Boston 4, Tampa Bay 2
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(95-67)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 10 0
Tampa Bay 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 1
WP: J. Beckett (1-0) S: J. Papelbon (2)
LP: J. Shields (0-2)
(97-65)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Bot 1st: Tampa Bay
- B.J. Upton homered to deep left
Top 2nd: Boston
- K. Youkilis homered to deep left
Top 3rd: Boston
- K. Youkilis grounded out to shortstop, D. Pedroia scored, D. Ortiz to third
Bot 5th: Tampa Bay
- J. Bartlett homered to deep left
Top 6th: Boston
- J. Varitek homered to deep right
- D. Ortiz singled to center, C. Crisp scored, D. Pedroia to second
 Boston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Series Avg 
C. Crisp cf 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 .500
D. Pedroia 2b 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 .333
D. Ortiz dh 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 .174
K. Youkilis 3b 5 1 1 2 0 1 4 .370
J.D. Drew rf 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 .286
J. Bay lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .286
M. Kotsay 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 .269
J. Lowrie ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .118
J. Varitek c 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 .062
 Totals 36 4 10 4 6 4 17  
 Batting
2B - D Ortiz (1, J Shields); J Drew (1, J Shields).
HR - K Youkilis (2, 2nd inning off J Shields 0 on, 0 Out), J Varitek (1, 6th inning off J Shields 0 on, 2 Out).
RBI - K Youkilis 2 (6), J Varitek (1), D Ortiz (4).
2-out RBI - J Varitek, D Ortiz.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Varitek 3, M Kotsay 2, K Youkilis 1, J Bay 1.
GIDP - K Youkilis.
Team LOB - 12.
 Base Running
Picked Off - C Crisp (1st base, J Shields).
 
 Fielding
DP - 1 (J Lowrie-D Pedroia-M Kotsay).
 Tampa Bay
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Series Avg 
A. Iwamura 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .200
B.J. Upton cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 .375
C. Pena 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .318
E. Longoria 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .250
C. Crawford lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .385
C. Floyd dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200
    W. Aybar ph-dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375
D. Navarro c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .174
G. Gross rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
    B. Zobrist ph-rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
J. Bartlett ss 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .250
 Totals 29 2 4 2 2 6 9  
 Batting
HR - B Upton (4, 1st inning off J Beckett 0 on, 1 Out), J Bartlett (1, 5th inning off J Beckett 0 on, 2 Out).
RBI - B Upton (11), J Bartlett (1).
2-out RBI - J Bartlett.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Floyd 1.
GIDP - E Longoria.
Team LOB - 4.
 Base Running
SB - C Crawford (3, 2nd base off J Beckett/J Varitek).
CS - D Navarro (1, 2nd base by J Beckett/J Varitek).
 
 Fielding
E - J Bartlett (1, throw).
PB - D Navarro.
DP - 1 (E Longoria-A Iwamura-C Pena).
 Boston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Series ERA 
J. Beckett (W, 1-0) 5.0 4 2 2 1 3 2 9.64
H. Okajima (H, 2) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
J. Masterson (H, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.59
J. Papelbon (S, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
 Tampa Bay
  IP H R ER BB K HR Series ERA 
J. Shields (L, 0-2) 5.2 9 4 3 3 3 2 3.46
J.P. Howell 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.60
G. Balfour 0.1 0 0 0 2 0 0 19.29
C. Bradford 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.00
T. Miller 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
IBB - D Ortiz (by C Bradford).
HBP - J Bartlett 2 (by J Beckett, J Masterson); J Bay (by J Howell).
Pitches-strikes - J Beckett 78-50; H Okajima 32-20; J Masterson 18-12; J Papelbon 8-7; J Shields 109-65; J Howell 23-13; G Balfour 18-7; C Bradford 14-6; T Miller 1-1.
Ground balls-fly balls - J Beckett 6-5; H Okajima 1-4; J Masterson 0-2; J Papelbon 1-1; J Shields 3-10; J Howell 1-1; G Balfour 0-1; C Bradford 4-1; T Miller 0-1.
Batters faced - J Beckett 19; H Okajima 7; J Masterson 4; J Papelbon 3; J Shields 28; J Howell 6; G Balfour 3; C Bradford 5; T Miller 1.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Derryl Cousins. 1B--Tim Mcclelland. 2B--Sam Holbrook. 3B--Brian O'Nora. LF--Brian Gorman. RF--Alfonso Marquez.
Time: 3:48.
Attendance: 40,947.
Weather: INDOORS
Game Notes
HOME PLATE UMPIRE DERRYL COUSINS HAS LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE FOURTH INNING AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A FOUL BALL IN THE PREVIOUS INNING. HE HAS BEEN REPLACED BY TIM MCCLELLAND BEHIND THE PLATE.

Updated on Sunday, Oct 19, 2008 12:10 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 Boston
K. Youkilis Kevin Youkilis
1-5, 1 HR
2 RBI
 Tampa Bay
B.J. Upton B.J. Upton
1-4, 1 HR
1 RBI