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Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays

2016-09-23 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 20543 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:52

Boston Red Sox defeated Tampa Bay Rays 2–1. Boston Red Sox opened the scoring in the 1st — David Ortiz homers (37) on a fly ball to right field. Xander Bogaerts scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Evan Longoria doubles (37) on a line drive to center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr — worth 24% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Drew Pomeranz L: Chris Archer SV: Brad Ziegler

Umpires — HP: Scott Barry · 1B: Carlos Torres · 2B: Sam Holbrook · 3B: Paul Emmel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dustin Pedroia	5	0	0	0	0	1
Xander Bogaerts	4	1	1	0	1	0
David Ortiz	5	1	2	2	0	0
Mookie Betts	4	0	3	0	1	0
Hanley Ramirez	4	0	1	0	0	2
Travis Shaw	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jackie Bradley	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bryan Holaday	2	0	1	0	1	1
Brock Holt	4	0	1	0	0	1
Andrew Benintendi	0	0	0	0	1	0

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Logan Forsythe	3	0	0	0	1	0
Kevin Kiermaier	4	0	0	0	0	1
Evan Longoria	4	0	1	0	0	0
Brad Miller	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mikie Mahtook	4	1	2	1	0	2
Corey Dickerson	3	0	1	0	1	1
Alexei Ramirez	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Wilson	3	0	0	0	0	2
Luke Maile	2	0	1	0	0	1
Nick Franklin	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jaff Decker	1	0	0	0	0	1
Juniel Querecuto	1	0	0	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Drew Pomeranz	5.0	4	0	4
Joe Kelly	1.0	0	0	0
Robbie Ross	0.2	1	0	1
Matt Barnes	1.0	0	1	2
Robby Scott	0.1	0	0	0
Brad Ziegler	1.0	1	1	2

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Archer	6.0	7	2	7
Ryan Garton	0.2	0	0	0
Dana Eveland	0.1	1	0	0
Danny Farquhar	1.0	0	3	0
Brad Boxberger	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dustin Pedroia: K
Xander Bogaerts: W
David Ortiz: HR/F9LD+.1-H
Mookie Betts: S4/G4S-
Hanley Ramirez: K
Travis Shaw: 3/G34S-

Bot 1

Logan Forsythe: 63/G6+
Kevin Kiermaier: K
Evan Longoria: 63/G6+

Top 2

Jackie Bradley: 43/G34
Bryan Holaday: W
Brock Holt: 13.1-2
Dustin Pedroia: 4/F4MD

Bot 2

Brad Miller: 6/F6MD
Mikie Mahtook: HR/F7LD+
Corey Dickerson: K
Alexei Ramirez: 8/F8RS

Top 3

Xander Bogaerts: 53/G56S-
David Ortiz: 5/P
Mookie Betts: S9/L9S+
Hanley Ramirez: S7/G56+.1-2
Travis Shaw: 7/F7LD

Bot 3

Bobby Wilson: 63/G6
Luke Maile: D8/L78D+
Logan Forsythe: 53/G5+.2-3
Kevin Kiermaier: 7/F7M

Top 4

Jackie Bradley: 9/L9M
Bryan Holaday: K
Brock Holt: S9/G34+
Dustin Pedroia: 9/F9D+

Bot 4

Evan Longoria: 9/F9S
Brad Miller: D7/L7LD+
Mikie Mahtook: S7/G56.2-3
Corey Dickerson: 64(1)3/GDP/G15+

Top 5

Xander Bogaerts: 8/F8LD
David Ortiz: 8/F8RM
Mookie Betts: S8/L8LS+
Hanley Ramirez: K

Bot 5

Alexei Ramirez: 9/F89M
Bobby Wilson: K
Luke Maile: K

Top 6

Travis Shaw: K
Jackie Bradley: K
Bryan Holaday: S9/G34+
Brock Holt: K

Bot 6

Logan Forsythe: 53/G5+
Kevin Kiermaier: 43/G34
Evan Longoria: 3/F23F-

Top 7

Dustin Pedroia: 4/L4
Xander Bogaerts: 13/G13-
David Ortiz: S8/MREV/F8LXD+.BX2(85)

Bot 7

Brad Miller: 7/F7D
Mikie Mahtook: K
Corey Dickerson: DGR/F8RXD+
Nick Franklin: 6/F8RS-

Top 8

Mookie Betts: W
Hanley Ramirez: 14(1)/FO/G13-
Travis Shaw: 13/G56S-.1-2
Jackie Bradley: IW
Andrew Benintendi: W.2-3;1-2
Brock Holt: 5/P5F

Bot 8

Bobby Wilson: K
Jaff Decker: K
Logan Forsythe: W
Kevin Kiermaier: 53/G56

Top 9

Dustin Pedroia: 53/G5
Xander Bogaerts: S7/G56+
David Ortiz: 8/F89D
Mookie Betts: 9/F9LS

Bot 9

Evan Longoria: D8/L78D+
Brad Miller: 6/F8RS
Mikie Mahtook: K
Corey Dickerson: IW
Juniel Querecuto: K

Notes & reviews

replay,7,ortid001,BOS,holbs901,STP01,,Y,M,TBA,A $when David Ortiz was called safe at 2B, Rays manager Kevin Cash challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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