| Two dominant lefties face off in a game in which both had their out pitch working. Through 6 innings, both pitches had combined for 22 strikeouts (11 each) and allowed just 7 hits (2 for Lester, 5 for Kazmir). Unfortunately for Jon Lester, both of those hits had led to runs, and he was facing a 2-0 deficit. The 7th inning was a different story, however. Lester once again put the Devil Rays down 1-2-3, adding 2 K's to his strikeout total. Kazmir got the first 2 outs, including his 12th strikeout, but then allowed a single to Coco Crisp. Wirth big righty Wily Mo Pena due up, manager Joe Maddon goes to Gary Glover out of the pen. Glover allows a single to Pena, with Crisp advancing to third. This brings Grant Balfour out of the pen, but he allows a 3-run bomb to Julio Lugo, giving the Sox the lead. Eric Gagne would pitch the 8th, the Sox got an insurance run in the 8th, and Jonathan Papelbon gets his 35th save with a perfect 9th. Lester gets his first win of the season, and the Sox move to a perfect 8-0 against Tampa for the year. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Tampa Bay Devil Rays At 2007 Boston Red Sox 8/14/2007
Devil Rays AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
A.Iwamura 3B 3 0 1 1 .265 J.Lugo SS 4 1 2 3 .227
C.Crawford LF 3 0 0 0 .327 D.Pedroia 2B 4 0 1 0 .309
B.Upton CF 4 0 0 0 .290 D.Ortiz DH 4 0 0 0 .304
C.Pena 1B 4 0 0 0 .289 M.Ramirez LF 4 1 2 0 .305
D.Young RF 4 0 0 0 .284 M.Lowell 3B 4 0 2 0 .326
B.Harris SS 4 1 1 1 .322 K.Youkilis 1B 4 0 1 0 .280
J.Gomes DH 3 0 0 0 .241 J.Varitek C 4 0 1 1 .237
J.Wilson 2B 3 0 0 0 .226 C.Crisp CF 4 1 1 0 .265
J.Paul C 1 1 0 0 .222 W.Pena RF 3 1 1 0 .196
A-G.Norton PH 1 0 1 0 .238
B-D.Navarro C 0 0 0 0 .204
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 30 2 3 2 Totals 35 4 11 4
A-Pinch Hit For Paul In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Norton In 8th Inning
Devil Rays...... 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 3 0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 - 4 11 1
Devil Rays (51-68) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Kazmir 6 2/3 6 1 1 0 12 0 90 4.42
G.Glover 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 3.95
G.Balfour L(1-3) BS(4th) 0 2/3 3 2 2 0 1 1 18 7.20
J.Switzer 0 2/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 7.88
Totals 8 11 4 4 0 14 1
Red Sox (88-31) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Lester WIN(1-1) 7 2 2 2 2 13 1 108 4.13
E.Gagne HOLD(6th) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 2.98
J.Papelbon SAVE(35th) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 1.97
Totals 9 3 2 2 2 16 1
ATTENDANCE- 38,842 DATE- Tuesday, August 14th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Jeff Nelson, Jim Wolf, Tim Tschida, Jim Joyce
T- 2:43
LEFT ON BASE- Devil Rays: 4 Red Sox: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Devil Rays: 0 Red Sox: 0
ERRORS- J.Lugo
HOME RUNS- B.Harris(14th), J.Lugo(8th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Paul(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Iwamura
WALKS- C.Crawford, J.Paul
STRIKE OUTS- C.Crawford-3, B.Upton-2, C.Pena, D.Young-3, B.Harris-2, J.Gomes,
J.Wilson-3, J.Paul, J.Lugo-2, D.Pedroia, D.Ortiz-3, M.Ramirez-2,
M.Lowell, J.Varitek-2, C.Crisp, W.Pena-2
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Coco Crisp robbed Carlos Pena of a Homerun!
Jon Lester struck out 13 batters as the mighty Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa
Bay Devil Rays by a score of 4 to 2.
Lester(1-1) was very good in the win. He surrendered only 2 hits and 2 walks
in 7 innings lowering his ERA from 4.64 to 4.13. Boston had 11 hits for the
game and Tampa Bay had 3.
Jonathan Papelbon got the save, his 35th. Grant Balfour(1-3) was the losing
pitcher in relief. Lester was pleased with his performance. He noted, 'I
had good zip on my pitches. Just as important, my location was right on.
The fans really got into the game too - that always helps me. Now, if I can
only do that again in my next outing.'
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