Boston 8, Tampa Bay 7
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(97-65)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay 2 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 8 1
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 8 11 0
WP: J. Masterson (1-0)
LP: J.P. Howell (0-1)
(95-67)
  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Tampa Bay
- B.J. Upton homered to deep left, A. Iwamura scored
Top 3rd: Tampa Bay
- C. Pena homered to deep right, B.J. Upton scored
- E. Longoria homered to deep left
Top 7th: Tampa Bay
- B.J. Upton doubled to deep left center, J. Bartlett and A. Iwamura scored
Bot 7th: Boston
- D. Pedroia singled to right, J. Lowrie scored, C. Crisp to third
- D. Ortiz homered to deep right, C. Crisp and D. Pedroia scored
Bot 8th: Boston
- J.D. Drew homered to deep right, J. Bay scored
- C. Crisp singled to right, M. Kotsay scored, C. Crisp out at second
Bot 9th: Boston
- J.D. Drew singled to deep right, K. Youkilis scored, J. Bay to third
 Tampa Bay
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Series Avg 
A. Iwamura 2b 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 .238
B.J. Upton cf 4 2 3 4 1 1 1 .400
C. Pena 1b 4 1 2 2 1 1 2 .368
E. Longoria 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 3 .286
C. Crawford lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .409
C. Floyd dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250
    W. Aybar ph-dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .429
D. Navarro c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150
G. Gross rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000
J. Bartlett ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .211
 Totals 33 7 8 7 6 6 11  
 Batting
2B - B Upton (1, J Papelbon).
HR - B Upton (3, 1st inning off D Matsuzaka 1 on, 0 Out), C Pena (3, 3rd inning off D Matsuzaka 1 on, 1 Out), E Longoria (4, 3rd inning off D Matsuzaka 0 on, 1 Out).
RBI - B Upton 4 (10), C Pena 2 (6), E Longoria (7).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Crawford 2, J Bartlett 1.
GIDP - E Longoria, C Pena.
Team LOB - 5.
 Base Running
SB - G Gross (1, 2nd base off D Matsuzaka/J Varitek), A Iwamura 2 (2, 2nd base off J Papelbon/J Varitek, 3rd base off H Okajima/J Varitek), J Bartlett (1, 3rd base off J Papelbon/J Varitek).
 
 Fielding
E - E Longoria (3, throw).
Outfield assists - G Gross (C Crisp at 2nd base).
 Boston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Series Avg 
C. Crisp cf 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 .417
D. Pedroia 2b 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 .400
D. Ortiz dh 5 1 1 3 0 2 1 .105
K. Youkilis 3b 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 .409
J. Bay lf 3 1 0 0 2 2 3 .333
J.D. Drew rf 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 .235
J. Lowrie ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .143
J. Varitek c 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
    S. Casey ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
    K. Cash c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
M. Kotsay 1b 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 .286
 Totals 36 8 11 8 5 9 11  
 Batting
2B - J Lowrie (1, G Balfour); M Kotsay (3, D Wheeler).
HR - D Ortiz (1, 7th inning off G Balfour 2 on, 2 Out), J Drew (1, 8th inning off D Wheeler 1 on, 0 Out).
RBI - D Pedroia (4), D Ortiz 3 (3), J Drew 3 (3), C Crisp (1).
2-out RBI - D Pedroia, D Ortiz 3, C Crisp, J Drew.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - C Crisp 1, M Kotsay 1, J Bay 1.
Team LOB - 8.
 Fielding
DP - 2 (J Lowrie-D Pedroia-M Kotsay, D Pedroia-J Lowrie-M Kotsay).
 Tampa Bay
  IP H R ER BB K HR Series ERA 
S. Kazmir 6.0 2 0 0 3 7 0 4.35
G. Balfour 0.2 4 4 4 0 0 1 22.50
D. Wheeler (BS, 2) 1.1 3 3 3 1 1 1 5.79
J.P. Howell (L, 0-1) 0.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 4.50
 Boston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Series ERA 
D. Matsuzaka 4.0 5 5 5 2 2 3 4.09
H. Okajima 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
M. Delcarmen 0.0 0 2 2 2 0 0 31.50
J. Papelbon 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0.00
J. Masterson (W, 1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.93
WP - S Kazmir.
IBB - C Pena (by J Papelbon), J Bay (by J Howell).
HBP - J Varitek (by S Kazmir).
Pitches-strikes - S Kazmir 111-62; G Balfour 25-15; D Wheeler 33-19; J Howell 25-14; D Matsuzaka 82-53; H Okajima 28-17; M Delcarmen 17-9; J Papelbon 38-23; J Masterson 15-7.
Ground balls-fly balls - S Kazmir 7-4; G Balfour 0-2; D Wheeler 0-2; J Howell 1-0; D Matsuzaka 3-7; H Okajima 2-2; M Delcarmen 0-0; J Papelbon 3-1; J Masterson 2-1.
Batters faced - S Kazmir 24; G Balfour 6; D Wheeler 7; J Howell 5; D Matsuzaka 19; H Okajima 7; M Delcarmen 2; J Papelbon 7; J Masterson 4.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Alfonso Marquez. 1B--Derryl Cousins. 2B--Tim Mcclelland. 3B--Sam Holbrook. LF--Brian O'Nora. RF--Brian Gorman.
Time: 4:08.
Attendance: 38,437.
Weather: 66 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 15 mph, left to right.
Game Notes
THE HOME RUNS BY TAMPA BAY'S CARLOS PENA AND EVAN LONGORIA IN THE THIRD INNING WERE HIT BACK-TO-BACK.

Updated on Friday, Oct 17, 2008 12:25 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 Tampa Bay
B.J. Upton B.J. Upton
3-4, 1 HR
4 RBI
 Boston
J.D. Drew J.D. Drew
2-4, 1 HR
3 RBI