Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays
September 18, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 2012 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 7, Tampa Bay Rays 5

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Ciriaco 3b 5 1 1 0
Ellsbury cf 4 0 1 1
Pedroia 2b 4 0 0 1
Ross rf 4 2 2 0
Loney 1b 4 1 1 1
Saltalamacchia c 5 1 1 1
Lavarnway dh 3 1 2 2
Podsednik lf 4 0 1 0
Iglesias ss 3 1 0 0
Doubront p 0 0 0 0
  Mortensen p 0 0 0 0
  Tazawa p 0 0 0 0
  Padilla p 0 0 0 0
  Breslow p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 9 6
Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Jennings lf 2 2 0 0
Upton cf 3 1 0 0
Zobrist ss 4 0 2 4
Longoria dh 3 0 0 1
Keppinger 1b,3b 4 0 1 0
Francisco rf 2 0 0 0
  Lobaton c 0 0 0 0
  Scott ph 1 0 0 0
  Molina c 0 0 0 0
Roberts 2b 4 0 0 0
Gimenez c 2 0 0 0
  Joyce ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 1 1 0 0
  Pena ph,1b 0 1 0 0
Hellickson p 0 0 0 0
  McGee p 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Badenhop p 0 0 0 0
  Peralta p 0 0 0 0
  Rodney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 3 5
Boston 000 121 300790
Tampa Bay 003 000 200533
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Doubront  W(11-9) 6.0 1 3 3 5 5
  Mortensen   0.2 0 2 2 2 1
  Tazawa   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Padilla   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Breslow   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Bailey  SV(5) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
1
1
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Hellickson   4.0 5 3 3 2 7
  McGee   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Farnsworth  L(1-6) 0.2 2 1 0 0 0
  Davis   1.0 2 3 3 2 1
  Badenhop   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Peralta   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Rodney   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0

  E–Rodriguez 2 (18), Hellickson (1).  DP–Boston 1. Iglesias-Pedroia-Loney.  2B–Boston Ross (32,off Hellickson); Lavarnway (6,off Davis).  SF–Pedroia (5,off McGee); Longoria (3,off Doubront).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Pena (12,by Mortensen).  Team–6.  SB–Ross (2,2nd base off Davis/Gimenez).  U-HP–D.J. Reyburn, 1B–Ted Barrett, 2B–Marvin Hudson, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–4:09.  A–11,502.
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