| A Kevin Youkilis triple and David Ortiz single to lead off the 2nd inning give the Sox a run and look to be enough with Jon Lester in complete control. But, Tampa finally gets on the board when Carlos Pena homers in the 8th, and it ties the game. With a nice low pitch count I leave Lester in for the 9th, but Jason Bartless singles and Evan Longoria doubles for runners on second and third. With two outs, Willy Aybar hits what should be the third out, but with a card reading having that dreaded dollar sign ($), it turns the out into a clutch single with having the runners in scoring position and two out, and Bartlett crosses the plate for a walk-off win for the Rays. It all adds up to a complete game, tough luck loss for Lester. How many times can you allow only two runs, strike out 12 and still lose the game? The 12 K does give Lester his fourth double digit strikeout game of the season, and the major league lead in whiffs with 89. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2010 Boston Red Sox At 2010 Tampa Bay Rays 5/25/2010
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Rays AB R H RBI AVG
M.Scutaro SS 4 0 1 0 .218 J.Bartlett SS 4 1 3 0 .280
D.Pedroia 2B 4 0 1 0 .292 C.Crawford LF 4 0 0 0 .285
J.Drew RF 4 0 0 0 .269 B.Zobrist 2B 4 0 0 0 .206
K.Youkilis 1B 4 1 1 0 .253 E.Longoria 3B 4 0 1 0 .307
D.Ortiz DH 2 0 1 1 .203 W.Aybar DH 4 0 1 1 .203
A-B.Hall PR,DH 0 0 0 0 .238 C.Pena 1B 3 1 1 1 .230
A.Beltre 3B 4 0 2 0 .362 B.Upton CF 2 0 0 0 .229
J.Hermida LF 3 0 0 0 .198 D.Navarro C 3 0 0 0 .234
J.Varitek C 3 0 0 0 .170 G.Kapler RF 2 0 1 0 .197
M.Cameron CF 3 0 0 0 .156
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Totals 31 1 6 1 Totals 30 2 7 2
A-Pinch Ran For Ortiz In 9th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 0
Rays............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 7 0
Red Sox (22-25) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Lester LOSS(3-6) 8 2/3 7 2 2 0 12 1 101 3.30
Totals 8 2/3 7 2 2 0 12 1
Rays (27-19) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Shields 7 6 1 1 1 7 0 104 4.47
A.Sonnanstin WIN(2-0) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 3.67
Totals 9 6 1 1 2 7 0
ATTENDANCE- 33,354 DATE- Tuesday, May 25th 2010 TIME- Night
UMPIRES- Chuck Meriwether, Eric Cooper, Scott Barry, Mike Reilly
T- 2:10
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 5 Rays: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Rays: 2
DOUBLES- A.Beltre(16th), E.Longoria(16th)
TRIPLES- K.Youkilis(3rd)
HOME RUNS- C.Pena(11th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Bartlett, G.Kapler
WALKS- D.Ortiz-2
HIT BY PITCH- B.Upton, G.Kapler
STRIKE OUTS- M.Scutaro, J.Drew, K.Youkilis-2, J.Hermida, J.Varitek, M.Cameron,
J.Bartlett, C.Crawford-3, B.Zobrist-2, E.Longoria, W.Aybar, C.Pena,
B.Upton, D.Navarro, G.Kapler
GIDP- J.Drew, A.Beltre, D.Navarro
WILD PITCHES- J.Shields
2-out RBI- W.Aybar
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Gabe Kapler robbed J.D. Drew of an extra base hit.
Top 6th: Jason Bartlett robbed Adrian Beltre of a base hit.
In an exciting finish the Tampa Bay Rays pulled out a win over the Boston Red
Sox by a score of 2 to 1 at Tropicana Field.
The game was won by Tampa Bay with a run in the 9th inning. Jason Bartlett
slapped a one-base hit. Carl Crawford struck out, unable to help the rally.
After another out, Evan Longoria came up and he doubled. Willy Aybar stepped
in and he laced a base-hit resulting in an exciting win for Tampa Bay and a
wild post-game celebration by the home town fans. Tampa Bay totaled 7 hits
on the night.
Andy Sonnanstine(2-0) got the win allowing no runs in 2 innings. Jon
Lester(3-6) was the losing pitcher. Although losing the contest, he whiffed
12 batters in 8 and 2/3 innings.
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