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Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox

2012-05-25 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 37594 · 73°F · Wind 12 mph to LF · 3:25

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Boston Red Sox 7–4. Tampa Bay Rays put up 4 in the 3rd. Alex Cobb earned the win and Fernando Rodney picked up the save. Matt Joyce went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Alex Cobb L: Jon Lester SV: Fernando Rodney

Umpires — HP: Mark Carlson · 1B: Ed Rapuano · 2B: Angel Hernandez · 3B: Chris Conroy · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carlos Pena	4	2	1	1	1	1
B. J. Upton	5	1	2	0	0	1
Luke Scott	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ben Zobrist	3	1	0	0	2	2
Matt Joyce	3	1	2	4	1	0
Sean Rodriguez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Drew Sutton	3	0	2	0	1	0
Chris Gimenez	4	1	0	0	0	1
Elliot Johnson	4	1	1	2	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Aviles	4	1	0	1	0	0
Dustin Pedroia	4	0	0	0	0	1
David Ortiz	3	0	0	0	2	0
Adrian Gonzalez	4	0	1	1	0	0
Kevin Youkilis	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jarrod Saltalamacchia	2	1	0	0	2	1
Daniel Nava	3	1	0	0	1	1
Marlon Byrd	3	0	1	1	1	1
Scott Podsednik	3	1	1	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Alex Cobb	5.0	3	4	2
J. P. Howell	0.0	0	2	0
Burke Badenhop	0.2	1	0	0
Jake McGee	1.1	0	0	0
Joel Peralta	1.0	0	0	2
Fernando Rodney	1.0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jon Lester	4.0	6	3	4
Scott Atchison	3.0	2	2	2
Matt Albers	1.0	0	0	0
Franklin Morales	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Carlos Pena: 31/G3
B. J. Upton: 8/L8LD+
Luke Scott: K

Bot 1

Mike Aviles: E5/G56S
Dustin Pedroia: 2/F2LF-
David Ortiz: SB2
David Ortiz: W
Adrian Gonzalez: 7/L7M+
Kevin Youkilis: S8/L8RS+.2-H(UR);1-2
Jarrod Saltalamacchia: K

Top 2

Ben Zobrist: K
Matt Joyce: S7/L6D-
Sean Rodriguez: 5/L56S
Drew Sutton: W.1-2
Chris Gimenez: 54(1)/FO/G56

Bot 2

Daniel Nava: 9/F89D
Marlon Byrd: W
Scott Podsednik: 64(1)/FO/G56.B-1
Mike Aviles: 8/F8LD

Top 3

Elliot Johnson: 63/G6
Carlos Pena: W
B. J. Upton: S9/L89S-.1-3
Luke Scott: K
Ben Zobrist: W.1-2
Matt Joyce: HR/F89XD+.3-H;2-H;1-H
Sean Rodriguez: K

Bot 3

Dustin Pedroia: 53/G56
David Ortiz: 4/L34D+
Adrian Gonzalez: 53/G6M-

Top 4

Drew Sutton: S8/L8LS
Chris Gimenez: 54(1)/FO/G56S
Elliot Johnson: HR/F8LXD+.1-H
Carlos Pena: HR/F9LD+
B. J. Upton: 6/L6MD-
Luke Scott: 43/G4

Bot 4

Kevin Youkilis: 8/F8LD
Jarrod Saltalamacchia: W
Daniel Nava: WP.1-2
Daniel Nava: K
Marlon Byrd: 43/G4

Top 5

Ben Zobrist: W
Matt Joyce: 8/F8LXD+
Sean Rodriguez: 6(1)3/GDP/G6S

Bot 5

Scott Podsednik: S8/L8RS
Mike Aviles: SB2
Mike Aviles: 53/G56
Dustin Pedroia: 5/L56+
David Ortiz: W
Adrian Gonzalez: D7/F7LD.2-H;1-3
Kevin Youkilis: 53/G5

Top 6

Drew Sutton: S9/L9S.B-2(E9)
Chris Gimenez: K
Elliot Johnson: 41/G34.2-3
Carlos Pena: K

Bot 6

Jarrod Saltalamacchia: W
Daniel Nava: W.1-2
Marlon Byrd: S9/G4+.2-H;1-2
Scott Podsednik: 24/SH/BG2L-.2-3;1-2
Mike Aviles: 8/SF/F8LD.3-H
Dustin Pedroia: HP
David Ortiz: 9/F9D+

Top 7

B. J. Upton: S6/G6
Luke Scott: 7/L7M
Ben Zobrist: SB2
Ben Zobrist: 6/F6-
Matt Joyce: IW
Sean Rodriguez: 13/G15

Bot 7

Adrian Gonzalez: 43/G34-
Kevin Youkilis: 4/F34D-
Jarrod Saltalamacchia: 4/L4

Top 8

Drew Sutton: 9/F9S
Chris Gimenez: 63/G56+
Elliot Johnson: 7/L7S

Bot 8

Daniel Nava: 6/F4D-
Marlon Byrd: K
Scott Podsednik: K

Top 9

Carlos Pena: 31/G34
B. J. Upton: K
Luke Scott: HP
Ben Zobrist: K

Bot 9

Mike Aviles: 4/F3-
Dustin Pedroia: K
David Ortiz: 6/L6

Notes & reviews

Franklin Morales threw his first pitch behind Luke Scott and another inside before finally hitting him; Scott walked toward the mound but catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia got in front of Scott; Scott tried to push Salty out of the way as both benches emptied; Dustin Pedroia had been hit in the sixth and there had been some similar action one week earlier in a series played in Florida; there was a lot of pushing and angry words but nothing more

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