Boston Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays - Box Score - September 03, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Sep 3, 2009

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Boston won 2-1

Game 1: Tuesday, September 1
Boston	8	Final
Tampa Bay	4	Final
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Game 2: Wednesday, September 2
Boston	5	Final
Tampa Bay	8	Final
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Game 3: Thursday, September 3
Boston	6	Final
Tampa Bay	3	Final
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Red Sox 6

(78-55, 33-34 away)

Rays 3

(72-61, 43-23 home)

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7:08 PM ET, September 3, 2009

Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	6	12	0
TB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0

W: C. Buchholz (4-3)

L: D. Price (7-7)

S: J. Papelbon (34)

Boston Red Sox
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Ellsbury CF	3	1	1	0	1	0	20	.299	.346	.412
D Pedroia 2B	5	1	1	0	0	0	15	.295	.368	.435
V Martinez C	5	1	2	1	0	0	18	.292	.374	.471
K Youkilis 1B	5	2	3	1	0	0	21	.316	.421	.570
J Bay LF	4	0	2	2	1	0	21	.260	.385	.537
D Ortiz DH	4	0	0	0	1	1	21	.225	.317	.437
M Lowell 3B	3	0	0	1	0	0	13	.299	.341	.504
R Baldelli RF	3	1	1	1	0	0	6	.264	.326	.488
a-J Drew PH-RF	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	.267	.385	.494
A Gonzalez SS	4	0	1	0	0	1	16	.284	.284	.478
Totals	37	6	12	6	3	2	155
a-singled to right for R Baldelli in the 8th
BATTING 2B: J Bay 2 (27, D Price, C Bradford); K Youkilis (34, D Price) HR: R Baldelli (7, 2nd inning off D Price 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Bay 2 (96), R Baldelli (22), M Lowell (67), V Martinez (88), K Youkilis (80) S: J Ellsbury SF: M Lowell 2-out RBI: J Bay 2 Red Sox RISP: 3-11 (D Ortiz 0-2, D Pedroia 1-2, V Martinez 1-3, K Youkilis 0-1, M Lowell 0-1, J Bay 1-2) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: J Ellsbury 2 (58, 2nd base off C Bradford/G Zaun, 2nd base off D Price/G Zaun)

Boston Red Sox
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Buchholz (W, 4-3)	6.0	6	3	3	1	3	0	91-56	4.40
B Wagner (H, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	25-15	0.00
D Bard (H, 8)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	18-11	3.40
J Papelbon (S, 34)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20-13	1.84
Totals	9.0	6	3	3	3	8	0	154-95
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Buchholz 16/25; B Wagner 3/4; D Bard 2/4; J Papelbon 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Buchholz 18-8-11-19; B Wagner 8-1-5-1; D Bard 4-2-3-2; J Papelbon 3-3-6-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Buchholz 8-7; B Wagner 0-1; D Bard 0-2; J Papelbon 0-1 Game Scores: C Buchholz 50

Tampa Bay Rays
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Bartlett SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	17	.337	.396	.517
C Crawford LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	16	.308	.362	.457
B Zobrist 2B-CF	4	0	1	1	0	0	11	.285	.399	.533
C Pena 1B	3	1	0	0	1	0	12	.224	.354	.539
P Burrell DH	3	0	0	0	1	0	21	.240	.338	.407
E Longoria 3B	4	1	2	1	0	2	14	.275	.356	.516
G Zaun C	4	0	1	1	0	2	20	.267	.355	.418
G Gross RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	.250	.356	.393
a-G Kapler PH-RF	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	.243	.338	.444
b-W Aybar PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.253	.343	.429
B Upton CF	2	0	1	0	0	1	13	.238	.310	.367
A Iwamura 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	.298	.366	.404
Totals	33	3	6	3	3	8	154
a-walked for G Gross in the 7th b-struck out swinging for G Kapler in the 9th
BATTING 2B: E Longoria 2 (38, C Buchholz 2); G Zaun (16, C Buchholz) RBI: B Zobrist (72), E Longoria (94), G Zaun (23) 2-out RBI: E Longoria Rays RISP: 3-8 (B Zobrist 1-1, E Longoria 1-1, J Bartlett 0-1, G Gross 0-1, C Crawford 0-1, G Zaun 1-2, B Upton 0-1) Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING SB: C Pena (3, 2nd base off C Buchholz/V Martinez); B Upton (37, 2nd base off C Buchholz/V Martinez)

Tampa Bay Rays
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
D Price (L, 7-7)	5.1	6	4	4	2	2	1	104-63	4.75
R Springer	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	3.59
B Shouse	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	8-5	5.48
C Bradford	0.2	3	1	1	1	0	0	15-10	3.37
L Cormier	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	24-15	2.91
Totals	9.0	12	6	6	3	2	1	155-96
PITCHING WP: D Price IBB: D Ortiz (By C Bradford) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: D Price 11/24; R Springer 2/2; B Shouse 2/2; C Bradford 5/6; L Cormier 1/8 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: D Price 16-5-23-19; R Springer 0-0-1-2; B Shouse 1-0-2-2; C Bradford 4-1-0-5; L Cormier 4-0-3-8 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D Price 3-11; R Springer 0-2; B Shouse 1-0; C Bradford 1-1; L Cormier 5-1 Game Scores: D Price 40

Scoring Summary

			BOS	TB
	1st	J Bay doubled to deep left center, V Martinez and K Youkilis scored.	2	0
	1st	B Zobrist singled to left, J Bartlett scored.	2	1
	1st	E Longoria doubled to deep right, C Pena scored, P Burrell to third.	2	2
	2nd	R Baldelli homered to left.	3	2
	4th	G Zaun doubled to left, E Longoria scored.	3	3
	6th	M Lowell hit sacrifice fly to center, K Youkilis scored.	4	3
	7th	V Martinez singled to right, J Ellsbury scored, D Pedroia to third.	5	3
	7th	K Youkilis grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, D Pedroia scored, V Martinez out at second.	6	3
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Game Notes

RAYS CENTERFIELDER B.J. UPTON LEFT THE GAME IN THE TOP OF THE FIFTH INNING WITH A SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE
RAYS SECOND BASEMAN AKINORI IWAMURA WAS SCRATCHED FROM THE STARTING LINEUP WITH A SORE LEFT ANKLE

Game Information

Stadium	Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL
Attendance	20,823 (61.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	3:16
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Ed Rapuano, First Base - Paul Schrieber, Second Base - Paul Nauert, Third Base - Joe West