Boston 8, Tampa Bay 1
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  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 8 9 0
Tampa Bay 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2
WP: J. Beckett (20-6)
LP: S. Kazmir (13-9)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Boston
- J. Ellsbury scored on D. Navarro's throwing error
Bot 1st: Tampa Bay
- D. Young doubled to right, G. Norton scored, C. Pena to third
Top 3rd: Boston
- D. Ortiz singled to right, E. Hinske scored, D. Pedroia to third
- D. Pedroia scored, D. Ortiz to second on wild pitch
Top 8th: Boston
- J. Varitek homered to deep right
Top 9th: Boston
- D. Ortiz homered to deep left, D. Pedroia and J. Ellsbury scored
- M. Lowell homered to deep left
 Boston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Ellsbury lf-cf 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 .372
D. Pedroia 2b 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 .318
D. Ortiz dh 5 1 3 4 0 2 1 .322
M. Lowell 3b 5 1 1 1 0 3 4 .326
B. Kielty rf 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 .235
J. Varitek c 4 1 1 1 0 2 3 .252
C. Crisp cf 3 0 0 0 1 3 6 .268
    B. Moss ph-lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .217
J. Lugo ss 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 .238
E. Hinske 1b 4 1 0 0 0 3 2 .211
 Totals 35 8 9 6 6 17 19  
 Batting
2B - J Ellsbury (5, S Kazmir).
3B - B Moss (1, G Balfour).
HR - J Varitek (14, 8th inning off G Glover 0 on, 0 Out), D Ortiz (32, 9th inning off J Ridgway 2 on, 0 Out), M Lowell (20, 9th inning off G Balfour 0 on, 0 Out).
S - D Pedroia.
RBI - D Ortiz 4 (111), J Varitek (64), M Lowell (110).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - E Hinske 1, C Crisp 4, J Lugo 1.
Team LOB - 10.
 Base Running
SB - C Crisp (27, 2nd base off S Kazmir/D Navarro).
 Tampa Bay
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
A. Iwamura 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .282
G. Norton dh 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .227
C. Pena 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .275
B.J. Upton cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .306
D. Young rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 .292
J. Gomes lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 4 .247
    J. Ruggiano ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
D. Navarro c 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .228
J. Velandia 2b 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 .556
J. Wilson ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .259
 Totals 31 1 4 1 2 13 8  
 Batting
2B - D Young (37, J Beckett).
RBI - D Young (91).
2-out RBI - D Young.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Gomes 3.
Team LOB - 5.
 Fielding
E - D Navarro 2 (12, throw 2).
 Boston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
J. Beckett (W, 20-6) 6.0 4 1 1 2 8 0 3.14
M. Delcarmen (H, 10) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.20
J. Lopez (H, 12) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.97
E. Gagne 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.10
 Tampa Bay
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
S. Kazmir (L, 13-9) 5.0 4 3 2 4 9 0 3.54
J. Switzer 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.79
S. Dohmann 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.41
G. Glover 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 5.18
J. Ridgway 0.0 1 3 3 1 0 1 INF
G. Balfour 1.0 2 1 1 1 3 1 6.75
WP - S Kazmir.
HBP - E Hinske (by S Kazmir); J Varitek (by S Kazmir); D Pedroia (by J Ridgway).
Pitches-strikes - J Beckett 113-78; M Delcarmen 16-10; J Lopez 6-5; E Gagne 12-9; S Kazmir 91-54; J Switzer 8-5; S Dohmann 19-13; G Glover 23-15; J Ridgway 13-6; G Balfour 33-19.
Ground balls-fly balls - J Beckett 5-5; M Delcarmen 1-1; J Lopez 1-0; E Gagne 1-0; S Kazmir 1-5; J Switzer 0-2; S Dohmann 1-0; G Glover 0-1; J Ridgway 0-0; G Balfour 0-0.
Batters faced - J Beckett 24; M Delcarmen 4; J Lopez 2; E Gagne 3; S Kazmir 25; J Switzer 3; S Dohmann 4; G Glover 4; J Ridgway 3; G Balfour 6.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Bill Welke. 1B--John Hirschbeck. 2B--Laz Diaz. 3B--Mike Dimuro.
Time: 3:23.
Attendance: 27,369.
Weather: INDOORS
Game Notes
THE HOME RUNS BY BOSTON'S DAVID ORTIZ AND MIKE LOWELL IN THE NINTH INNING WERE HIT BACK-TO-BACK.

Updated on Friday, Sep 21, 2007 10:40 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 Boston
D. Ortiz D. Ortiz
3-5, 1 HR
4 RBI
 Tampa Bay
D. Young D. Young
2-4
1 RBI