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Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox

2001-09-20 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 29530 · 70°F, cloudy · Wind 14 mph R to L · 2:50

Boston Red Sox defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2–1. Rolando Arrojo earned the win and Rod Beck picked up the save. Calvin Pickering went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TBA	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	8
BOS	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	8

W: Rolando Arrojo L: Doug Creek SV: Rod Beck

Umpires — HP: Gerry Davis · 1B: Chris Guccione · 2B: Mark Carlson · 3B: Lance Barksdale · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jason Tyner	3	0	1	0	0	0
Brent Abernathy	4	0	2	1	0	0
Steve Cox	2	0	1	0	2	0
Toby Hall	4	0	0	0	0	1
Randy Winn	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Grieve	4	0	1	0	0	0
Aubrey Huff	4	0	2	0	0	1
Jared Sandberg	4	0	0	0	0	1
Chris Gomez	4	1	1	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
James Lofton	4	0	0	0	1	0
Jose Offerman	2	0	1	0	2	0
Trot Nixon	4	0	1	0	0	1
Manny Ramirez	3	0	0	0	1	2
Troy O'Leary	4	0	0	0	0	1
Calvin Pickering	4	1	3	1	0	0
Chris Stynes	4	0	1	1	0	0
Darren Lewis	2	0	1	0	1	0
Doug Mirabelli	4	0	1	0	0	2

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ryan Rupe	6.0	5	3	5
Doug Creek	1.0	2	2	0
Victor Zambrano	1.0	1	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Castillo	7.0	5	1	2
Rolando Arrojo	1.0	2	1	2
Rod Beck	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jason Tyner: 13/G15
Brent Abernathy: 6/L6
Steve Cox: 43/G4

Bot 1

James Lofton: 7/F78M
Jose Offerman: 63/G6
Trot Nixon: 8/L8RD+

Top 2

Toby Hall: 63/G6
Randy Winn: 3/G3
Ben Grieve: S/L78S
Aubrey Huff: SB2
Aubrey Huff: 43/G4

Bot 2

Manny Ramirez: FLE2/P23F
Manny Ramirez: K
Troy O'Leary: 3/G34S
Calvin Pickering: HR/F78XD+
Chris Stynes: 43/G4S

Top 3

Jared Sandberg: K
Chris Gomez: 7/L78M
Jason Tyner: 9/F9D

Bot 3

Darren Lewis: S7/L78D+
Doug Mirabelli: 8/F8LD
James Lofton: CS2(2E6)
James Lofton: W
Jose Offerman: W.2-3;1-2
Trot Nixon: K
Manny Ramirez: 8/F8RS

Top 4

Brent Abernathy: 4/P4D
Steve Cox: W
Toby Hall: 7/L7M
Randy Winn: 7/L7M

Bot 4

Troy O'Leary: K
Calvin Pickering: S8/G6M
Chris Stynes: 13/G15.1-2
Darren Lewis: WP.2-3
Darren Lewis: W
Doug Mirabelli: K

Top 5

Ben Grieve: 5/FL/P2LF
Aubrey Huff: K
Jared Sandberg: 3/FL/P3F

Bot 5

James Lofton: 31/G3
Jose Offerman: S7/L7LS
Trot Nixon: S8/P8RS-.1-3
Manny Ramirez: K
Troy O'Leary: 53/G56

Top 6

Chris Gomez: D/L78D+
Jason Tyner: 14/SH.2-3
Brent Abernathy: S7/L7S.3-H
Steve Cox: D7/L7D.1-3
Toby Hall: 43/G4S-
Randy Winn: 63/G6

Bot 6

Calvin Pickering: 43/G4
Chris Stynes: 7/F78D
Darren Lewis: 6/P6

Top 7

Ben Grieve: 43/G4S
Aubrey Huff: S7/L7D+.BX2(74)
Jared Sandberg: 13/G13

Bot 7

Doug Mirabelli: S7/L7D+
James Lofton: 56(1)/FO
Jose Offerman: SB2
Jose Offerman: W
Trot Nixon: 3/G34S.2-3;1-2
Manny Ramirez: IW
Troy O'Leary: 9/L9M

Top 8

Chris Gomez: K
Jason Tyner: S7/G56
Brent Abernathy: SB2
Brent Abernathy: S/G56.2-3
Steve Cox: W.1-2
Toby Hall: K/C
Randy Winn: 8/F8LD

Bot 8

Calvin Pickering: S9/G34+
Chris Stynes: D/L8LM+.1-H
Darren Lewis: 53/SH/BG25.2-3
Doug Mirabelli: K
James Lofton: 5/P6

Top 9

Ben Grieve: 63/G6
Aubrey Huff: S7/G6
Jared Sandberg: 63/G6MS.1-2
Chris Gomez: 8/L8RM