Final
Boston leads 1-0 (as of 9/15)
| Game 1: Monday, September 15 | ||
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| Boston | 13 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 5 | |
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| Game 2: Tuesday, September 16 | ||
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| Boston | 1 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 2 | |
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| Game 3: Wednesday, September 17 | ||
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| Boston | 3 | Final |
| Tampa Bay | 10 | |
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7:10 PM ET, September 15, 2008
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
W: D. Matsuzaka (17-2)
L: S. Kazmir (12-7)
| Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| C Crisp CF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .289 | ||
| D Pedroia 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .327 | ||
| a-K Cash PH-3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .231 | ||
| D Ortiz DH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .265 | ||
| C Carter PR-DH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .667 | ||
| K Youkilis 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .312 | ||
| b-J Bailey PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .270 | ||
| M Lowell 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .275 | ||
| A Cora PR-SS-2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .283 | ||
| J Bay LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .300 | ||
| D Ross C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | ||
| J Lowrie SS-3B-SS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .275 | ||
| J Varitek C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .224 | ||
| J Van Every RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | ||
| J Ellsbury RF-LF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .267 | ||
| Totals | 35 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 12 | |||
| a-walked for D Pedroia in the 7th b-struck out swinging for K Youkilis in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: C Crisp (16, S Kazmir); D Ortiz (27, M Talbot); K Youkilis (40, M Talbot) HR: D Ortiz (19, 1st inning off S Kazmir 2 on, 0 Out); M Lowell (17, 1st inning off S Kazmir 0 on, 1 Out); J Bay (8, 4th inning off S Kazmir 0 on, 0 Out); J Varitek (13, 4th inning off S Kazmir 1 on, 0 Out); K Youkilis (26, 4th inning off M Talbot 1 on, 1 Out); J Ellsbury (8, 5th inning off M Talbot 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: D Ortiz 4 (81), M Lowell (73), J Bay (34), J Varitek 2 (40), D Pedroia (79), K Youkilis 3 (105), J Ellsbury (45) 2-out RBI: J Ellsbury GIDP: J Varitek, J Bay Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: J Varitek 1 Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: J Ellsbury (9, 2nd base by S Kazmir) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (A Cora-J Lowrie-J Bailey). | ||||||||||
| Boston Red Sox | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| D Matsuzaka (W, 17-2) | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 101-62 | 2.93 | |
| C Smith | 2.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 49-31 | 7.31 | |
| M Timlin | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8-4 | 5.96 | |
| D Pauley | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19-8 | 7.71 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 177-105 | ||
| PITCHING HBP: E Longoria (By D Matsuzaka) Batters faced: D Matsuzaka 21; C Smith 10; M Timlin 3; D Pauley 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Matsuzaka 2-6; C Smith 1-2; M Timlin 3-0; D Pauley 2-0 Game Scores: D Matsuzaka 62 | ||||||||||
| Tampa Bay Rays | ||||||||||
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| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| A Iwamura 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 | ||
| a-W Aybar PH-2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .257 | ||
| J Bartlett SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .276 | ||
| b-B Zobrist PH-SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .225 | ||
| C Pena 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 | ||
| c-D Johnson PH-1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .300 | ||
| E Longoria 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .281 | ||
| J Jaso C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | ||
| C Floyd DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .274 | ||
| d-M Hernandez PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | ||
| D Navarro C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .293 | ||
| J Ruggiano RF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .231 | ||
| E Hinske LF-3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .245 | ||
| G Gross RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .252 | ||
| J Gomes LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .174 | ||
| F Perez CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .250 | ||
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | |||
| a-flied out to left for A Iwamura in the 5th b-struck out swinging for J Bartlett in the 5th c-struck out looking for C Pena in the 5th d-grounded to second for C Floyd in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING HR: A Iwamura (6, 3rd inning off D Matsuzaka 0 on, 1 Out); J Ruggiano (2, 6th inning off C Smith 1 on, 1 Out); D Johnson (2, 7th inning off C Smith 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: A Iwamura (43), J Ruggiano 2 (7), D Johnson 2 (3) 2-out RBI: D Johnson 2 GIDP: E Hinske Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: C Floyd 1, D Johnson 1 Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 2 (C Pena-J Bartlett-M Talbot, B Zobrist-W Aybar-D Johnson). | ||||||||||
| Tampa Bay Rays | ||||||||||
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| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| S Kazmir (L, 11-7) | 3.0 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 72-39 | 3.50 | |
| M Talbot | 3.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 62-35 | 12.00 | |
| J Salas | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 34-22 | 7.11 | |
| J Hammel | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9-6 | 4.54 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 177-102 | ||
| PITCHING HBP: J Varitek (By S Kazmir); M Lowell (By M Talbot) Batters faced: S Kazmir 19; M Talbot 16; J Salas 8; J Hammel 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: S Kazmir 1-5; M Talbot 6-1; J Salas 2-3; J Hammel 1-1 Game Scores: S Kazmir 9 | ||||||||||
Scoring Summary
| BOS | TB | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | D Ortiz homered to right, C Crisp and D Pedroia scored. | 3 | 0 | |
| 1st | M Lowell homered to left. | 4 | 0 | |
| 3rd | A Iwamura homered to left. | 4 | 1 | |
| 4th | J Bay homered to center. | 5 | 1 | |
| 4th | J Varitek homered to left, J Lowrie scored. | 7 | 1 | |
| 4th | D Pedroia singled to right, J Ellsbury scored, C Crisp to third. | 8 | 1 | |
| 4th | D Ortiz grounded into fielder's choice to second, C Crisp scored, D Pedroia out at second. | 9 | 1 | |
| 4th | K Youkilis homered to left, D Ortiz scored. | 11 | 1 | |
| 5th | J Ellsbury homered to right. | 12 | 1 | |
| 6th | K Youkilis doubled to left, C Carter scored. | 13 | 1 | |
| 6th | J Ruggiano homered to right, J Jaso scored. | 13 | 3 | |
| 7th | D Johnson homered to right, W Aybar scored. | 13 | 5 | |
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Game Information
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 29,772 (87.4% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:20 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Jerry Meals, First Base - Gary Darling, Second Base - Paul Emmel, Third Base - Jerry Crawford |