Tampa Bay 4, Boston 2
When: 7:08 PM ET, Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Jerry Layne, 1B -
Tony Randazzo, 2B -
Chris Guccione, 3B -
Mike Winters
Attendance:
29873
Final Scoring Summary
Team Records
| Team |
W/L |
Home |
Away |
Streak |
| Boston
|
62-43 |
35-17 |
27-26 |
L1 |
| Tampa Bay
|
59-48 |
35-18 |
24-30 |
W2 |
Recap Quick Hits
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With this win, the Tampa Bay Rays have a 35-18 record at home this season. The Boston Red Sox have a 27-26 record on the road.
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Tampa Bay has a streak of 2 straight up wins. The Rays have won 6 of their last 10 games.
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Boston has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Red Sox have won 6 of their last 10 games.
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Lance Cormier pitched 1.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 2.88. Takashi Saito took the loss for Boston.
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Evan Longoria (2) hit homeruns for Tampa Bay. Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis hit homeruns for Boston.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Boston |
|
Tampa Bay |
|
Jon Lester
|
Player |
Matt Garza
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.0 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
10 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
3 |
Hits |
3 |
|
1.50 |
ERA |
2.57 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Boston
|
7 |
2 |
14 |
.156 |
14 |
8 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| Tampa Bay
|
9 |
2 |
16 |
.205 |
36 |
16 |
4 |
10 |
3 |
1 |