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Perez parks one in a pinch

Red Sox rally late again, but fall on walk-off homer

By Ian Browne / MLB.com

Johnny Damon knocked in a pair of runs, including one in the ninth inning to tie things up at 4, but Alan Embree's first pitch was blasted for a walk-off home run. Tim Wakefield was touched for four runs over six innings of work.

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• Notes: Sick Mueller sidelined again

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Eduardo Perez celebrates his game-winning home run off Alan Embree. (Chris O'Meara/AP)

Perez a big shot again as Devil Rays pull out a win

By Bill Chastain / MLB.com

Pinch-hitter Eduardo Perez took the first pitch he saw and deposited it into the left-field seats at Tropicana Field to give the Devil Rays a thrilling victory. Scott Kazmir allowed just one run over seven, but received a no-decision.

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Damon's RBI single to right

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Perez's game-winning homer

Lugo doubles in two runs

Boston (11-10)
Lost 2

Tampa Bay 5, Boston 4

Tampa Bay (8-14)
Lost 4

April 22, 2005

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	8	2
Tampa Bay	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	10	1

Standings through 4/22/05 | Gameday | Red Sox Stats | Devil Rays Stats

Boston	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Damon, CF	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	.294
Renteria, SS	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	.203
Ramirez, M, LF	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.281
Ortiz, DH	4	0	1	0	0	2	3	.246
Millar, 1B	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	.275
Mirabelli, C	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	.154
a-Varitek, PH-C	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.346
Payton, RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	.259
b-Nixon, PH-RF	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.293
Bellhorn, 2B	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	.250
Vazquez, 3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.133
Totals	29	4	8	4	4	6	12
a-Grounded into a double play for Mirabelli in the 8th. b-Walked for Payton in the 9th.
BATTING 2B: Bellhorn 2 (8, Kazmir, Baez). 3B: Ramirez, M (1, Harper). TB: Damon 2; Renteria; Ramirez, M 3; Ortiz; Millar; Bellhorn 4. RBI: Damon 2 (6), Millar (7), Bellhorn (6). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Payton 2; Ortiz. S: Vazquez 2. SF: Damon. GIDP: Varitek. Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING SB: Bellhorn (1, 2nd base off Kazmir/Johnson). PO: Bellhorn (2nd base by Kazmir). FIELDING E: Bellhorn (1, fielding), Millar (1, throw). Outfield assists: Ramirez, M (Lugo at 3rd base). DP: 2 (Vazquez-Bellhorn-Millar, Wakefield-Bellhorn-Millar).

Tampa Bay	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Crawford, LF	4	1	1	0	0	2	1	.310
Lugo, SS	4	0	3	3	0	0	0	.313
Lee, 1B	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.265
Phelps, DH	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	.298
1-Green, PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150
Cantu, 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	4	.314
Gomes, RF	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.250
Singleton, RF	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286
Johnson, C	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	.364
a-Huff, PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.233
Hall, C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279
Gonzalez, 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.302
Sanchez, CF	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	.269
b-Perez, PH	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.350
Totals	30	5	10	4	5	3	14
a-Intentionally walked for Johnson in the 8th. b-Homered for Sanchez in the 9th. 1-Ran for Phelps in the 8th.
BATTING 2B: Lugo (5, Wakefield). HR: Perez (3, 9th inning off Embree, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Crawford; Lugo 4; Phelps 2; Cantu; Johnson; Sanchez; Perez 4. RBI: Lugo 3 (9), Perez (4). 2-out RBI: Lugo. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cantu 2. GIDP: Johnson; Gonzalez. Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING SB: Lugo (7, 2nd base off Wakefield/Mirabelli), Sanchez (1, 2nd base off Wakefield/Mirabelli). CS: Gomes (1, 3rd base by Wakefield/Mirabelli). FIELDING E: Gomes (1, fielding). DP: 2 (Lugo-Cantu-Lee, Baez-Lee). Pickoffs: Kazmir (Bellhorn at 2nd base).

Boston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Wakefield	6.0	7	4	2	3	2	0	1.75
Myers	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
Mantei	1.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	5.40
Embree (L, 0-1)	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	5.19

Tampa Bay	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Kazmir	7.0	4	1	1	3	5	0	3.68
Harper (H, 3)	0.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	4.38
Baez (BS, 1)(W, 3-0)	1.2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1.80

Embree pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

WP: Mantei 3.
IBB: Huff (by Mantei).
HBP: Gomes (by Wakefield), Millar (by Kazmir), Ramirez, M (by Kazmir).
Pitches-strikes: Wakefield 103-58, Myers 8-6, Mantei 22-8, Embree 1-1, Kazmir 108-63, Harper 11-7, Baez 19-12.
Ground outs-fly outs: Wakefield 7-7, Myers 0-1, Mantei 3-0, Embree 0-0, Kazmir 8-7, Harper 0-0, Baez 3-2.
Batters faced: Wakefield 27, Myers 3, Mantei 5, Embree 1, Kazmir 29, Harper 3, Baez 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Mantei 1-0, Baez 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Rick Reed. 1B: Terry Craft. 2B: Ted Barrett. 3B: Alfonso Marquez.
Weather: 72 degrees, dome.
Wind: Indoors.
T: 2:49.
Att: 30,530.

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