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Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays

2002-05-05 · Day game · Tropicana Field · Att: 15920 · 72°F, dome, dry · Wind to LF · 2:35

Boston Red Sox defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2–0. Frank Castillo earned the win and Ugueth Urbina picked up the save. Nomar Garciaparra went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Frank Castillo L: Ryan Rupe SV: Ugueth Urbina

Umpires — HP: Dan Iassogna · 1B: Gerry Davis · 2B: Mike Winters · 3B: Greg Gibson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	3	0	2	0	1	1
Jose Offerman	3	0	0	1	0	0
Nomar Garciaparra	3	1	1	1	0	1
Manny Ramirez	4	0	1	0	0	2
Shea Hillenbrand	3	0	0	0	0	2
Tony Clark	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jason Varitek	4	0	0	0	0	0
Trot Nixon	4	1	1	0	0	1
Lou Merloni	2	0	0	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Brent Abernathy	4	1	0
Jason Tyner	4	2	0
Randy Winn	3	0	0
Steve Cox	4	1	2
Greg Vaughn	3	0	2
Jason Conti	3	0	1
John Flaherty	3	0	1
Russ Johnson	3	0	0
Felix Escalona	3	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Castillo	8.0	3	0	6
Ugueth Urbina	1.0	1	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ryan Rupe	7.1	3	0	9
Steve Kent	0.2	0	1	0
Esteban Yan	1.0	3	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Damon: S7/L7S
Jose Offerman: 36(1)/FO/G3.B-2(E6/TH1)
Nomar Garciaparra: WP.2-3
Nomar Garciaparra: HP
Manny Ramirez: K
Shea Hillenbrand: HP.1-2
Tony Clark: K

Bot 1

Brent Abernathy: 6/P6
Jason Tyner: S8/L8RS
Randy Winn: PO1(13)
Randy Winn: 7/L7M

Top 2

Jason Varitek: 43/G34
Trot Nixon: K
Lou Merloni: K

Bot 2

Steve Cox: K/C
Greg Vaughn: K
Jason Conti: K

Top 3

Johnny Damon: K
Jose Offerman: 43/G4
Nomar Garciaparra: K

Bot 3

John Flaherty: 4/P4D
Russ Johnson: 7/F7S
Felix Escalona: 8/F8LM

Top 4

Manny Ramirez: 53/G56
Shea Hillenbrand: K
Tony Clark: 7/F78M

Bot 4

Brent Abernathy: 53/G5
Jason Tyner: 8/F8LS
Randy Winn: HP
Steve Cox: S9/G34.1-3
Greg Vaughn: K/C

Top 5

Jason Varitek: 3/G3
Trot Nixon: 7/F7M
Lou Merloni: 8/F8RD

Bot 5

Jason Conti: 4/P4D
John Flaherty: K
Russ Johnson: 4/P89S

Top 6

Johnny Damon: S9/L34
Jose Offerman: SB2
Jose Offerman: 3/P34
Nomar Garciaparra: 53/G5
Manny Ramirez: K

Bot 6

Felix Escalona: K
Brent Abernathy: 53/G56
Jason Tyner: S7/L78S
Randy Winn: SB2
Randy Winn: 3/L3

Top 7

Shea Hillenbrand: K
Tony Clark: 43/G34
Jason Varitek: 63/G6

Bot 7

Steve Cox: 8/F8RM
Greg Vaughn: 53/G56
Jason Conti: 6/P8LS

Top 8

Trot Nixon: D9/L9LM
Lou Merloni: 34/SH/BG3S.2-3
Johnny Damon: W
Jose Offerman: 8/SF/DP/F8LD.3-H;1X2(824)

Bot 8

John Flaherty: 63/G6
Russ Johnson: 9/F9M
Felix Escalona: 9/F9LS

Top 9

Nomar Garciaparra: HR/F78D
Manny Ramirez: S7/L78S
Shea Hillenbrand: 64(1)/FO/G6
Tony Clark: S9/L9S.1-2
Jason Varitek: 463/G4M.2-3;1-2
Trot Nixon: 63/G6

Bot 9

Brent Abernathy: S8/L6MD
Jason Tyner: 13/G34S.1-2
Randy Winn: 8/F8LM
Steve Cox: WP.2-3
Steve Cox: K/C

Notes & reviews

Trot Nixon swung and missed a pitch and let the bat fly towards pitcher Ryan Rupe
both teams warned by HP umpire Dan Iassogna

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