Tampa Bay 6, Boston 5
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 10, 2011
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Doug Eddings, 1B -
Dana DeMuth, 2B -
Kerwin Danley, 3B -
Paul Nauert
Attendance:
24566
By SportsDirect Inc.
The footsteps are getting louder and more ominous for the Boston Red Sox.
Desmond Jennings led of the 11th inning with a triple that landed between outfielders Jacoby Ellsbury and Darnell McDonald and scored on a walk-off single by Evan Longoria as host Tampa Bay edged Boston 6-5 to cut their wild-card lead down to 4½ games Saturday night.
The Red Sox have lost eight of their last 10 games and watched the Rays edge closer to a playoff berth. Boston remained 2 1/2 games behind first-place New York in the AL East.
Boston tied the game in the ninth inning in dramatic fashion as Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Jacoby Ellsbury belted back-to-back homers off Tampa Bay closer Kyle Farnsworth. But Longoria won it with a solid single to center field off loser Daniel Bard (2-7).
Brandon Gomes (2-1) picked up the win in relief for the Rays, who have won the first two games of a three-game set. Tampa Bay also plays Boston four times next week.
Boston’s Adrian Gonzalez belted a two-run homer, his 25th, to tie the game at 3-3. Casey Kotchman gave the Rays a quick response with a solo shot in the bottom of the inning.
Boston played without Kevin Youkilis for the second straight night. Despite reports that Youkilis might have a sports hernia, Boston said he has bursitis and may return for Sunday’s game.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Boston |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Kyle Weiland |
Player |
Jeremy Hellickson |
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
4.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
1 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
6 |
Hits |
5 |
|
6.75 |
ERA |
4.50 |
Hitting
| Boston |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
David Ortiz | Player |
Evan Longoria
|
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
|
0 |
RBI |
2 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
2 |
TB |
2 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
.667 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Boston
|
9 |
3 |
20 |
.220 |
16 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Tampa Bay
|
11 |
1 |
17 |
.282 |
22 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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