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
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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 Ellsbury | Player |
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 |
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