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Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays

2002-09-09 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 10557 · 72°F, dome, dry · Wind to RF · 2:38

Boston Red Sox defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6–3. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 8th. Derek Lowe earned the win and Ugueth Urbina picked up the save. Manny Ramirez went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	6	14
TBA	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	6

W: Derek Lowe L: Tanyon Sturtze SV: Ugueth Urbina

Umpires — HP: Jerry Crawford · 1B: Brian Gorman · 2B: Phil Cuzzi · 3B: Bruce Dreckman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	5	0	1	0	0	1
Lou Merloni	4	1	2	0	0	1
Nomar Garciaparra	5	0	1	0	0	0
Manny Ramirez	4	1	2	2	1	0
Cliff Floyd	5	1	1	0	0	0
Brian Daubach	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jason Varitek	4	1	2	1	0	0
Trot Nixon	3	1	1	2	0	0
Rey Sanchez	4	0	2	0	0	1
Carlos Baerga	1	0	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Damian Rolls	5	2	1	0	0	2
Ben Grieve	4	1	3	0	0	1
Randy Winn	3	0	1	3	1	0
Aubrey Huff	4	0	1	0	0	1
Steve Cox	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jared Sandberg	4	0	0	0	0	2
John Flaherty	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brent Abernathy	4	0	0	0	0	1
Felix Escalona	1	0	0	0	0	0
Russ Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Derek Lowe	6.0	5	1	3
Alan Embree	1.0	0	0	2
Bob Howry	1.0	1	0	1
Ugueth Urbina	1.0	0	0	2

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tanyon Sturtze	7.2	14	1	3
Lance Carter	1.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Damon: K/C
Lou Merloni: D7/F7LM
Nomar Garciaparra: 8/F8LD
Manny Ramirez: S8/L8LS.2-H
Cliff Floyd: 63/G6S

Bot 1

Damian Rolls: 53/G5
Ben Grieve: S7/L6D
Randy Winn: SB2
Randy Winn: W
Aubrey Huff: K
Steve Cox: 43/G34D

Top 2

Brian Daubach: D8/F8RXD
Jason Varitek: 4/P4
Trot Nixon: 43/G4.2-3
Rey Sanchez: K.3-H(E2/TH1)(UR);B-1
Johnny Damon: 9/FL/F9LMF

Bot 2

Jared Sandberg: 53/G5
John Flaherty: K
Brent Abernathy: E6/TH1/G6
Felix Escalona: 54(1)/FO/G56

Top 3

Lou Merloni: 7/F7M
Nomar Garciaparra: 63/G6
Manny Ramirez: 13/G13

Bot 3

Damian Rolls: S5/G6S
Ben Grieve: S9/G34.1-3
Randy Winn: 54(1)/FO/G56.3-H
Aubrey Huff: 46(1)/FO/G4
Steve Cox: 7/L78M

Top 4

Cliff Floyd: S4/G34
Brian Daubach: S9/L9S.1-2
Jason Varitek: S6/L6.2-3;1-2
Trot Nixon: 7/SF/F78D.3-H
Rey Sanchez: S7/G56.2-3;1-2
Johnny Damon: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Bot 4

Jared Sandberg: 53/G56
John Flaherty: 53/G5
Brent Abernathy: 43/G4

Top 5

Lou Merloni: S7/G56
Nomar Garciaparra: S8/F8LM.1-2
Manny Ramirez: W.2-3;1-2
Cliff Floyd: 12(3)5(2)/GDP/G13.1-2;B-1
Brian Daubach: 9/F9M

Bot 5

Felix Escalona: HP
Damian Rolls: 6(1)/FO/G6MS
Ben Grieve: S9/F9M.1-3
Randy Winn: T9/F89M.3-H;1-H
Aubrey Huff: 3/G34S
Steve Cox: 9/F8RD

Top 6

Jason Varitek: 9/F9LM
Trot Nixon: 5/P5
Rey Sanchez: S8/L8RS
Johnny Damon: 4/FL/P9LSF

Bot 6

Jared Sandberg: K
John Flaherty: 4/L4
Brent Abernathy: 63/G6

Top 7

Lou Merloni: K/C
Nomar Garciaparra: 7/F7M
Manny Ramirez: HR/F7D
Cliff Floyd: 7/F7D

Bot 7

Felix Escalona: HP
Damian Rolls: K
Ben Grieve: K
Randy Winn: SB2
Randy Winn: 9/F9LD

Top 8

Brian Daubach: 8/F8LD
Jason Varitek: HR/F89XD
Trot Nixon: HR/F89D
Rey Sanchez: 63/G6
Johnny Damon: T9/G3
Carlos Baerga: 43/G4

Bot 8

Aubrey Huff: D7/L7LS
Steve Cox: 5/P56
Jared Sandberg: K
John Flaherty: 7/F78D

Top 9

Nomar Garciaparra: 53/G5
Manny Ramirez: 9/F9D
Cliff Floyd: 3/G3

Bot 9

Brent Abernathy: K
Russ Johnson: 4/P4D
Damian Rolls: K

Notes & reviews

Derek Lowe and Red Sox Manager Grady Little ejected by HP umpire Jerry Crawford; Lowe said it was not on purpose but Crawford said 'he hit the same guy on successive pitches'

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