Rays 14, Red Sox 5
Scott Kazmir improved his record to 4-3 on Saturday afternoon. (Mary Schwalm/AP)
By Bill Chastain / MLB.com
From beginning to end, the Rays took Fenway Park by storm Saturday. Evan Longoria hit his 11th homer in the first and followed with a two-run double in a six-run fifth. Tampa Bay added five more in the sixth as they evened the series at a game apiece heading into Sunday night's finale.
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Series at a glance:
Fri. 05/08:
BOS 7, TB 3
Sat. 05/09:
TB 14, BOS 5
Sun. 05/10:
BOS 4, TB 3
Tampa Bay 14, Boston 5
Today's Boxes 5/9/09
NYM 10, PIT 1
ATL 6, PHI 2
LAD 8, SF 0
TOR 6, OAK 4
MIL 12, CHC 6
DET 4, CLE 0
BAL 12, NYY 5
HOU 5, SD 4
CWS 3, TEX 2
MIN 9, SEA 6
CIN 8, STL 3
FLA 3, COL 1
WSH 2, ARI 1
LAA 1, KC 0
May 9, 2009
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Tampa Bay
2
0
0
0
6
5
1
0
0
14 17
2
Boston
0
1
0
0
2
2
0
0
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5 10
1
Standings thru 5/9/09 | Recap: TB | BOS | Gameday | Rays stats | Red Sox stats
Tampa Bay AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Upton Jr. , CF
5
3
2
0
1
1
0
.165
Crawford, C , LF
4
3
3
1
1
1
0
.331
Aybar, W , 1B
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
.219
Longoria , 3B
4
3
2
5
1
1
1
.367
Pena, C , 1B
5
1
1
2
0
3
3
.254
Gross , RF
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.265
Burrell , DH
5
1
2
2
0
0
3
.250
Bartlett , SS
4
1
1
0
1
1
1
.351
Kapler , RF
3
0
1
0
0
1
1
.222
a-Zobrist , PH-RF-LF
2
0
1
2
0
0
0
.281
Iwamura , 2B
4
1
2
2
0
1
2
.282
Navarro, D , C
5
1
1
0
0
0
4
.188
Totals 42 14 17 14 4 9 15
a-Singled for Kapler in the 6th.
BATTING 2B : Iwamura (12, Lester), Longoria (15, Lester), Crawford, C 2 (8, Jones, H, Lopez, J), Pena, C
(6, Jones, H), Aybar, W (3, Delcarmen).HR : Longoria (11, 1st inning off Lester, 1 on, 1 out).TB : Bartlett;
Longoria 6; Kapler; Upton Jr. 2; Crawford, C 5; Pena, C 2; Burrell 2; Zobrist; Navarro, D; Aybar, W 2; Iwamura 3.RBI :
Longoria 5 (44), Crawford, C (14), Burrell 2 (16), Iwamura 2 (12), Pena, C 2 (32), Zobrist 2 (13).Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out : Navarro, D 2; Kapler; Burrell; Longoria.SF : Iwamura; Longoria.Team RISP :
7-for-16.Team LOB : 7.BASERUNNING SB : Iwamura (6, 3rd base off Lester/Varitek), Burrell
(1, 2nd base off Lester/Varitek).FIELDING E : Crawford, C (1, throw), Longoria (3, fielding).DP :
(Longoria-Iwamura-Pena, C).
Boston AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Ellsbury , CF
4
1
1
0
1
0
2
.294
Pedroia , 2B
4
1
0
0
1
0
4
.325
Ortiz, D , DH
4
0
1
0
1
0
1
.221
Bay , LF
5
1
1
1
0
1
4
.317
Lowell , 3B
4
0
2
2
0
0
2
.314
Green, N , 3B
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.274
Baldelli , RF
5
1
2
1
0
0
3
.273
Bailey , 1B
3
0
1
0
1
0
1
.194
Varitek , C
2
0
0
0
1
1
4
.226
Kottaras , C
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.154
Lugo , SS
4
1
2
1
0
0
1
.357
Totals 37 5 10 5 5 2 22
BATTING 2B : Lowell (11, Kazmir).HR : Baldelli (1, 2nd inning off Kazmir, 0 on, 0 out), Lugo (1,
6th inning off Nelson, J, 0 on, 0 out).TB : Lugo 5; Ellsbury; Ortiz, D; Lowell 3; Baldelli 5; Bay; Bailey.RBI :
Baldelli (4), Bay (33), Lowell 2 (28), Lugo (2).2-out RBI : Bay; Lowell 2.Runners left in scoring position,
2 out : Lowell 2; Pedroia; Baldelli 2; Varitek 2.GIDP : Bailey.Team RISP : 2-for-12.Team
LOB : 10.FIELDING E : Bailey (2, throw).
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Kazmir (W, 4-3)
5.0
8
3
3
3
2
1
5.92
Nelson, J
0.1
1
2
2
2
0
1
4.61
Cormier (S, 1)
3.2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2.49
Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lester (L, 2-3)
4.1
10
8
8
1
6
1
6.31
Jones, H
0.2
4
4
4
1
0
0
7.27
Saito
1.0
1
1
1
1
0
0
4.50
Lopez, J
2.0
1
1
1
1
2
0
9.26
Delcarmen
1.0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0.55
Jones, H pitched to 4 batters in the 6th. Game Scores : Kazmir 38, Lester 16.WP : Kazmir.IBB :
Longoria (by Jones, H), Bartlett (by Saito).Pitches-strikes : Kazmir 100-58, Nelson, J 20-8, Cormier 40-29, Lester
89-61, Jones, H 31-16, Saito 27-16, Lopez, J 28-16, Delcarmen 13-7.Groundouts-flyouts : Kazmir 7-5, Nelson, J 1-0,
Cormier 6-5, Lester 2-4, Jones, H 1-0, Saito 1-2, Lopez, J 1-2, Delcarmen 0-2.Batters faced : Kazmir 26, Nelson,
J 4, Cormier 12, Lester 24, Jones, H 7, Saito 5, Lopez, J 8, Delcarmen 4.Inherited runners-scored : Cormier 2-1,
Jones, H 2-1, Saito 2-2.Umpires : HP: Tim Welke. 1B: Scott Barry. 2B: Angel Hernandez. 3B: Bill Welke. Weather :
65 degrees, cloudy.Wind : 6 mph, Out to LF.T : 3:33.Att : 37,773.Venue : Fenway
Park.May 9, 2009 May 9, 2009 Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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