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Boston 10, Tampa Bay 6
Preview - Box Score - Recap

(15-9)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 2 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 10 13 1
Tampa Bay 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 6 11 2
WP: T. Wakefield (3-1)
LP: J. Niemann (2-3)
(10-15)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Boston
- J.D. Drew doubled to deep right, K. Youkilis and D. Pedroia scored
Bot 1st: Tampa Bay
- C. Pena singled to right center, E. Longoria scored
Top 2nd: Boston
- N. Green singled to second, M. Lowell and G. Kottaras scored
- D. Pedroia singled to right, J. Ellsbury scored, D. Pedroia to second on right fielder G. Kapler's throwing error
Top 3rd: Boston
- N. Green singled to center, J. Bay scored, G. Kottaras to third
Bot 4th: Tampa Bay
- C. Pena homered to deep right
Bot 5th: Tampa Bay
- E. Longoria singled to left, D. Navarro and B.J. Upton scored
- P. Burrell doubled to left, E. Longoria scored, C. Pena to third
Top 6th: Boston
- K. Youkilis doubled to left, D. Pedroia and J. Ellsbury scored, D. Ortiz to third
Top 7th: Boston
- M. Lowell homered to deep left
- K. Youkilis walked, N. Green scored, D. Pedroia to third, D. Ortiz to second
Bot 9th: Tampa Bay
- P. Burrell singled to right center, C. Crawford scored
 Boston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
J. Ellsbury cf 6 2 2 0 0 1 2 .276
D. Pedroia 2b 3 2 2 1 3 0 1 .309
D. Ortiz dh 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .215
K. Youkilis 1b 3 1 1 3 1 0 3 .402
J.D. Drew rf 5 0 1 2 0 3 6 .239
J. Bay lf 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .316
    J. Bailey ph-lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167
M. Lowell 3b 5 2 2 1 0 0 1 .312
G. Kottaras c 4 1 1 0 1 2 0 .143
N. Green ss 5 1 3 3 0 1 0 .304
 Totals 38 10 13 10 7 8 17  
 Batting
2B - J Drew (7, J Niemann); G Kottaras (2, J Niemann); D Pedroia (8, L Cormier); K Youkilis (11, B Shouse); N Green (6, B Shouse).
HR - M Lowell (5, 7th inning off B Shouse 0 on, 0 Out).
RBI - J Drew 2 (13), N Green 3 (10), D Pedroia (8), K Youkilis 3 (18), M Lowell (24).
2-out RBI - J Drew 2, N Green, K Youkilis.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Bailey 2, J Drew 3, J Bay 1, J Ellsbury 1.
GIDP - K Youkilis, D Pedroia.
Team LOB - 10.
 Base Running
SB - J Ellsbury 3 (13, 2nd base off G Balfour/D Navarro, 2nd base off J Niemann/D Navarro, 3rd base off G Balfour/D Navarro), J Bay (3, 2nd base off J Niemann/D Navarro).
CS - N Green (2, 2nd base by J Niemann/D Navarro).
 
 Fielding
E - N Green (6, throw).
PB - G Kottaras.
 Tampa Bay
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
B.J. Upton cf 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 .174
C. Crawford lf 5 1 2 0 0 1 4 .290
E. Longoria 3b 5 2 2 2 0 1 2 .370
C. Pena 1b 3 1 2 2 2 0 0 .269
P. Burrell dh 5 0 2 2 0 2 2 .262
B. Zobrist ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 3 .280
A. Iwamura 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .298
G. Kapler rf 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 .229
    G. Gross ph-rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
D. Navarro c 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .169
 Totals 37 6 11 6 3 10 15  
 Batting
2B - E Longoria (12, T Wakefield); P Burrell (4, T Wakefield).
HR - C Pena (11, 4th inning off T Wakefield 0 on, 0 Out).
S - D Navarro.
RBI - C Pena 2 (27), E Longoria 2 (30), P Burrell 2 (11).
2-out RBI - C Pena, E Longoria 2, P Burrell 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Crawford 2, A Iwamura 1, B Zobrist 2, E Longoria 1.
Team LOB - 9.
 Base Running
SB - C Crawford (11, 2nd base off T Wakefield/G Kottaras).
 
 Fielding
E - A Iwamura (4, ground ball); G Kapler (1, throw).
DP - 2 (E Longoria-C Pena, A Iwamura-B Zobrist-C Pena).
 Boston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
T. Wakefield (W, 3-1) 5.0 7 5 5 2 5 1 2.91
H. Okajima (H, 3) 2.0 2 0 0 1 3 0 4.63
R. Ramirez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
T. Saito 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 5.00
 Tampa Bay
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
J. Niemann (L, 2-3) 3.0 7 6 5 3 3 0 5.68
L. Cormier 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.25
G. Balfour 0.1 1 2 2 2 1 0 8.22
B. Shouse 1.1 3 2 2 2 2 1 4.15
J. Nelson 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.38
T. Percival 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.84
WP - J Niemann.
IBB - D Pedroia (by B Shouse).
HBP - K Youkilis (by J Niemann); D Navarro (by T Wakefield); D Ortiz (by B Shouse).
Pitches-strikes - T Wakefield 101-55; H Okajima 34-22; R Ramirez 10-7; T Saito 27-19; J Niemann 76-46; L Cormier 22-14; G Balfour 29-17; B Shouse 45-24; J Nelson 14-10; T Percival 12-10.
Ground balls-fly balls - T Wakefield 7-3; H Okajima 2-1; R Ramirez 0-3; T Saito 1-0; J Niemann 3-2; L Cormier 2-3; G Balfour 0-0; B Shouse 1-1; J Nelson 1-2; T Percival 3-0.
Batters faced - T Wakefield 25; H Okajima 9; R Ramirez 3; T Saito 5; J Niemann 19; L Cormier 7; G Balfour 4; B Shouse 10; J Nelson 4; T Percival 3.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Wally Bell. 1B--Marty Foster. 2B--Marvin Hudson. 3B--John Hirschbeck.
Time: 3:24.
Attendance: 34,910.
Weather: INDOORS
Game Notes
BOSTON RIGHT FIELDER JASON BAY LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE SIXTH INNING DUE TO A LEFT ANKLE CONTUSSION.
TAMPA BAY PITCHING COACH JIM HICKEY WAS EJECTED BY THIRD BASE UMPIRE JOHN HIRSCHBECK IN THE TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING FOR ARGUING BALLS AND STRIKES.

Updated on Sunday, May 3, 2009 4:01 am ET

 
 Top Batters
 Boston
N. Green Nick Green
3-5
3 RBI
 Tampa Bay
C. Pena Carlos Pena
2-3, 1 HR
2 RBI