| You may notice that a date in the blog, May 3rd and the Phillies game on the 2nd, were not blogged. Two bolts of lightning struck in the backyard very close to the house and knocked our cable, phone and internet out for about 24 hours until it was fixed earlier this afternoon. Nothing worth blogging anyway. The Phillies lost both days to the red-hot Giants 10-4 and 3-2 to continue their recent 2-7 slump. In the game on the 3rd, the Phils left the bases loaded in both the 8th and 9th innings unable to come through with the clutch hit to tie or take the lead in the game. The Sox lost the game on the 3rd to the Rays 5-2 for their third straight loss. In today's game, Jon Lester finally got some runs to work with (his 4.50 run support is lowest among the starters), but made two huge mistake pitches on a solo homerun for Jonny Gomes in the 2nd and a huge 3-run bomb for Akinori Iwamura which tied the game 4-4 in the 4th inning. The score stayed 4-4 until the Sox come through in the bottom of the 10th. With one out, Jacoby Ellsbury singles and steals second. Dustin Pedroia can't help and as he grounds out on what would have been a double play grounder if not for the steal for out number two, and Kevin Youkilis comes through with the walk-off double as Ellsbury trots home with the winning run. Papelbon gets the win as he came in to pitch because he hasn't pitched in a week with the Sox slide. Ellsbury's recent 16-for-29 hot streak has enabled him to go above teammate Julio Lugo and gives Jacoby the AL batting race lead over Julio, .388 to .387. Lugo we know won't be on top at the end even if he bats like this since he will be done for the year in mid-July, but I'll enjoy it while it's here. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2008 Tampa Bay Rays At 2008 Boston Red Sox 5/4/2008
Rays AB R H RBI AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG
A.Iwamura 2B 4 1 1 3 .298 J.Ellsbury LF 4 2 1 1 .388
C.Crawford LF 5 0 1 0 .246 D.Pedroia 2B 5 0 1 2 .289
B.Upton CF 5 0 0 0 .226 K.Youkilis 1B 5 0 2 2 .331
C.Pena 1B 4 0 0 0 .196 M.Ramirez DH 4 0 0 0 .301
E.Longoria 3B 3 0 0 0 .299 M.Lowell 3B 4 0 0 0 .236
J.Gomes DH 4 1 2 1 .232 J.Drew RF 2 0 0 0 .233
E.Hinske RF 4 0 1 0 .200 J.Varitek C 3 1 1 0 .233
S.Riggans C 4 1 1 0 .222 C.Crisp CF 3 1 1 0 .324
J.Bartlett SS 4 1 2 0 .299 J.Lugo SS 4 1 1 0 .387
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Totals 37 4 8 4 Totals 34 5 7 5
Rays............ 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 0
Red Sox......... 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 7 0
Rays (17-14) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Kazmir 6 6 4 4 1 2 0 90 6.00
D.Wheeler 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 37 4.19
J.Howell LOSS(1-1) 0 2/3 1 1 1 1 0 0 15 2.42
Totals 9 2/3 7 5 5 3 4 0
Red Sox (19-14) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Lester 6 8 4 4 0 9 2 100 3.31
J.Tavarez 1 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 5.06
J.Lopez 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 19 1.15
J.Papelbon WIN(2-0) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 1.38
Totals 10 8 4 4 2 12 2
ATTENDANCE- 37,578 DATE- Sunday, May 4th 2008 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Gary Darling, Jerry Meals, Bill Miller, Paul Emmel
T- 3:07
LEFT ON BASE- Rays: 5 Red Sox: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rays: 0 Red Sox: 0
DOUBLES- J.Gomes(3rd), S.Riggans(6th), K.Youkilis-2(9th)
HOME RUNS- A.Iwamura(2nd), J.Gomes(7th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Ellsbury(9th)
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Crisp
WALKS- A.Iwamura, E.Longoria, J.Ellsbury, J.Drew-2
HIT BY PITCH- J.Varitek
STRIKE OUTS- A.Iwamura, C.Crawford, B.Upton, C.Pena-2, E.Longoria-3, J.Gomes,
S.Riggans-2, J.Bartlett, J.Ellsbury, D.Pedroia, M.Ramirez, J.Lugo
WEB GEMS- Bot 10th: Carlos Pena robbed Julio Lugo of a base hit.
Kevin Youkilis hit 2 doubles and had 2 RBI at Fenway Park as the Boston Red
Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays in 10 innings by the count of 5 to 4.
The score was knotted at 4 after nine innings. Boston was victorious in the
10th inning. After an out was recorded, Jacoby Ellsbury drew a walk.
Ellsbury swiped second base. One out later, Youkilis stepped in and he
doubled giving Boston the win much to the delight of the home town crowd.
Boston banged out 7 hits on the afternoon.
Jonathan Papelbon(2-0) was the winner allowing no runs in 1 and 2/3 innings.
J.P. Howell(1-1) suffered the loss in relief. He pitched 2/3 of an inning
and surrendered 1 hit and 1 walk.
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