Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays
July 16, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 2011 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 9, Tampa Bay Rays 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 4 2 2 1
Pedroia 2b 5 1 2 1
Gonzalez 1b 4 1 0 0
Youkilis 3b 3 1 1 1
Ortiz dh 5 1 1 3
Drew rf 5 0 1 1
Saltalamacchia c 3 1 0 0
Reddick lf 4 1 1 2
Scutaro ss 3 1 1 0
Lackey p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Bard p 0 0 0 0
  Papelbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 9 9
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Damon dh 5 1 1 0
Zobrist 2b 3 1 1 0
Kotchman 1b 5 1 2 1
Longoria 3b 5 1 1 1
Joyce rf 5 1 3 2
Upton cf 5 0 2 1
Fuld lf 4 0 1 0
Shoppach c 3 0 0 0
  Lobaton ph,c 1 0 0 0
Brignac ss 4 0 2 0
Shields p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Ramos p 0 0 0 0
  Gomes p 0 0 0 0
  McGee p 0 0 0 0
  Russell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 13 5
Boston 023 100 102992
Tampa Bay 300 010 0015132
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lackey  W(7-8) 5.2 10 4 3 1 7
  Williams   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Bard   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Papelbon   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
5
4
1
10
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Shields  L(8-8) 6.0 6 6 6 3 8
  Cruz   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Ramos   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Gomes   0.0 2 2 0 0 0
  McGee   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Russell   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
9
7
4
12

  E–Gonzalez (3), Scutaro (6), Kotchman (1), Lobaton (1).  DP–Boston 2. Pedroia-Scutaro-Gonzalez, Pedroia-Scutaro-Gonzalez.  2B–Boston Ortiz (24,off Shields); Drew (6,off Shields), Tampa Bay Fuld (15,off Bard).  3B–Tampa Bay Kotchman (2,off Papelbon).  HR–Boston Reddick (3,2nd inning off Shields 1 on 1 out); Ellsbury (13,4th inning off Shields 0 on 0 out); Pedroia (13,7th inning off Cruz 0 on 0 out), Tampa Bay Joyce (13,5th inning off Lackey 0 on 2 out).  HBP–Youkilis (11,by Shields); Zobrist (1,by Lackey).  Team LOB–6.  Team–10.  CS–Reddick (1,2nd base by Shields/Shoppach).  SB–Joyce (6,2nd base off Lackey/Saltalamacchia); Upton (22,2nd base off Lackey/Saltalamacchia); Fuld (17,3rd base off Bard/Saltalamacchia).  U-HP–Jim Reynolds, 1B–Chad Fairchild, 2B–Andy Fletcher, 3B–Mike DiMuro.  T–3:32.  A–32,487.
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