Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays
May 16, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 2012 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Boston Red Sox 1, Tampa Bay Rays 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Sweeney cf 3 0 0 0
  Gomez ph 1 0 0 0
  Byrd cf 0 0 0 0
Pedroia 2b 4 0 1 0
Ortiz dh 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez 1b 4 0 0 0
Middlebrooks 3b 4 0 0 0
Saltalamacchia c 4 1 2 0
Ross rf 3 0 1 0
Nava lf 4 0 1 1
Aviles ss 3 0 2 0
Buchholz p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Albers p 0 0 0 0
  Morales p 0 0 0 0
  Atchison p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Zobrist rf 4 0 0 0
Upton cf 4 0 0 0
Joyce lf 3 1 1 0
Pena 1b 4 1 2 0
Scott dh 2 0 1 1
  Thompson pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b,2b 4 0 2 0
Rhymes 2b 2 0 1 0
  Gimenez pr,c 0 0 0 0
Molina c 2 0 0 0
  Keppinger ph,2b,3b 1 0 0 0
Johnson ss 4 0 1 0
Hellickson p 0 0 0 0
  McGee p 0 0 0 0
  Peralta p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 8 1
Boston 000 100 000170
Tampa Bay 010 001 00x280
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Buchholz  L(4-2) 5.0 6 2 2 1 5
  Miller   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Albers   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Morales   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Atchison   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Hellickson  W(4-0) 6.0 5 1 1 2 6
  McGee   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Peralta   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Rodney  SV(12) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
2

  E–None.  DP–Boston 1. Middlebrooks-Pedroia-Gonzalez, Tampa Bay 1. Rhymes-Johnson-Pena.  2B–Boston Aviles (12,off Hellickson); Saltalamacchia (9,off Hellickson).  Team LOB–7.  SF–Scott (2,off Miller).  HBP–Scott (3,by Buchholz); Rhymes (2,by Morales).  Team–10.  SB–Johnson (7,2nd base off Buchholz/Saltalamacchia).  U-HP–Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B–Dan Bellino, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–3:29.  A–20,843.
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