Boston 2, Tampa Bay 1
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(45-74)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 0
WP: E. Gagne (3-0)
LP: A. Reyes (1-2)
(72-47)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 4th: Tampa Bay
- C. Pena hit sacrifice fly to deep center, C. Crawford scored
Bot 9th: Boston
- M. Lowell homered to deep left
- C. Crisp singled to right, J. Varitek scored
 Tampa Bay
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
A. Iwamura 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .283
C. Crawford lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 1 .314
B.J. Upton cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 .320
C. Pena 1b 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 .262
D. Young rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .293
B. Harris 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .293
J. Gomes dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .265
J. Wilson ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .274
J. Paul c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179
 Totals 29 1 4 1 3 8 12  
 Batting
2B - C Crawford (30, J Lester); B Harris (26, E Gagne).
S - J Paul.
SF - C Pena.
RBI - C Pena (74).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Gomes 1, B Upton 2.
Team LOB - 6.
 Fielding
Outfield assists - B Upton (M Ramirez at 2nd base).
DP - 1 (J Wilson-C Pena).
 Boston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Lugo ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .236
D. Pedroia 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .328
D. Ortiz dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .313
M. Ramirez lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .292
M. Lowell 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 2 .311
K. Youkilis 1b 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 .299
J. Varitek c 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 .266
C. Crisp cf 4 0 1 1 0 2 3 .273
W. Pena rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .218
    J.D. Drew ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .261
 Totals 31 2 7 2 4 10 9  
 Batting
2B - D Pedroia (25, S Kazmir); J Varitek (13, Al Reyes).
HR - M Lowell (16, 9th inning off Al Reyes 0 on, 1 Out).
RBI - M Lowell (79), C Crisp (44).
2-out RBI - C Crisp.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Lowell 1.
GIDP - J Drew.
Team LOB - 7.
 Tampa Bay
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
S. Kazmir 6.0 4 0 0 3 8 0 3.44
G. Glover (H, 6) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.34
D. Wheeler (H, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.94
A. Reyes (L, 1-2; BS, 2) 0.2 3 2 2 0 2 1 4.64
 Boston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
J. Lester 7.0 2 1 1 1 4 0 5.14
M. Delcarmen 0.2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2.19
M. Timlin 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.35
E. Gagne (W, 3-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 3.52
IBB - C Crawford (by M Delcarmen).
Pitches-strikes - S Kazmir 95-55; G Glover 10-6; D Wheeler 17-9; Al Reyes 29-17; J Lester 97-62; M Delcarmen 20-9; M Timlin 4-4; E Gagne 17-11.
Ground balls-fly balls - S Kazmir 3-6; G Glover 3-0; D Wheeler 1-2; Al Reyes 0-0; J Lester 9-8; M Delcarmen 1-1; M Timlin 0-0; E Gagne 0-0.
Batters faced - S Kazmir 24; G Glover 3; D Wheeler 3; Al Reyes 5; J Lester 24; M Delcarmen 5; M Timlin 1; E Gagne 4.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Fieldin Culbreth. 1B--Paul Schrieber. 2B--Tim Mcclelland. 3B--Marty Foster.
Time: 3:03.
Attendance: 36,837.
Weather: 66 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, out to left.

Updated on Tuesday, Aug 14, 2007 10:28 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 Tampa Bay
C. Crawford C. Crawford
1-3
 Boston
M. Lowell M. Lowell
1-4, 1 HR
1 RBI