Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox
September 17, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 2011 at Fenway Park. 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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Tampa Bay Rays 4, Boston Red Sox 3

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Jennings lf 3 2 1 0
Upton cf 3 0 1 0
Longoria 3b 3 0 1 1
Zobrist 2b 4 1 1 2
Damon dh 3 0 1 0
Rodriguez ss 2 0 0 0
  Brignac ss 1 0 0 0
Kotchman 1b 4 0 0 0
Guyer rf 4 1 1 0
  Fuld rf 0 0 0 0
Lobaton c 3 0 0 0
Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Peralta p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 3
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ellsbury cf 3 0 1 2
Pedroia 2b 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez 1b 2 0 0 0
Ortiz dh 3 0 0 0
Reddick rf 2 0 1 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
  McDonald rf 0 0 0 0
Saltalamacchia c 4 0 0 0
Crawford lf 4 2 2 0
Aviles 3b 4 1 3 1
  Gathright pr 0 0 0 0
Scutaro ss 3 0 0 0
Lester p 0 0 0 0
  Bard p 0 0 0 0
  Morales p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 3
Tampa Bay 201 010 000460
Boston 002 000 100370
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Niemann  W(11-7) 5.0 4 2 2 2 6
  Moore   3.0 2 1 1 2 2
  Peralta  SV(4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
10
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Lester  L(15-8) 7.0 5 4 4 4 5
  Bard   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Morales   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
4
5

  E–None.  DP–Tampa Bay 1. Longoria-Rodriguez-Kotchman, Boston 1. Gonzalez-Scutaro-Lester.  2B–Tampa Bay Jennings (9,off Lester), Boston Aviles (15,off Niemann).  HR–Tampa Bay Zobrist (16,1st inning off Lester 1 on 2 out).  SH–Upton (2,off Lester); Scutaro (7,off Niemann).  Team LOB–4.  SF–Ellsbury (5,off Niemann).  Team–6.  CS–Damon (5,2nd base by Lester/Saltalamacchia); Ellsbury (14,3rd base by Niemann/Lobaton).  SB–Ellsbury (37,2nd base off Niemann/Lobaton); Gathright (1,2nd base off Peralta/Lobaton).  U-HP–Brian Knight, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Hunter Wendelstedt.  T–3:12.  A–37,682.
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