Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox
October 14, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 14, 2008 at Fenway Park. The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Boston Red Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Tampa Bay Rays 13, Boston Red Sox 4

Tampa Bay Rays ab   r   h rbi
Iwamura 2b 5 1 0 0
Upton cf 3 2 1 1
Pena 1b 3 3 1 2
Longoria 3b 4 2 1 2
Crawford lf 5 3 5 2
Aybar dh 5 1 4 5
Navarro c 4 0 1 1
Perez rf 5 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 4 1 1 0
  Zobrist ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Sonnanstine p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 13 14 13
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Drew rf 5 0 0 0
Pedroia 2b 4 1 1 1
Ortiz dh 4 1 1 0
Youkilis 3b 4 0 1 2
Bay lf 4 0 1 0
Kotsay 1b 3 0 1 0
  Casey ph 1 0 0 0
Crisp cf 2 0 0 0
Cash c 3 1 1 1
  Ellsbury ph 0 0 0 0
Lowrie ss 4 1 1 0
Wakefield p 0 0 0 0
  Masterson p 0 0 0 0
  Delcarmen p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Timlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
Tampa Bay 302 015 02013143
Boston 001 000 120470
  Tampa Bay Rays IP H R ER BB SO
Sonnanstine  W (1-0) 7.1 6 4 3 1 2
  Miller  0.1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Jackson  1.1 0.0 0 0 2 4 0
Totals
8.1
7
4
3
3
7
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Wakefield  L (0-1) 2.2 6 5 5 2 2
  Masterson  2.1 2.0 1 1 1 4 0
  Delcarmen  0.1 2.0 5 5 3 1 0
  Lopez  1.2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Timlin  2 2.0 2 2 1 0 0
Totals
10.2
14
13
13
7
7

  E–Upton (1), Longoria 2 (2).  DP–Tampa Bay 1 Iwamura-Bartlett-Pena, Boston 1 Pedroia-Lowrie-Kotsay.  2B–Tampa Bay Crawford 2 (2,off Wakefield,off Masterson), Boston Youkilis (3,off Miller).  3B–Tampa Bay Bartlett (1,off Delcarmen); Crawford (1,off Timlin), Boston Ortiz (1,off Sonnanstine).  HR–Tampa Bay Pena (2,1st inning off Wakefield 1 on 1 out); Longoria (3,1st inning off Wakefield 0 on 1 out); Aybar (1,3rd inning off Wakefield 1 on 2 out), Boston Cash (1,3rd inning off Sonnanstine 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  SB–Upton (2,2nd base off Wakefield/Cash); Crawford 2 (2,3rd base off Wakefield/Cash,2nd base off Wakefield/Cash).  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Alfonso Marquez, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:07.  A–38,133.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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