Boston 5, Tampa Bay 3

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(0-1)	Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Tampa Bay 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 0 Boston 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 X 5 9 0 WP: J. Beckett (1-0) S: J. Papelbon (1) LP: J. Shields (0-1)	(1-0)

Scoring Summary

Bot 1st: Boston

- D. Pedroia homered to deep left

Top 3rd: Tampa Bay

- C. Crawford hit sacrifice fly to deep center, G. Gross scored, J. Bartlett to third

Bot 3rd: Boston

- J.D. Drew grounded out to first, D. Pedroia scored, K. Youkilis to second

- J. Bay singled to right, K. Youkilis scored

- M. Lowell doubled to left center, J. Bay scored

Bot 6th: Boston

- J. Varitek homered to deep right

Top 8th: Tampa Bay

- E. Longoria singled to center, J. Bartlett and A. Iwamura scored

Tampa Bay
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
A. Iwamura 2b	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	.500
C. Crawford lf	3	0	1	1	0	1	3	.333
E. Longoria 3b	4	0	1	2	0	1	4	.250
C. Pena 1b	4	0	0	0	0	4	3	.000
P. Burrell dh	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000
M. Joyce cf	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
D. Navarro c	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
G. Gross rf	3	1	0	0	1	3	0	.000
J. Bartlett ss	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Totals	29	3	3	3	4	14	13

Batting 2B - C Crawford (1, J Beckett). SF - C Crawford. RBI - C Crawford (1), E Longoria 2 (2). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - P Burrell 2, E Longoria 1. Team LOB - 5.

Base Running SB - G Gross (1, 2nd base off J Beckett/J Varitek), J Bartlett (1, 3rd base off J Masterson/J Varitek), A Iwamura (1, 2nd base off J Masterson/J Varitek).    Fielding Outfield assists - C Crawford (K Youkilis at 3rd base). DP - 1 (E Longoria-C Pena).

Boston
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
J. Ellsbury cf	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
D. Pedroia 2b	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	.333
D. Ortiz dh	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.333
K. Youkilis 1b	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	.500
J.D. Drew rf	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	.333
J. Bay lf	3	1	1	1	1	0	3	.333
M. Lowell 3b	4	0	1	1	0	0	5	.250
J. Lowrie ss	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.250
J. Varitek c	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	.250
Totals	32	5	9	5	4	3	13

Batting 2B - J Drew (1, J Shields); M Lowell (1, J Shields); K Youkilis (1, J Shields). HR - D Pedroia (1, 1st inning off J Shields 0 on, 1 Out), J Varitek (1, 6th inning off J Shields 0 on, 1 Out). RBI - D Pedroia (1), J Drew (1), J Bay (1), M Lowell (1), J Varitek (1). 2-out RBI - J Bay, M Lowell. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Varitek 1, M Lowell 2, J Bay 1. GIDP - M Lowell. Team LOB - 7.

Tampa Bay
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
J. Shields (L, 0-1)	5.1	9	5	5	3	2	2	8.44
L. Cormier	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
J. Nelson	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Boston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
J. Beckett (W, 1-0)	7.0	2	1	1	3	10	0	1.29
H. Okajima	0.1	0	2	2	1	1	0	54.00
J. Masterson (H, 1)	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
J. Papelbon (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00

WP - L Cormier.

HBP - J Bartlett (by H Okajima).

Pitches-strikes - J Shields 101-64; L Cormier 21-13; J Nelson 10-8; J Beckett 93-61; H Okajima 12-6; J Masterson 9-7; J Papelbon 15-8.

Ground balls-fly balls - J Shields 8-6; L Cormier 3-2; J Nelson 1-1; J Beckett 4-7; H Okajima 0-0; J Masterson 0-1; J Papelbon 0-1.

Batters faced - J Shields 27; L Cormier 6; J Nelson 3; J Beckett 26; H Okajima 3; J Masterson 3; J Papelbon 3.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Tim Tschida. 1B--Bob Davidson. 2B--Jeff Nelson. 3B--Mark Carlson. Time: 2:39. Attendance: 37,057. Weather: 45 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 17 mph, left to right.

Updated on Wednesday, Apr 8, 2009 3:23 am ET