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Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox

2015-05-05 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 33688 · 57°F · Wind 13 mph from RF · 2:26

Boston Red Sox defeated Tampa Bay Rays 2–0. Boston Red Sox opened the scoring in the 6th — Mookie Betts homers (3) on a line drive to left center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Mookie Betts homers (3) on a line drive to left center field — worth 16% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Rick Porcello L: Drew Smyly SV: Koji Uehara

Umpires — HP: Brian Gorman · 1B: Mark Carlson · 2B: Mike DiMuro · 3B: Tripp Gibson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	H	SO
Kevin Kiermaier	4	1	0
Steven Souza	4	2	1
James Loney	4	0	0
Evan Longoria	4	1	1
David DeJesus	4	2	0
Logan Forsythe	4	1	0
Asdrubal Cabrera	4	0	2
Joey Butler	3	0	1
Bobby Wilson	3	1	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mookie Betts	4	2	2	2	0	0
Dustin Pedroia	3	0	0	0	1	1
David Ortiz	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mike Napoli	4	0	1	0	0	0
Pablo Sandoval	4	0	0	0	0	2
Allen Craig	2	0	1	0	1	0
Brock Holt	3	0	0	0	0	1
Xander Bogaerts	2	0	0	0	1	1
Blake Swihart	3	0	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Drew Smyly	6.0	2	2	6
Xavier Cedeno	1.0	1	1	0
Ernesto Frieri	1.0	2	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Rick Porcello	7.0	8	6
Alexi Ogando	1.0	0	0
Koji Uehara	1.0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Kevin Kiermaier: S67/G6+
Steven Souza: K
James Loney: 7/F7LM
Evan Longoria: PO1(E1).1-2
Evan Longoria: K

Bot 1

Mookie Betts: 53/G56S-
Dustin Pedroia: W
David Ortiz: SB2
David Ortiz: K
Mike Napoli: 43/G4M

Top 2

David DeJesus: S9/L34D+
Logan Forsythe: 8/L8LM
Asdrubal Cabrera: K+SB2
Joey Butler: 9/F89M

Bot 2

Pablo Sandoval: 63/G6
Allen Craig: W
Brock Holt: K
Xander Bogaerts: 8/F8RM

Top 3

Bobby Wilson: 53/G5-
Kevin Kiermaier: 43/G4S
Steven Souza: S5/G6S-
James Loney: 43/G4

Bot 3

Blake Swihart: 63/G56
Mookie Betts: 6/F6M-
Dustin Pedroia: K

Top 4

Evan Longoria: S8/G6+
David DeJesus: S7/L56D+.1-2
Logan Forsythe: 8(B)6(2)/LDP
Asdrubal Cabrera: K

Bot 4

David Ortiz: 8/F8RXD+
Mike Napoli: E1/G15S-
Pablo Sandoval: K
Allen Craig: 7/F7S

Top 5

Joey Butler: K
Bobby Wilson: S7/L56D+
Kevin Kiermaier: 36(1)/FO/G3+
Steven Souza: S7/L78S.1-2
James Loney: 13/G13

Bot 5

Brock Holt: 43/G34
Xander Bogaerts: K23
Blake Swihart: 6/L6+

Top 6

Evan Longoria: 53/G5
David DeJesus: 3/G3
Logan Forsythe: S7/L6D+
Asdrubal Cabrera: WP/MREV.1-2
Asdrubal Cabrera: 3/F34S-

Bot 6

Mookie Betts: HR/F7D+
Dustin Pedroia: 53/G5+
David Ortiz: D9/G3+
Mike Napoli: 53/G56+
Pablo Sandoval: K

Top 7

Joey Butler: 63/G6
Bobby Wilson: K
Kevin Kiermaier: 3/L3+

Bot 7

Allen Craig: S7/F7LD.BX2(74)
Brock Holt: 43/G34-
Xander Bogaerts: W
Blake Swihart: 53/G5S-

Top 8

Steven Souza: 3/F3-
James Loney: 6/F4MD-
Evan Longoria: 7/L7M+

Bot 8

Mookie Betts: HR/F78XD+
Dustin Pedroia: 8/F8RM
David Ortiz: 6/F5-
Mike Napoli: S4/F8LS
Pablo Sandoval: 7/F78D

Top 9

David DeJesus: 43/G34
Logan Forsythe: 2/F2R-
Asdrubal Cabrera: 43/G4S-

Notes & reviews

David DeJesus stole the bag but thought the pitch was fouled off; he ran past the bag but safely returned to 2B
replay,6,cabra002,TBA,gormb901,BOS07,,N,M,BOS,A $when Logan Forsythe was called safe at 2B, Red Sox manager John Farrell challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay

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