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Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox

2021-09-06 · Day game · Fenway Park · 10 innings · Att: 26512 · 80°F, sunny · Wind 8 mph to CF · 4:54

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Boston Red Sox 11–10. Tampa Bay Rays opened the scoring in the 1st — Nelson Cruz singles on a ground ball to center fielder Alex Verdugo. Wander Franco scores. Boston Red Sox took the lead in the 2nd — Taylor Motter doubles (1) on a fly ball to left fielder Austin Meadows. Christian Vazquez scores. Tampa Bay Rays took the lead in the 10th — Nelson Cruz singles on a ground ball to right fielder Hunter Renfroe. Randy Arozarena scores. Nelson Cruz to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Austin Meadows hits an inside-the-park home run (24) on a fly ball to center field — worth 34% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
TBA	1	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	1	2	11	19
BOS	1	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	10	14

W: Collin McHugh L: Garrett Whitlock SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Manny Gonzalez · 1B: Laz Diaz · 2B: Mike Estabrook · 3B: Jeff Nelson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Randy Arozarena	6	2	2	1	0	3
Wander Franco	6	3	4	0	0	0
Nelson Cruz	6	3	3	3	0	2
Yandy Diaz	5	0	3	0	0	1
Jordan Luplow	3	0	2	1	1	1
Manuel Margot	6	0	1	0	0	1
Austin Meadows	5	1	1	1	0	1
Francisco Mejia	3	0	0	0	0	0
Taylor Walls	5	1	1	0	0	2
Mike Zunino	2	1	1	0	0	1
Joey Wendle	1	0	0	0	1	0
Brandon Lowe	1	0	1	1	0	0
Kevin Kiermaier	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Taylor Motter	5	2	2	1	0	2
Kyle Schwarber	4	2	1	0	1	3
Hunter Renfroe	5	1	3	2	1	0
J. D. Martinez	5	1	1	1	1	1
Rafael Devers	4	1	2	1	2	2
Bobby Dalbec	3	0	1	2	1	0
Alex Verdugo	3	0	0	1	1	1
Christian Vazquez	5	1	1	0	0	1
Jonathan Arauz	5	2	1	1	0	0
Travis Shaw	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jose Iglesias	1	0	1	1	0	0
Kevin Plawecki	1	0	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ryan Yarbrough	2.0	8	2	1
Shawn Armstrong	2.0	1	0	2
Adam Conley	1.0	0	0	2
J. T. Chargois	1.0	2	2	0
J. P. Feyereisen	1.0	1	0	1
David Robertson	1.0	0	1	3
Collin McHugh	2.0	2	2	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Sale	3.2	10	1	6
Garrett Richards	2.1	3	0	3
Josh Taylor	0.2	1	0	0
Adam Ottavino	0.2	2	0	1
Austin Davis	0.2	0	0	0
Garrett Whitlock	1.1	3	0	2
Stephen Gonsalves	0.2	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Randy Arozarena: K
Wander Franco: T9/F8XD
Nelson Cruz: S8/G4M.3-H
Yandy Diaz: S5/G25-.1-2
Jordan Luplow: K
Manuel Margot: S5/G56S.2-3;1-2
Austin Meadows: K

Bot 1

Taylor Motter: 13/G25
Kyle Schwarber: S8/L89D
Hunter Renfroe: S7/L7D.1-3
J. D. Martinez: S8/L8S.3-H;1-2
Rafael Devers: K
Bobby Dalbec: W.2-3;1-2
Alex Verdugo: 13/L4MS

Top 2

Francisco Mejia: 13/G25-
Taylor Walls: 9/F89
Randy Arozarena: K

Bot 2

Christian Vazquez: S7/L7D+
Jonathan Arauz: 7/F78S
Taylor Motter: D7/F78XD.1-H
Kyle Schwarber: HP
Hunter Renfroe: D7/F7D.2-H;1-3
J. D. Martinez: IW
Rafael Devers: S8/L89.3-H;2-3;1-2
Bobby Dalbec: D7/L7LS.3-H;2-H;1-3
Alex Verdugo: 8/SF/F89D.3-H;2-3
Christian Vazquez: 53/G56S

Top 3

Wander Franco: S7/L7S
Nelson Cruz: K
Yandy Diaz: 9/F9L
Jordan Luplow: W.1-2
Manuel Margot: K

Bot 3

Jonathan Arauz: 63/G4MD
Taylor Motter: K
Kyle Schwarber: K

Top 4

Austin Meadows: 8/F8
Francisco Mejia: 7/F78
Taylor Walls: S5/G5
Randy Arozarena: S9/L9S+.1-2
Wander Franco: S9/L9S.2-3;1-2
Nelson Cruz: E8/F89XD.3-H(NR)(UR);2-H(NR)(UR);1-H(NR)(UR);B-H(E4/TH)(NR)(UR)
Yandy Diaz: S5/G5
Jordan Luplow: S5/G25.1-2
Manuel Margot: 8/L8XD+

Bot 4

Hunter Renfroe: 5/L5
J. D. Martinez: 43/G4D
Rafael Devers: S8/L8
Bobby Dalbec: 9/F9D+

Top 5

Austin Meadows: 63/G4MD
Francisco Mejia: 9/F9D
Taylor Walls: K

Bot 5

Alex Verdugo: K
Christian Vazquez: K
Jonathan Arauz: 1/P1S-

Top 6

Randy Arozarena: K
Wander Franco: S8/G6M
Nelson Cruz: K
Yandy Diaz: S9/G34.1-2
Jordan Luplow: S7/L7S.2-H;1-3
Manuel Margot: 53/G56

Bot 6

Taylor Motter: T7/F8XD+
Kyle Schwarber: W
Hunter Renfroe: S7/L78S.3-H;1-2
J. D. Martinez: 46(1)3/GDP/G4.2-3
Rafael Devers: IW
Bobby Dalbec: 64(1)/FO/G6.B-1

Top 7

Austin Meadows: 7/F7S
Mike Zunino: D7/L7D+
Taylor Walls: 63/G6MS.2-3
Randy Arozarena: S8/L8S.3-H
Wander Franco: 6/L6

Bot 7

Alex Verdugo: 53/G56
Christian Vazquez: 8/F89XD+
Jonathan Arauz: HR/F89XD
Taylor Motter: K

Top 8

Nelson Cruz: HR/F7D
Yandy Diaz: K
Joey Wendle: 63/G4M
Manuel Margot: 8/F89S

Bot 8

Kyle Schwarber: K
Hunter Renfroe: W
J. D. Martinez: K
Rafael Devers: K

Top 9

Austin Meadows: HR8/IPHR/F8XD
Mike Zunino: K
Taylor Walls: K
Randy Arozarena: 53/G5

Bot 9

Travis Shaw: DGR/F7LS
Alex Verdugo: IW
Christian Vazquez: 2/P2F/FL
Jonathan Arauz: 56(1)3/GDP/G56

Top 10

Wander Franco: 13/G1S-
Nelson Cruz: S9/G3.2-H(UR);B-2
Brandon Lowe: S9/L9L.2-H;B-2(E9/TH)
Joey Wendle: W
Manuel Margot: 64(1)/FO/G6.2-3;B-1
Kevin Kiermaier: 6(1)/FO/G6M.B-1

Bot 10

Jose Iglesias: BK.2-3
Jose Iglesias: S9/L9LS.3-H(UR)
Kyle Schwarber: K
Hunter Renfroe: E5/G5.1-2;B-1
J. D. Martinez: 9/L9
Rafael Devers: W.2-3;1-2
Kevin Plawecki: 63/G6

Notes & reviews

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HP umpire Gonzalez left after being hit on mask by a foul ball by Luplow
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Umpire Libka was at game preparing for an assignment the next day and finished the game at 2nd base
Umpire review of ball hit by Renfroe; call upheld - double not home run
Originally scored as single plus error, changed to double on 09-07-2021, making run earned
Randy Arozarena starts inning at 2nd base.
Jonathan Arauz starts inning at 2nd base.
Rays challenged call that Renfroe was safe at 1st; call upheld - safe on error

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