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Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays

2002-09-10 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 10891 · 72°F, dome, dry · Wind L to R · 2:34

Boston Red Sox defeated Tampa Bay Devil Rays 12–1. Boston Red Sox put up 5 in the 6th. John Burkett earned the win. Nomar Garciaparra went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	0	1	1	0	0	5	4	1	0	12	15
TBA	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7

W: John Burkett L: Joe Kennedy SV: (none)

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	5	0	0	0	0	0
Shea Hillenbrand	6	2	1	0	0	0
Nomar Garciaparra	3	2	2	2	0	0
Manny Ramirez	4	2	2	2	0	0
Cliff Floyd	5	3	4	2	0	1
Benny Agbayani	4	2	2	1	1	0
Doug Mirabelli	3	1	2	2	0	0
Tony Clark	5	0	1	0	0	0
Rey Sanchez	2	0	0	1	0	1
Freddy Sanchez	2	0	1	2	0	0
Lou Merloni	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Baerga	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shane Andrews	1	0	0	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Damian Rolls	4	0	2	0	0
Ben Grieve	4	0	0	0	0
Randy Winn	2	0	0	0	0
Aubrey Huff	4	1	2	1	0
Steve Cox	2	0	0	0	1
Jared Sandberg	3	0	0	0	0
John Flaherty	3	0	2	0	0
Andy Sheets	3	0	0	0	1
Chris Gomez	3	0	0	0	0
Jason Conti	2	0	0	0	0
Russ Johnson	1	0	1	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
John Burkett	7.0	6	2
Wayne Gomes	1.0	1	0
Josh Hancock	1.0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Kennedy	6.0	7	1	2
Steve Kent	1.0	6	0	0
Lee Gardner	0.0	0	0	0
Travis Phelps	2.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Damon: 63/G6
Shea Hillenbrand: 7/F7LS
Nomar Garciaparra: D7/L78D
Manny Ramirez: 5/L56

Bot 1

Damian Rolls: 63/G6
Ben Grieve: 63/G56
Randy Winn: 3/L3

Top 2

Cliff Floyd: D9/G3
Benny Agbayani: W
Doug Mirabelli: HP.2-3;1-2
Tony Clark: 3/FL/P23F
Rey Sanchez: 8/SF/F8RM.3-H
Johnny Damon: 31/G34

Bot 2

Aubrey Huff: 7/F78M
Steve Cox: 31/G3
Jared Sandberg: 3/FL/P3F

Top 3

Shea Hillenbrand: 4/P3
Nomar Garciaparra: 8/F8RM
Manny Ramirez: HR/F9LD
Cliff Floyd: K

Bot 3

John Flaherty: 8/F8RXD
Andy Sheets: K
Chris Gomez: 8/F8RM

Top 4

Benny Agbayani: 9/F9S
Doug Mirabelli: 7/F78M
Tony Clark: 9/F9D

Bot 4

Damian Rolls: S8/F8RS
Ben Grieve: 7/F7M
Randy Winn: CS2(26)
Randy Winn: 43/G4

Top 5

Rey Sanchez: 43/G4S
Johnny Damon: 8/F78S
Shea Hillenbrand: 6/P6D

Bot 5

Aubrey Huff: HR/F89XD
Steve Cox: K
Jared Sandberg: 63/G6
John Flaherty: D9/L8RM
Andy Sheets: 63/G56

Top 6

Nomar Garciaparra: HP
Manny Ramirez: D8/L8RM.1-H
Cliff Floyd: D8/L89D.2-H
Benny Agbayani: SB3/G56
Benny Agbayani: S7/G56.3-H
Doug Mirabelli: HR/F7LD.1-H
Tony Clark: 7/L7D
Rey Sanchez: K
Johnny Damon: 5/FL

Bot 6

Chris Gomez: 7/F78M
Damian Rolls: S9/G4
Ben Grieve: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M

Top 7

Shea Hillenbrand: D8/F8RXD
Nomar Garciaparra: HR/F7D.2-H
Manny Ramirez: 3/FL/P3F
Cliff Floyd: S3/G34S
Benny Agbayani: S8/L8RM.1-2
Doug Mirabelli: S7/G56.2-3;1-2
Tony Clark: 4/P4
Freddy Sanchez: S8/L8RM.3-H;2-H;1-2
Johnny Damon: 9/F89M

Bot 7

Jason Conti: 7/F7D
Aubrey Huff: S6/G
Russ Johnson: S7/G56.1-2
Jared Sandberg: 6(1)6(2)/GDP/G6MS

Top 8

Shea Hillenbrand: E5/TH1/G56.B-2
Lou Merloni: HP
Carlos Baerga: 7/F78D.2-3
Cliff Floyd: S7/F78S.3-H(UR);1-2
Benny Agbayani: 9/F89M
Kevin Brown: 2/FL/P23F

Bot 8

John Flaherty: S7/G56
Andy Sheets: 9/F9M
Chris Gomez: 3/FL
Damian Rolls: 64(1)/FO/G6M

Top 9

Tony Clark: S7/L78M
Freddy Sanchez: 3/FL/P23F
Shane Andrews: K
Shea Hillenbrand: 9/F89M

Bot 9

Ben Grieve: 8/F8RM
Jason Conti: 53/G5
Aubrey Huff: 53/G56

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Freddy Sanchez
box scores all clear on the scoring, no details
Lee Gardner and Devil Rays Manager Hal McRae ejected by HP umpire Brian Gorman
Debut game for Joshua Hancock

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