Tampa Bay 3, Boston 1
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(95-67)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Tampa Bay 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 3 6 1
WP: M. Garza (2-0) S: D. Price (1)
LP: J. Lester (0-2)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Boston
- D. Pedroia homered to deep left
Bot 4th: Tampa Bay
- E. Longoria doubled to right, C. Pena scored
Bot 5th: Tampa Bay
- R. Baldelli singled to left, W. Aybar scored, D. Navarro to second
Bot 7th: Tampa Bay
- W. Aybar homered to deep left
 Boston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Series Avg 
C. Crisp cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .450
D. Pedroia 2b 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 .346
D. Ortiz dh 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 .154
K. Youkilis 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333
J.D. Drew rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 .250
J. Bay lf 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 .292
M. Kotsay 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .233
J. Varitek c 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .050
A. Cora ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143
    J. Lowrie ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .111
 Totals 30 1 3 1 5 12 16  
 Batting
HR - D Pedroia (3, 1st inning off M Garza 0 on, 1 Out).
RBI - D Pedroia (5).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Varitek 1, D Ortiz 1, J Drew 2.
Team LOB - 8.
 Base Running
SB - D Pedroia (2, 2nd base off M Garza/D Navarro).
CS - D Pedroia (1, 2nd base by M Garza/D Navarro).
 Tampa Bay
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Series Avg 
A. Iwamura 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .207
B.J. Upton cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .321
C. Pena 1b 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 .269
E. Longoria 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 .259
C. Crawford lf 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .345
W. Aybar dh 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 .421
D. Navarro c 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .192
R. Baldelli rf 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 .333
    G. Gross rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
J. Bartlett ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .217
 Totals 30 3 6 3 0 9 7  
 Batting
2B - E Longoria (3, J Lester); W Aybar (1, J Lester).
HR - W Aybar (2, 7th inning off J Lester 0 on, 0 Out).
RBI - E Longoria (8), R Baldelli (4), W Aybar (6).
2-out RBI - E Longoria.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Crawford 1, B Upton 2.
Team LOB - 3.
 Fielding
E - J Bartlett (2, ground ball).
DP - 1 (D Navarro-J Bartlett).
 Boston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Series ERA 
J. Lester (L, 0-2) 7.0 6 3 3 0 8 1 4.97
H. Okajima 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
 Tampa Bay
  IP H R ER BB K HR Series ERA 
M. Garza (W, 2-0) 7.0 2 1 1 3 9 1 1.38
D. Wheeler (H, 1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.40
J.P. Howell (H, 1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.38
C. Bradford 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.00
D. Price (S, 1) 1.1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.00
HBP - D Pedroia (by M Garza).
Pitches-strikes - J Lester 107-77; H Okajima 9-6; M Garza 118-75; D Wheeler 8-5; J Howell 7-5; C Bradford 6-2; D Price 24-15.
Ground balls-fly balls - J Lester 5-8; H Okajima 1-1; M Garza 5-6; D Wheeler 0-1; J Howell 1-0; C Bradford 0-0; D Price 1-0.
Batters faced - J Lester 27; H Okajima 3; M Garza 27; D Wheeler 2; J Howell 1; C Bradford 1; D Price 5.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Brian Gorman. 1B--Sam Holbrook. 2B--Brian O'Nora. 3B--Tim Mcclelland. LF--Alfonso Marquez. RF--Angel Hernandez.
Time: 3:31.
Attendance: 40,473.
Weather: INDOORS

Updated on Sunday, Oct 19, 2008 11:43 pm ET

  
 Top Batters
 Boston
D. Pedroia Dustin Pedroia
1-2, 1 HR
1 RBI
 Tampa Bay
W. Aybar Willy Aybar
2-3, 1 HR
1 RBI