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Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox

2016-08-31 · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 36786 · 81°F · Wind 7 mph to CF · 3:10

Boston Red Sox defeated Tampa Bay Rays 8–6. Tampa Bay Rays opened the scoring in the 1st — Brad Miller hits a ground-rule double (25) on a line drive down the right-field line. Kevin Kiermaier scores. Boston Red Sox took the lead in the 5th — Hanley Ramirez hits a grand slam (19) to left center field. Jackie Bradley Jr. scores. Dustin Pedroia scores. Mookie Betts scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 5th: Hanley Ramirez hits a grand slam (19) to left center field. Jackie Bradley Jr. scores. Dustin Pedroia scores. Mookie Betts scores — worth 44% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Junichi Tazawa L: Erasmo Ramirez SV: Craig Kimbrel

Umpires — HP: Gary Cederstrom · 1B: Greg Gibson · 2B: Mike Estabrook · 3B: Toby Basner · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Logan Forsythe	4	1	2	4	1	2
Kevin Kiermaier	5	1	3	0	0	0
Evan Longoria	5	0	0	0	0	2
Brad Miller	4	0	2	1	1	2
Nick Franklin	4	1	1	0	1	0
Logan Morrison	3	1	1	1	0	1
Tim Beckham	3	1	2	0	1	0
Corey Dickerson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Wilson	3	1	1	0	0	0
Steven Souza	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Duffy	0	0	0	0	1	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dustin Pedroia	5	1	3	0	0	0
Xander Bogaerts	4	1	1	1	1	1
David Ortiz	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mookie Betts	3	1	1	0	1	0
Hanley Ramirez	3	2	1	4	1	1
Sandy Leon	3	0	1	0	0	0
Chris Young	3	0	0	0	0	2
Aaron Hill	4	0	1	1	0	1
Jackie Bradley	4	2	3	2	0	0
Brock Holt	1	1	1	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Drew Smyly	5.0	7	2	4
Kevin Jepsen	1.0	2	0	1
Danny Farquhar	1.0	0	0	0
Erasmo Ramirez	1.0	3	1	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steven Wright	4.0	7	3	3
Robbie Ross	2.0	2	0	1
Matt Barnes	0.2	1	0	2
Fernando Abad	1.0	1	2	1
Junichi Tazawa	0.1	1	0	0
Craig Kimbrel	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Logan Forsythe: K23
Kevin Kiermaier: S9/G34
Evan Longoria: K
Brad Miller: WP.1-2
Brad Miller: DGR/L9LM.2-H
Nick Franklin: W
Logan Morrison: 43/G34D

Bot 1

Dustin Pedroia: 8/F89XD+
Xander Bogaerts: HR/F7LD
David Ortiz: 2/F25F-
Mookie Betts: D8/F78D+
Hanley Ramirez: K

Top 2

Tim Beckham: 7/L78M
Corey Dickerson: 9/F89S
Bobby Wilson: D8/F78D
Logan Forsythe: HR/F78XD+.2-H
Kevin Kiermaier: 7/L7M

Bot 2

Sandy Leon: 7/L7M+
Chris Young: 8/F8LS
Aaron Hill: K

Top 3

Evan Longoria: 7/F7LM
Brad Miller: W
Nick Franklin: PO1(23)
Nick Franklin: 8/F8RD

Bot 3

Jackie Bradley: 4/F4D
Dustin Pedroia: S7/L78M
Xander Bogaerts: W.1-2
David Ortiz: 7/F7S
Mookie Betts: 3/F3-

Top 4

Logan Morrison: HR/F9D+
Tim Beckham: S7/L7D+
Corey Dickerson: K
Bobby Wilson: 5/F56-
Logan Forsythe: W.1-2
Kevin Kiermaier: S9/G4+.2-3;1-2;BX2(96)

Bot 4

Hanley Ramirez: 63/G56
Sandy Leon: S9/L4D-
Chris Young: K
Aaron Hill: 4/F6MD-

Top 5

Evan Longoria: 8/F8LXD+
Brad Miller: S6/BG56+
Nick Franklin: 53/G56.1-2
Logan Morrison: K

Bot 5

Jackie Bradley: S9/L89D+
Dustin Pedroia: S9/G34+.1-2
Xander Bogaerts: K
David Ortiz: 7/F78M
Mookie Betts: W.2-3;1-2
Hanley Ramirez: HR/F78XD+.3-H;2-H;1-H
Sandy Leon: 53/G56

Top 6

Tim Beckham: S9/F89S-
Corey Dickerson: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Bobby Wilson: 53/G56

Bot 6

Chris Young: K
Aaron Hill: 8/L8LM+
Jackie Bradley: HR/F7D+/UREV
Dustin Pedroia: S7
Xander Bogaerts: CS2(24)/MREV

Top 7

Logan Forsythe: K
Kevin Kiermaier: S9/L34+
Evan Longoria: K
Brad Miller: K

Bot 7

Xander Bogaerts: 8/L8LXD+
David Ortiz: 9/L9D+
Mookie Betts: 3/F34-

Top 8

Nick Franklin: S1/G3S-
Steven Souza: 7/F7S
Tim Beckham: W.1-2
Corey Dickerson: 9/F9LD+.2-3
Matt Duffy: W.1-2
Logan Forsythe: S8/L6D+.3-H;2-H;1-3
Kevin Kiermaier: 43/G4S-

Bot 8

Hanley Ramirez: W
Sandy Leon: 23/SH/BG2L-.1-2
Brock Holt: S7/G56.2-3
Aaron Hill: S9/L34.3-H;1-3
Jackie Bradley: D9/G3+.3-H;1-3
Dustin Pedroia: FC6/G15-.3XH(62);2-3
Xander Bogaerts: 64(1)/FO/G56

Top 9

Evan Longoria: 5/P5F
Brad Miller: K
Nick Franklin: 7/F7LM

Notes & reviews

replay,6,bradj001,BOS,cedeg901,BOS07,O,Y,U,,H $Jackie Bradley's fly to LF struck the ledge at the top of the wall and caromed back onto the field; the ball was ruled in play; crew chief Gary Cederstrom requested a review, which overturned the call to a home run by replay
replay,6,bogax001,BOS,cedeg901,BOS07,,N,M,BOS,A $when Dustin Pedroia was called out at 2B, Red Sox manager John Farrell challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay

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