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Boston Red Sox @ Tampa Bay Rays

2008-10-19 · 2008 League Championship Series · Game 7 of 7 ◀ Game 6 · Night game · Tropicana Field · Att: 40473 · 72°F · 3:31

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Boston Red Sox 3–1. Matt Garza earned the win and David Price picked up the save.

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Line score

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

W: Matt Garza L: Jon Lester SV: David Price

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

Boston Red Sox — batting

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

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

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

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jon Lester	7.0	6	0	8
Hideki Okajima	1.0	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Matt Garza	7.0	2	3	9
Dan Wheeler	0.1	1	0	0
J. P. Howell	0.1	0	0	0
Chad Bradford	0.0	0	1	0
David Price	1.1	0	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Coco Crisp: 13/BG
Dustin Pedroia: HR/7/L
David Ortiz: W
Kevin Youkilis: 9/F
J. D. Drew: K23

Bot 1

Akinori Iwamura: 43/G
B. J. Upton: 9/L
Carlos Pena: K

Top 2

Jason Bay: K
Mark Kotsay: 63/G
Jason Varitek: K

Bot 2

Evan Longoria: 63/G
Carl Crawford: K
Willy Aybar: 53/G

Top 3

Alex Cora: 7/F
Coco Crisp: K
Dustin Pedroia: HP
David Ortiz: SB2
David Ortiz: K

Bot 3

Dioner Navarro: K
Rocco Baldelli: K
Jason Bartlett: 4/P

Top 4

Kevin Youkilis: 53/G
J. D. Drew: 3/P
Jason Bay: K

Bot 4

Akinori Iwamura: S7/L
B. J. Upton: K
Carlos Pena: 45(1)/FO/G4
Evan Longoria: D9/F.1-H
Carl Crawford: K

Top 5

Mark Kotsay: 4/P
Jason Varitek: 3/G+
Alex Cora: K

Bot 5

Willy Aybar: D7/F
Dioner Navarro: S6/G.2-2
Rocco Baldelli: S7/G.2-H;1-2
Jason Bartlett: K
Akinori Iwamura: 13/G-.2-3;1-2
B. J. Upton: 6/L-

Top 6

Coco Crisp: 13/G-
Dustin Pedroia: W
David Ortiz: K+CS2(26)/DP

Bot 6

Carlos Pena: 5/P
Evan Longoria: 7/F
Carl Crawford: 8/F

Top 7

Kevin Youkilis: 6/P
J. D. Drew: W
Jason Bay: S7/L.1-2
Mark Kotsay: 9/F.2-3
Jason Varitek: K23

Bot 7

Willy Aybar: HR/7/F
Dioner Navarro: 9/F
Rocco Baldelli: K23
Jason Bartlett: 8/F

Top 8

Alex Cora: E6/G
Coco Crisp: S9/G.1-2
Dustin Pedroia: 7/F
David Ortiz: 46(1)/FO/G.2-3
Kevin Youkilis: W.1-2
J. D. Drew: K

Bot 8

Akinori Iwamura: 43/G
B. J. Upton: 8/F
Carlos Pena: K

Top 9

Jason Bay: W
Mark Kotsay: K
Jason Varitek: K
Jed Lowrie: 4(1)/FO/G+

Notes & reviews

Umpire Derryl Cousins, who had been injured in the previous game, did not work this game; Angel Hernandez replaced Cousins; since Tim McClelland had taken over behind the plate in game six, Brian Gorman worked the plate in this game out of rotation
infield shifted to right for Carlos Pena

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