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Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays

2016-08-23 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 11249 · 72°F, dome, dry · 3:09

Boston Red Sox defeated Tampa Bay Rays 2–1. Boston Red Sox opened the scoring in the 3rd — David Ortiz singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Steven Souza Jr. Andrew Benintendi scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Tim Beckham grounds into a double play, shortstop Xander Bogaerts to second baseman Dustin Pedroia to first baseman Hanley Ramirez. Brad Miller out at 2nd. Tim Beckham out at 1st — worth 13% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Clay Buchholz L: Chris Archer SV: Craig Kimbrel

Umpires — HP: Ron Kulpa · 1B: Ryan Blakney · 2B: Chris Conroy · 3B: Paul Nauert · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dustin Pedroia	4	0	1	0	0	1
Xander Bogaerts	2	0	0	0	2	2
David Ortiz	4	1	1	1	0	1
Mookie Betts	4	0	1	0	0	1
Hanley Ramirez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jackie Bradley	3	0	0	0	1	1
Sandy Leon	3	0	0	0	1	2
Travis Shaw	3	0	0	0	0	2
Andrew Benintendi	3	1	2	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

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

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Clay Buchholz	6.1	5	2	9
Robbie Ross	0.2	0	0	1
Brad Ziegler	1.0	1	0	1
Craig Kimbrel	1.0	0	0	2

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Archer	5.0	5	2	6
Kevin Jepsen	0.2	0	0	2
Xavier Cedeno	1.1	0	0	2
Brad Boxberger	1.0	0	1	2
Alex Colome	1.0	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dustin Pedroia: DGR/L9LD+
Xander Bogaerts: K
David Ortiz: 9/F89D.2-3
Mookie Betts: 63/G6

Bot 1

Logan Forsythe: S7/L7S+
Kevin Kiermaier: 46(1)/FO/G34
Evan Longoria: 43/G34.1-2
Brad Miller: W
Tim Beckham: 63/G6S-

Top 2

Hanley Ramirez: K
Jackie Bradley: K
Sandy Leon: W
Travis Shaw: 7/F78S

Bot 2

Logan Morrison: 7/F7D
Steven Souza: K
Corey Dickerson: S8/L6D+
Bobby Wilson: K

Top 3

Andrew Benintendi: S8/L8LS
Dustin Pedroia: 43/G4MS-.1-2
Xander Bogaerts: K
David Ortiz: S9/G4+.2-H
Mookie Betts: S9/G3-.1-H(UR)(E9/TH);B-3
Hanley Ramirez: 63/G6

Bot 3

Logan Forsythe: HP
Kevin Kiermaier: 4/F4-
Evan Longoria: 9/F8RS
Brad Miller: K

Top 4

Jackie Bradley: 43/G34
Sandy Leon: K
Travis Shaw: K

Bot 4

Tim Beckham: S8/G6M+
Logan Morrison: PO1(23)/MREV
Logan Morrison: K
Steven Souza: K

Top 5

Andrew Benintendi: S8/L4MD-
Dustin Pedroia: 53.1-2
Xander Bogaerts: W
David Ortiz: 36(1)3/GDP/G3+

Bot 5

Corey Dickerson: S9/G34
Bobby Wilson: WP.1-2
Bobby Wilson: 53/G-
Logan Forsythe: K
Kevin Kiermaier: D9/L9D+.2-H
Evan Longoria: K

Top 6

Mookie Betts: K
Hanley Ramirez: K
Jackie Bradley: 63/G4MS-

Bot 6

Brad Miller: W
Tim Beckham: 64(1)3/GDP/G6+
Logan Morrison: K

Top 7

Sandy Leon: K
Travis Shaw: K
Andrew Benintendi: 8/F78D+

Bot 7

Steven Souza: K
Corey Dickerson: K
Bobby Wilson: 53/G5-

Top 8

Dustin Pedroia: K
Xander Bogaerts: W
David Ortiz: K/BINT/DP.1X2(2)

Bot 8

Logan Forsythe: K
Kevin Kiermaier: D9/G3+.BX3(95)
Evan Longoria: 9/F89D

Top 9

Mookie Betts: 6/L6+
Hanley Ramirez: 9/F9LD+
Jackie Bradley: W
Sandy Leon: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 9

Brad Miller: K
Richie Shaffer: K
Logan Morrison: HP
Steven Souza: 7/F7M

Notes & reviews

replay,4,morrl001,TBA,kulpr901,STP01,,Y,M,BOS,A $when Tim Beckham was called safe at 1B, Red Sox manager John Farrell challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay
David Ortiz called for batter interference when his backswing struck catcher Bobby Wilson on the mask as Xander Bogaerts was attempting to steal 2B

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