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Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox

2005-07-18 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 35405 · 82°F · Wind 10 mph to LF · 3:07

Tampa Bay Devil Rays defeated Boston Red Sox 3–1. Tampa Bay Devil Rays put up 2 in the 6th. Scott Kazmir earned the win and Danys Baez picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Scott Kazmir L: Wade Miller SV: Danys Baez

Umpires — HP: Laz Diaz · 1B: Dana DeMuth · 2B: Troy Fullwood · 3B: Marty Foster · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joey Gathright	5	0	1	2	0	3
Carl Crawford	4	0	2	0	0	1
Julio Lugo	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jorge Cantu	4	0	1	0	0	0
Aubrey Huff	4	0	0	0	0	1
Damon Hollins	3	2	1	0	1	0
Jonny Gomes	4	1	1	0	0	1
Toby Hall	2	0	0	1	1	0
Nick Green	3	0	1	0	1	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	BB	SO
Johnny Damon	5	1	0	0	1
Edgar Renteria	4	0	1	0	1
David Ortiz	3	0	0	1	2
Manny Ramirez	3	0	0	1	1
Kevin Millar	1	0	0	3	0
Jason Varitek	3	0	0	1	0
Trot Nixon	3	0	0	1	1
Bill Mueller	4	0	0	0	1
Alex Cora	4	0	2	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Scott Kazmir	6.0	3	6	7
Travis Harper	1.0	0	0	1
Joe Borowski	1.0	0	1	0
Danys Baez	1.0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wade Miller	5.2	6	3	4
Alan Embree	0.1	0	0	1
Chad Bradford	0.1	1	0	0
Mike Myers	0.2	0	0	0
Mike Timlin	1.0	0	0	0
Curt Schilling	1.0	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joey Gathright: K
Carl Crawford: HP
Julio Lugo: S9/L9LM+.1-3
Jorge Cantu: 4/P3F
Aubrey Huff: 8/F89M

Bot 1

Johnny Damon: E5/G56
Edgar Renteria: S8/L8RM.1-2
David Ortiz: W.2-3;1-2
Manny Ramirez: 54(1)3/GDP/G56+.3-H(UR);2-3
Kevin Millar: W
Jason Varitek: W.1-2
Trot Nixon: K

Top 2

Damon Hollins: T8/F8RXD+
Jonny Gomes: K
Toby Hall: 8/SF/L8LM+.3-H
Nick Green: S9/F34D-
Joey Gathright: 3/G3

Bot 2

Bill Mueller: 8/F8RD+
Alex Cora: S1/G25-
Johnny Damon: 6/P6M
Edgar Renteria: 4/P9S

Top 3

Carl Crawford: S1/BG34S-
Julio Lugo: SB2
Julio Lugo: 53/G56
Jorge Cantu: 3/L34+
Aubrey Huff: K

Bot 3

David Ortiz: K
Manny Ramirez: K
Kevin Millar: W
Jason Varitek: 8/F8LXD+

Top 4

Damon Hollins: 63/G6
Jonny Gomes: 53/G56
Toby Hall: W
Nick Green: 9/F89M

Bot 4

Trot Nixon: 3/G3
Bill Mueller: 8/F89M
Alex Cora: S9/L34D
Johnny Damon: K

Top 5

Joey Gathright: K23
Carl Crawford: 7/F78D+
Julio Lugo: HP
Jorge Cantu: SB2
Jorge Cantu: 8/F8LD+

Bot 5

Edgar Renteria: 53/G56S
David Ortiz: K
Manny Ramirez: W
Kevin Millar: 7/F7M

Top 6

Aubrey Huff: 3/G3
Damon Hollins: W
Jonny Gomes: S8/L8RS.1-2
Toby Hall: 8/F8RS
Nick Green: W.2-3;1-2
Joey Gathright: S7/G56.3-H;2-H;1-2
Carl Crawford: K

Bot 6

Jason Varitek: 4/P34
Trot Nixon: W
Bill Mueller: K
Alex Cora: K

Top 7

Julio Lugo: 43/G4MS
Jorge Cantu: S9/L89S
Aubrey Huff: 46(1)3/GDP/G4S

Bot 7

Johnny Damon: 7/F7LM
Edgar Renteria: K
David Ortiz: 8/F89M

Top 8

Damon Hollins: 63/G6S
Jonny Gomes: 53/G56S
Toby Hall: 6/L6+

Bot 8

Manny Ramirez: 3/P3DF
Kevin Millar: W
Jason Varitek: 46(1)/FO/G4+
Trot Nixon: 8/F8LXD+

Top 9

Nick Green: K
Joey Gathright: K
Carl Crawford: D8/L8RM+
Julio Lugo: SB3
Julio Lugo: 31/G34S

Bot 9

Bill Mueller: 13/G15-
Alex Cora: 7/F7LM
Johnny Damon: 9/F89M+

Notes & reviews

Lugo called safe by 1B umpire DeMuth because Schilling did not touch the bag with foot; after discussion HP umpire Diaz overruled saying Schilling had touched bag; Tampa Bay Mgr Piniella ejected by Diaz

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