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Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox

2008-10-13 · 2008 League Championship Series · Game 3 of 7 ◀ Game 2 Game 4 ▶ · Day game · Fenway Park · Att: 38031 · 59°F · Wind 10 mph R to L · 3:23

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Boston Red Sox 9–1. Tampa Bay Rays put up 4 in the 3rd. Matt Garza earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TBA	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	9	13
BOS	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7

W: Matt Garza L: Jon Lester SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Brian O'Nora · 1B: Brian Gorman · 2B: Alfonso Marquez · 3B: Derryl Cousins · LF: Tim McClelland · RF: Sam Holbrook

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Akinori Iwamura	5	1	2	0	0	1
B. J. Upton	5	1	2	3	0	1
Carlos Pena	5	1	2	1	0	1
Evan Longoria	4	2	1	1	1	1
Carl Crawford	5	0	1	0	0	2
Willy Aybar	4	0	2	0	0	1
Dioner Navarro	4	1	1	1	0	0
Rocco Baldelli	3	1	1	3	1	1
Jason Bartlett	4	1	1	0	0	1

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jacoby Ellsbury	3	0	0	1	0	0
Dustin Pedroia	3	0	2	0	1	0
David Ortiz	4	0	0	0	0	1
Kevin Youkilis	4	0	0	0	0	2
J. D. Drew	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jason Bay	3	0	1	0	1	1
Mark Kotsay	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jason Varitek	3	1	0	0	1	1
Alex Cora	4	0	1	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Garza	6.0	6	3	5
J. P. Howell	2.0	1	0	2
Edwin Jackson	1.0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jon Lester	5.2	8	2	7
Paul Byrd	3.1	5	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Akinori Iwamura: 63/G
B. J. Upton: 3/G
Carlos Pena: 8/F

Bot 1

Jacoby Ellsbury: 7/F
Dustin Pedroia: D7/F
David Ortiz: K
Kevin Youkilis: 63/G

Top 2

Evan Longoria: W
Carl Crawford: K
Willy Aybar: S8/L.1-2
Dioner Navarro: PB.2-3;1-2
Dioner Navarro: 43/G.3-H(UR);2-3
Rocco Baldelli: K23

Bot 2

J. D. Drew: 43/G
Jason Bay: S6/G
Mark Kotsay: D9/L.1-3
Jason Varitek: K
Alex Cora: 8/F

Top 3

Jason Bartlett: S7/G
Akinori Iwamura: D7/F.1-3
B. J. Upton: HR/7/F.3-H;2-H
Carlos Pena: K
Evan Longoria: HR/78/F
Carl Crawford: K
Willy Aybar: 8/F

Bot 3

Jacoby Ellsbury: 9/F
Dustin Pedroia: S7/L
David Ortiz: 6/P9S
Kevin Youkilis: K

Top 4

Dioner Navarro: S8/L
Rocco Baldelli: 46(1)/FO/G
Jason Bartlett: 53/G.1-2
Akinori Iwamura: K

Bot 4

J. D. Drew: K
Jason Bay: 3/G
Mark Kotsay: S9/L
Jason Varitek: 3/P3F

Top 5

B. J. Upton: S16/G
Carlos Pena: S5/BG.1X2(56)
Evan Longoria: SB2
Evan Longoria: K
Carl Crawford: 7/F

Bot 5

Alex Cora: 43/G
Jacoby Ellsbury: 8/F
Dustin Pedroia: W
David Ortiz: 8/F

Top 6

Willy Aybar: K
Dioner Navarro: 63/G
Rocco Baldelli: W
Jason Bartlett: 6/L-

Bot 6

Kevin Youkilis: 53/G
J. D. Drew: K23
Jason Bay: W
Mark Kotsay: 8/F

Top 7

Akinori Iwamura: D7/F
B. J. Upton: K
Carlos Pena: 43/G.2-3
Evan Longoria: 5/L

Bot 7

Jason Varitek: W
Alex Cora: S9/G.1-3
Jacoby Ellsbury: 9/SF/F.3-H
Dustin Pedroia: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Carl Crawford: S8/L-
Willy Aybar: S7/L.1-3
Dioner Navarro: FC4/G.3XH(42);1-2
Rocco Baldelli: HR/7/F.2-H;1-H
Jason Bartlett: K
Akinori Iwamura: 3/G

Bot 8

David Ortiz: 3/G
Kevin Youkilis: K
J. D. Drew: S9/G
Jason Bay: K

Top 9

B. J. Upton: 63/G
Carlos Pena: HR/78/F
Evan Longoria: 4/P
Carl Crawford: 43/G

Bot 9

Mark Kotsay: 5/L
Jason Varitek: 43/G
Alex Cora: 7/F

Notes & reviews

infield shifted to right for David Ortiz
infield shifted to right for Carlos Pena
Kevin Youkilis had to run towards the line to get the bunt and had no chance to throw out Carlos Pena; B.J. Upton rounded the bag and Alex Cora came in behind to take the throw

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