Boston 7, Tampa Bay 3
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(16-15)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 8 1
Boston 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 2 X 7 11 1
WP: J. Lester (2-2) S: J. Papelbon (9)
LP: S. Kazmir (0-1)
(20-13)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Bot 1st: Boston
- K. Youkilis hit sacrifice fly to center, J. Ellsbury scored
Bot 3rd: Boston
- D. Pedroia scored, K. Youkilis to third on wild pitch
- M. Ramirez doubled to left, K. Youkilis scored
Bot 4th: Boston
- D. Pedroia grounded out to third, C. Crisp scored, J. Lugo to second
Top 6th: Tampa Bay
- C. Pena homered to deep right
Top 7th: Tampa Bay
- A. Iwamura tripled to deep center, J. Bartlett scored
- C. Crawford singled to left, A. Iwamura scored
Bot 7th: Boston
- K. Youkilis homered to deep center
Bot 8th: Boston
- K. Youkilis doubled to deep left, J. Lugo and J. Ellsbury scored
 Tampa Bay
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
A. Iwamura 2b 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 .221
C. Crawford lf 5 0 1 1 0 1 2 .287
B.J. Upton cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .286
C. Pena 1b 4 1 1 1 0 3 3 .215
E. Longoria 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .239
J. Gomes dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .226
E. Hinske rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .279
S. Riggans c 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .222
    D. Navarro ph-c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .364
J. Bartlett ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .243
 Totals 35 3 8 3 3 7 16  
 Batting
3B - A Iwamura (1, M Delcarmen).
HR - C Pena (7, 6th inning off J Lester 0 on, 1 Out).
RBI - C Pena (17), A Iwamura (9), C Crawford (18).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Iwamura 1, E Longoria 1.
GIDP - E Hinske.
Team LOB - 8.
 Fielding
E - S Riggans (3, throw).
PB - S Riggans 2.
 Boston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Ellsbury lf 4 2 1 0 1 1 6 .291
D. Pedroia 2b 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 .314
K. Youkilis 1b 4 2 3 4 0 0 3 .307
M. Ramirez dh 5 0 1 1 0 1 1 .317
M. Lowell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .204
J. Varitek c 4 0 2 0 0 2 1 .267
J.D. Drew rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 .271
C. Crisp cf 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 .308
J. Lugo ss 3 1 1 0 1 1 3 .290
 Totals 34 7 11 6 5 9 23  
 Batting
2B - K Youkilis 2 (9, S Kazmir, S Dohmann); M Ramirez (10, S Kazmir); J Varitek (7, D Wheeler); J Lugo (6, T Miller).
HR - K Youkilis (3, 7th inning off D Wheeler 0 on, 0 Out).
SF - K Youkilis.
RBI - K Youkilis 4 (20), M Ramirez (23), D Pedroia (18).
2-out RBI - K Youkilis 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Ramirez 1, M Lowell 1, J Drew 2, K Youkilis 1, D Pedroia 1, J Ellsbury 1.
Team LOB - 9.
 Base Running
SB - J Ellsbury 2 (11, 2nd base off S Dohmann/D Navarro, 3rd base off S Kazmir/S Riggans), D Pedroia (4, 2nd base off S Kazmir/S Riggans), C Crisp (5, 2nd base off S Kazmir/S Riggans), J Lugo (4, 3rd base off S Dohmann/D Navarro).
 
 Fielding
E - J Lugo (9, ground ball).
DP - 1 (D Pedroia-J Lugo-K Youkilis).
 Tampa Bay
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
S. Kazmir (L, 0-1) 4.0 6 4 3 3 5 0 6.75
K. Birkins 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0.90
D. Wheeler 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1.69
T. Miller 0.1 1 2 2 1 0 0 4.00
S. Dohmann 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.02
 Boston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
J. Lester (W, 2-2) 6.0 4 1 1 3 5 1 3.94
M. Delcarmen (H, 4) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0 0 7.30
H. Okajima (H, 5) 1.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0.71
J. Papelbon (S, 9) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.76
WP - S Kazmir.
Pitches-strikes - S Kazmir 90-55; K Birkins 32-21; D Wheeler 20-12; T Miller 9-5; S Dohmann 12-8; J Lester 112-72; M Delcarmen 19-14; H Okajima 23-15; J Papelbon 15-13.
Ground balls-fly balls - S Kazmir 4-3; K Birkins 2-2; D Wheeler 1-1; T Miller 0-1; S Dohmann 0-1; J Lester 8-5; M Delcarmen 1-0; H Okajima 2-0; J Papelbon 4-0.
Batters faced - S Kazmir 21; K Birkins 8; D Wheeler 5; T Miller 3; S Dohmann 3; J Lester 25; M Delcarmen 3; H Okajima 6; J Papelbon 4.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Chris Guccione. 1B--Tim Welke. 2B--Chuck Meriwether. 3B--Bill Welke.
Time: 3:39.
Attendance: 37,091.
Weather: 49 degrees, drizzle.
Wind: 11 mph, in from right.

Updated on Monday, May 5, 2008 5:04 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 Tampa Bay
A. Iwamura Akinori Iwamura
2-5
1 RBI
 Boston
K. Youkilis Kevin Youkilis
3-4, 1 HR
4 RBI