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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 9, Tampa Bay 5
When: 4:10 PM ET, Saturday, July 16, 2011
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jim Reynolds, 1B - Chad Fairchild, 2B - Andy Fletcher, 3B - Mike DiMuro
Attendance: 32487

Boston hit three more home runs, and Daniel Bard extended his scoreless string to 20 2/3 innings spanning 19 appearances as the Red Sox rallied past the host Tampa Bay Rays 9-5 on Saturday afternoon.

Tampa Bay jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning, on RBI singles from Casey Kotchman, Matt Joyce and B.J. Upton.

But Boston got a two-run homer from Josh Reddick in the second and took the lead for good with three more in the third, highlighted by David Ortiz's two-run double. J.D. Drew followed with an RBI double.

Jacoby Ellsbury homered in the fourth to give Boston a 6-3 advantage, and Dustin Pedroia added a solo shot in the seventh. It was the 10th home run for the Red Sox in their last three games.

John Lackey (7-8) allowed 10 hits and four runs in the 5 2/3 innings. Bard pitched 1 1/3 innings before giving way to Jonathan Papelbon in the ninth. Bard has not allowed a run since May 23 against Cleveland.

Joyce finished with three hits, including a solo homer. James Shields (8-8) allowed six runs on six hits in six innings. He struck out eight in losing his fourth straight decision.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Boston   Tampa Bay
John Lackey Player James Shields
Win W/L Loss
5.2 IP 6.0
7 Strikeouts 8
10 Hits 6
4.76 ERA 9.00
Hitting
Boston   Tampa Bay
Jacoby EllsburyPlayer Matt Joyce
2 Hits 3
1 RBI 2
1 HR 1
5 TB 6
.500 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Boston 9 3 20 .250 18 12 9 4 0 2
Tampa Bay 13 1 19 .325 19 10 5 1 3 2