Tampa Bay 6, Boston 5
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, April 17, 2010
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature:
39°
Umpires:
Home -
Tony Randazzo, 1B -
Ted Barrett, 2B -
Angel Campos, 3B -
Brian Gorman
Attendance:
37022
By SportsDirect Inc.
James Shields allowed three runs in 6 2/3 innings and the Tampa Bay Rays held on for a 6-5 win over the Boston Red Sox Saturday night.
Shields (1-0), who was 0-6 with an 8.04 ERA in six career starts at Fenway Park, gave up nine hits and struck out seven.
Pat Burrell, whose two-run homer in the 12th inning gave the Rays a 3-1 win in the completion of Friday night's suspended game, played a big role in Saturday's victory. His three-run double highlighted a big first inning which saw the Rays take a 4-0 lead against Clay Buchholz (0-1).
Rafael Soriano, who got a save in the suspended game, pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save.
John Jaso had an RBI double in the sixth and Evan Longoria hit a solo home run in the seventh.
Marco Scutaro hit a solo homer off Shields in the fifth to get the Red Sox on the board.
The Rays cruised into the seventh with a 6-1 lead, but that changed quickly after Shields retired the first two batters of the inning. Dustin Pedoria's two-run homer made it 6-3.
Victor Martinez singled and Kevin Youkilis hit another two-run homer off Andy Sonnanstine, cutting the lead to one.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Tampa Bay
|
5 |
1 |
11 |
.147 |
9 |
11 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
| Boston
|
11 |
3 |
23 |
.289 |
15 |
8 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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