Tampa Bay 9, Boston 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Thursday, September 15, 2011
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature:
69°
Umpires:
Home -
Bob Davidson, 1B -
Hunter Wendelstedt, 2B -
Brian Knight, 3B -
Jerry Layne
Attendance:
38071
By SportsDirect Inc.
The Tampa Bay Rays capitalized on a lucky break and rode one homer and three RBIs apiece from Evan Longoria, Casey Kotchman and B.J. Upton to a 9-2 rout of the host Boston Red Sox in the opener of a four-game series Thursday night.
Jeremy Hellickson (13-10) allowed one run in 5 2/3 innings as the Rays beat the Red Sox for the sixth straight time and whittled Boston's lead in the AL wild-card race to three games.
Upton's bat splintered on what appeared to be an inning-ending ground ball in the third, forcing shortstop Marco Scutaro to jump out of the way of the bat and allowing a run to score.
Longoria followed with a three-run blast to right-center off starter Kyle Weiland (0-2) to make it 4-0 and start the reeling Red Sox on their way to a seventh loss in eight games.
Tampa Bay piled on from there as Kotchman added a two-run homer in the sixth and Upton clubbed a two-run shot in the seventh to make it 8-1.
Weiland, making his fourth career start, lasted only three innings and has allowed 16 runs in 17 innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Tampa Bay |
|
Boston |
|
Jeremy Hellickson |
Player |
Kyle Weiland |
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
5.2 |
IP |
3.0 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
1 |
|
3 |
Hits |
3 |
|
1.59 |
ERA |
12.00 |
Hitting
| Tampa Bay |
|
Boston |
|
Casey Kotchman | Player |
David Ortiz |
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
|
3 |
RBI |
0 |
|
1 |
HR |
0 |
|
5 |
TB |
2 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
1.000 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Tampa Bay
|
9 |
3 |
19 |
.257 |
15 |
7 |
9 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| Boston
|
6 |
0 |
6 |
.182 |
18 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
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