Boston 12, Tampa Bay 5
When: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, September 6, 2010
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature:
72°
Umpires:
Home -
Marty Foster, 1B -
Jim Wolf, 2B -
Gary Cederstrom, 3B -
Fieldin Culbreth
Attendance:
37546
By SportsDirect Inc.
Ryan Kalish belted a grand slam and Jon Lester notched his 16th win as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 12-5 at Fenway Park Monday night.
The victory moved the Red Sox 6.5 games behind the Rays in the AL wild-card standings.
Lester (16-8) allowed four hits and two runs and struck out 10 in six innings. He retired the last 10 batters he faced.
Boston jumped on Rays starter Jeff Niemann (10-6) for six runs in two innings. David Ortiz hit a two-run homer, his 28th, in the first inning and Adrian Beltre followed with his 26th homer to give the Red Sox a 3-1 lead. Victor Martinez had a two-run single in the second and Ortiz followed with an RBI double to give Boston a 6-1 lead.
Kalish, who was one of six rookies to play for the Red Sox on Monday, highlighted a five-run fourth inning for Boston with his grand slam. First baseman Lars Anderson (0-for-4) and relief pitcher Robert Coello made their major league debuts.
The Rays took advantage of Coello’s wildness and scored three runs in the seventh inning to make it 11-5.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Tampa Bay |
|
Boston |
|
Jeff Niemann
|
Player |
Jon Lester
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
1.2 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
10 |
|
4 |
Hits |
4 |
|
32.40 |
ERA |
3.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Tampa Bay
|
8 |
0 |
8 |
.235 |
18 |
12 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
| Boston
|
9 |
3 |
19 |
.290 |
16 |
7 |
12 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
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