 2, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 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 5, Tampa Bay Rays 8

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 4 0 0 0
Pedroia 2b 5 0 0 0
Martinez 1b 3 1 1 1
Youkilis 3b 4 2 2 0
Ortiz dh 3 0 0 1
  Gathright pr,dh 0 1 0 0
  Lowell ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Bay lf 4 0 1 1
Drew rf 3 0 1 1
Varitek c 2 0 0 0
  Kotchman ph 0 0 0 0
  Green pr 0 0 0 0
  Kottaras c 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 4 1 1 0
Beckett p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez p 0 0 0 0
  Delcarmen p 0 0 0 0
  Saito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 6 4
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Bartlett ss 4 0 1 0
Crawford lf 4 1 1 1
Zobrist rf,2b 4 0 0 0
Pena 1b 4 1 1 0
Burrell dh 4 1 2 2
  Perez pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Longoria 3b 4 3 2 2
Zaun c 4 1 3 1
Iwamura 2b 4 0 1 1
  Gross rf 0 0 0 0
Upton cf 3 0 1 1
Garza p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Choate p 0 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Balfour p 0 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 12 8
Boston 010 200 110561
Tampa Bay 131 000 03x8120
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Beckett   6.0 7 5 4 0 9
  Ramirez  L(7-4) 1.0 2 2 2 0 1
  Delcarmen   0.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Saito   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
8
7
0
11
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Garza   6.2 6 4 4 3 3
  Bradford   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Choate   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Springer   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Balfour   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Howell  W(7-4) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Wheeler  SV(2) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
7
6

  E–Youkilis (5).  2B–Boston Youkilis 2 (33,off Garza 2); A. Gonzalez (4,off Garza), Tampa Bay Zaun 2 (15,off Beckett,off Delcarmen); Pena (24,off Ramirez); Upton (30,off Saito).  3B–Boston Bay (3,off Garza).  HR–Tampa Bay Crawford (13,1st inning off Beckett 0 on 1 out); Burrell (13,2nd inning off Beckett 0 on 0 out); Longoria (26,8th inning off Delcarmen 1 on 0 out).  HBP–Ellsbury (5,by Garza).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Upton (3,off Beckett).  Team–4.  SB–Ellsbury (56,2nd base off Garza/Zaun); Gathright (1,2nd base off Springer/Zaun).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Ed Rapuano, 2B–Paul Schrieber, 3B–Paul Nauert.  T–3:34.  A–19,148.
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