Tampa Bay 9, Boston 6
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, July 15, 2011
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Mike DiMuro, 1B -
Jim Reynolds, 2B -
Chad Fairchild, 3B -
Andy Fletcher
Attendance:
25729
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Ben Zobrist hit a grand slam and knocked in five runs as the host Tampa Bay Rays snapped the Boston Red Sox’ six-game winning streak with a 9-6 victory on Friday night.
David Price (9-7) allowed three runs on five hits in six innings and struck out seven as Tampa Bay won the first game of a three-game series to move to within five games of the American League East division-leading Red Sox. Kyle Farnsworth pitched 1 1/3 innings for his 18th save.
Boston belted four homers. Darnell McDonald, Dustin Pedroia and Jacoby Ellsbury all hit solo shots, and Marco Scutaro added a two-run blast which cut the deficit to 9-6 in the seventh.
Casey Kotchman hit a two-run homer, and Sean Rodriguez had three hits and two RBIs for the Rays.
Andrew Miller (3-1) allowed seven runs on five hits and five walks in 2 2/3 innings to suffer his first loss with the Red Sox.
Boston designated hitter David Ortiz went 0-for-4. Ortiz was able to play after appealing a four-game suspension for his part in a bench-clearing brawl against the Baltimore Orioles on July 8.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Boston |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Andrew Miller |
Player |
David Price
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
2.2 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
0 |
Strikeouts |
7 |
|
5 |
Hits |
5 |
|
23.62 |
ERA |
4.50 |
Hitting
| Boston |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Dustin Pedroia | Player |
Kelly Shoppach |
|
3 |
Hits |
2 |
|
1 |
RBI |
0 |
|
1 |
HR |
0 |
|
7 |
TB |
2 |
|
.750 |
Avg |
.667 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Boston
|
8 |
4 |
21 |
.235 |
7 |
11 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Tampa Bay
|
11 |
2 |
18 |
.314 |
22 |
3 |
9 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
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