Tampa Bay 13, Boston 4
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(97-65)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay 3 0 2 0 1 5 0 2 0 13 14 3
Boston 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 7 0
WP: A. Sonnanstine (1-0)
LP: T. Wakefield (0-1)
(95-67)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Tampa Bay
- C. Pena homered to deep center, B.J. Upton scored
- E. Longoria homered to deep left
Top 3rd: Tampa Bay
- W. Aybar homered to deep left, C. Crawford scored
Bot 3rd: Boston
- K. Cash homered to deep left
Top 5th: Tampa Bay
- W. Aybar singled to left, C. Crawford scored, W. Aybar out at second
Top 6th: Tampa Bay
- B.J. Upton singled to left, J. Bartlett scored, A. Iwamura to second
- E. Longoria walked, A. Iwamura scored, B.J. Upton to third, C. Pena to second
- C. Crawford singled to left center, B.J. Upton scored, C. Pena to third, E. Longoria to second
- W. Aybar singled to left, C. Pena scored, E. Longoria to third, C. Crawford to second
- D. Navarro grounded out to third, E. Longoria scored, C. Crawford to third, W. Aybar to second
Bot 7th: Boston
- K. Youkilis grounded out to shortstop, D. Ortiz scored
Top 8th: Tampa Bay
- C. Crawford tripled to right center, C. Pena scored
- W. Aybar singled to right, C. Crawford scored
Bot 8th: Boston
- D. Pedroia singled to center, J. Lowrie scored, D. Pedroia to second on center fielder B.J. Upton's fielding error
- K. Youkilis doubled to center, D. Pedroia scored
 Tampa Bay
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Series Avg 
A. Iwamura 2b 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 .222
B.J. Upton cf 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 .312
C. Pena 1b 3 3 1 2 2 1 1 .333
E. Longoria 3b 4 2 1 2 1 1 0 .294
C. Crawford lf 5 3 5 2 0 0 0 .500
W. Aybar dh 5 1 4 5 0 1 1 .500
D. Navarro c 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 .188
F. Perez rf 5 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000
J. Bartlett ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .188
    B. Zobrist ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
 Totals 39 13 14 13 7 7 8  
 Batting
2B - C Crawford 2 (2, J Masterson, T Wakefield).
3B - J Bartlett (1, M Delcarmen); C Crawford (1, M Timlin).
HR - C Pena (2, 1st inning off T Wakefield 1 on, 1 Out), E Longoria (3, 1st inning off T Wakefield 0 on, 1 Out), W Aybar (1, 3rd inning off T Wakefield 1 on, 2 Out).
RBI - C Pena 2 (4), E Longoria 2 (6), W Aybar 5 (5), B Upton (6), C Crawford 2 (4), D Navarro (2).
2-out RBI - W Aybar 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - F Perez 3.
GIDP - D Navarro.
Team LOB - 6.
 Base Running
SB - B Upton (2, 2nd base off T Wakefield/K Cash), C Crawford 2 (2, 2nd base off T Wakefield/K Cash, 3rd base off T Wakefield/K Cash).
 
 Fielding
E - E Longoria 2 (2, ground ball, throw); B Upton (1, bobble).
DP - 1 (A Iwamura-J Bartlett-C Pena).
 Boston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Series Avg 
J.D. Drew rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 .154
D. Pedroia 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 .467
D. Ortiz dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .071
K. Youkilis 3b 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 .389
J. Bay lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .400
M. Kotsay 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .235
    S. Casey ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
C. Crisp cf 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 .375
K. Cash c 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 .333
    J. Ellsbury ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
J. Lowrie ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .100
 Totals 34 4 7 4 3 7 11  
 Batting
2B - K Youkilis (3, T Miller).
3B - D Ortiz (1, A Sonnanstine).
HR - K Cash (1, 3rd inning off A Sonnanstine 0 on, 0 Out).
RBI - K Cash (1), K Youkilis 2 (4), D Pedroia (3).
2-out RBI - K Youkilis.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Drew 1, K Cash 1, J Bay 1.
GIDP - C Crisp.
Team LOB - 6.
 Fielding
Outfield assists - J Bay (W Aybar at 2nd base).
DP - 1 (D Pedroia-J Lowrie-M Kotsay).
 Tampa Bay
  IP H R ER BB K HR Series ERA 
A. Sonnanstine (W, 1-0) 7.1 6 4 3 1 2 1 3.68
T. Miller 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
E. Jackson 1.1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.00
 Boston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Series ERA 
T. Wakefield (L, 0-1) 2.2 6 5 5 2 2 3 16.88
J. Masterson 2.1 2 1 1 1 4 0 2.45
M. Delcarmen 0.1 2 5 5 3 1 0 22.50
J. Lopez 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
M. Timlin 2.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 10.12
Pitches-strikes - A Sonnanstine 97-63; T Miller 6-5; E Jackson 25-14; T Wakefield 44-30; J Masterson 39-26; M Delcarmen 28-13; J Lopez 26-18; M Timlin 31-17.
Ground balls-fly balls - A Sonnanstine 11-9; T Miller 0-0; E Jackson 0-0; T Wakefield 2-4; J Masterson 2-0; M Delcarmen 0-0; J Lopez 4-1; M Timlin 4-2.
Batters faced - A Sonnanstine 29; T Miller 2; E Jackson 6; T Wakefield 16; J Masterson 9; M Delcarmen 6; J Lopez 7; M Timlin 8.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Brian Gorman. 1B--Alfonso Marquez. 2B--Derryl Cousins. 3B--Tim Mcclelland. LF--Sam Holbrook. RF--Brian O'Nora.
Time: 3:07.
Attendance: 38,133.
Weather: 60 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 13 mph, out to center.
Game Notes
THE HOME RUNS BY TAMPA BAY'S CARLOS PENA AND EVAN LONGORIA IN THE FIRST INNING WERE HIT BACK-TO-BACK.

Updated on Tuesday, Oct 14, 2008 11:18 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 Tampa Bay
W. Aybar Willy Aybar
4-5, 1 HR
5 RBI
 Boston
K. Cash Kevin Cash
1-3, 1 HR
1 RBI