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Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox

2002-07-23 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 33190 · 94°F, sunny · Wind 20 mph R to L · 2:40

Boston Red Sox defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 22–4. Boston Red Sox put up 10 in the 3rd. Tim Wakefield earned the win and Willie Banks picked up the save. Nomar Garciaparra went 3-for-5 with 3 HR and 8 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TBA	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7
BOS	0	0	10	6	0	2	1	3		22	19

W: Tim Wakefield L: Tanyon Sturtze SV: Willie Banks

Umpires — HP: Chris Guccione · 1B: Mike Everitt · 2B: Joe West · 3B: Scott Packard · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	5	4	4	2	1	0
Lou Merloni	4	4	1	0	2	1
Nomar Garciaparra	5	3	3	8	1	0
Manny Ramirez	6	2	3	5	0	1
Shea Hillenbrand	5	0	0	0	1	1
Brian Daubach	5	1	1	0	1	1
Jose Offerman	5	2	1	0	0	0
Trot Nixon	5	3	4	3	0	0
Doug Mirabelli	4	3	2	3	1	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tanyon Sturtze	2.1	8	3	1
Brandon Backe	1.1	6	1	1
Steve Kent	2.0	1	2	1
Travis Phelps	2.1	4	1	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tim Wakefield	5.0	5	1	4
Willie Banks	4.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Randy Winn: K
Brent Abernathy: HP
Steve Cox: HR/F9LD.1-H
Aubrey Huff: 7/F7S
Toby Hall: 53/G5

Bot 1

Johnny Damon: W
Lou Merloni: SB2
Lou Merloni: K
Nomar Garciaparra: 9/F9M.2-3
Manny Ramirez: 63/G6

Top 2

Jason Conti: S6/G6
Chris Gomez: W.1-2
Jared Sandberg: PB.2-3
Jared Sandberg: 8/SF/F8LM.3-H
Carl Crawford: 43/G4S.1-2
Randy Winn: D8/L8LS.2-H
Brent Abernathy: 9/F89M

Bot 2

Shea Hillenbrand: 63/G6
Brian Daubach: W
Jose Offerman: 9/L9M
Trot Nixon: S9/L9S.1-2
Doug Mirabelli: WP.2-3;1-2
Doug Mirabelli: 63/G6

Top 3

Steve Cox: 7/F78S
Aubrey Huff: 5/P56
Toby Hall: S8/L4MD
Jason Conti: CS2(26)

Bot 3

Johnny Damon: HR/F9LD
Lou Merloni: S7/G56
Nomar Garciaparra: HR/F78XD.1-H
Manny Ramirez: HR/F9LD
Shea Hillenbrand: W
Brian Daubach: E3/G3S.1-2
Jose Offerman: 15(2)/FO/BG25.1-2
Trot Nixon: D7/F7LD.2-H(UR);1-3
Doug Mirabelli: D8/F8LXD.3-H;2-H
Johnny Damon: S9/L89.2-H
Lou Merloni: 5/P15
Nomar Garciaparra: HR/F78XD.1-H(UR);B-H(TUR)
Manny Ramirez: K

Top 4

Jason Conti: K
Chris Gomez: K
Jared Sandberg: 7/F7S

Bot 4

Shea Hillenbrand: 6/P6
Brian Daubach: 6/P6D
Jose Offerman: S9/G3
Trot Nixon: D9/G3.1-H
Doug Mirabelli: S8/L8LXD.2-H
Johnny Damon: D7/P7LS.1-3
Lou Merloni: W
Nomar Garciaparra: HR/F7D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Manny Ramirez: 5/L5

Top 5

Carl Crawford: S3/G3
Randy Winn: K+DI.1-2
Brent Abernathy: 8/F8LD.2-3
Steve Cox: 8/F89XD

Bot 5

Shea Hillenbrand: 43/G4MD
Brian Daubach: K
Jose Offerman: 4/L4

Top 6

Aubrey Huff: 9/F89S
Toby Hall: 8/F8LS
Jason Conti: 13/G15

Bot 6

Trot Nixon: 63/G4MS
Doug Mirabelli: W
Johnny Damon: 7/F7M
Lou Merloni: E9/F9LM.1-H(UR)(NR);B-3
Nomar Garciaparra: W
Manny Ramirez: D7/L7D.3-H(UR);1-3
Shea Hillenbrand: K/C

Top 7

Chris Gomez: 9/F9M
Jared Sandberg: 63/G6
Carl Crawford: 53/G56

Bot 7

Brian Daubach: S7/L7D.BX2(74)
Jose Offerman: 8/F8RXD
Trot Nixon: HR/F8LXD
Doug Mirabelli: 6/P6

Top 8

Randy Winn: S8/L4D
Brent Abernathy: 9/F9M
Steve Cox: 46(1)3/GDP/G4S

Bot 8

Johnny Damon: S9/L9M
Lou Merloni: W.1-2
Nomar Garciaparra: 8/F8RD.2-3
Manny Ramirez: HR/F78D.3-H;1-H
Shea Hillenbrand: 5/P2LF
Brian Daubach: 8/P8RS

Top 9

Aubrey Huff: 43/G4S
Toby Hall: 63/G6
Jason Conti: S6/G6
Chris Gomez: 9/F9LM

Notes & reviews

43rd time for two homers in one inning by batter
Garciaparra first to hit three homers on birthday and 12th to hit grand slam on birthday
originally scored E6

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