BATTING - 2B: Nixon 2 (21,off Sturtze,off Backe); Mirabelli (4,off Sturtze); Damon (19,off
Backe); Ramirez (12,off Kent).
HR: Damon (7,3rd inning off Sturtze 0 on 0 out); Garciaparra 3 (16,3rd inning
off Sturtze 1 on 0 out,3rd inning off Backe 1 on 2 out,4th inning off Backe
3 on 2 out); Ramirez 2 (16,3rd inning off Sturtze 0 on 0 out,8th inning
off Phelps 2 on 1 out); Nixon (14,7th inning off Phelps 0 on 2 out).
Team LOB: 5.
BASERUNNING - SB: Damon (24,2nd base off Sturtze/Hall).
PITCHING
Tampa Bay Devil Rays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFPSturtze L(1-10) 2.1 8 9 7 3 1 3 19
Backe 1.1 6 7 7 1 1 2 11
Kent 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 10
Phelps 2.1 4 4 4 1 1 2 11
Totals 8 19 22 17* 7 4 7 51
* - Team earned runs does not equal the composite totals for all pitchers due to instances in which provisions of Section 10.16 (i) of the Scoring rules (where runs may be earned for a reliever but not for the team) were applied.
Starting Lineups:
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Boston Red Sox
1. Winn cf Damon cf
2. Abernathy 2b Merloni 2b
3. Cox 1b Garciaparra ss
4. Huff dh Ramirez lf
5. Hall c Hillenbrand 3b
6. Conti rf Daubach dh
7. Gomez ss Offerman 1b
8. Sandberg 3b Nixon rf
9. Crawford lf Mirabelli c
Sturtze p Wakefield p
DEVIL RAYS 1ST: Winn struck out; Abernathy was hit by a pitch;
Cox homered to right [Abernathy scored]; Huff flied to left;
Hall grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Devil
Rays 2, Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 1ST: Damon walked; Damon stole second; Merloni struck
out; Garciaparra flied to right [Damon to third]; Ramirez
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Devil
Rays 2, Red Sox 0.
DEVIL RAYS 2ND: Conti singled to shortstop; Gomez walked [Conti
to second]; Mirabelli allowed a passed ball [Conti to third];
Sandberg out on a sacrifice fly to center [Conti scored];
Crawford grounded out (second to first) [Gomez to second]; Winn
doubled to center [Gomez scored]; Abernathy flied to right; 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Devil Rays 4, Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 2ND: Hillenbrand grounded out (shortstop to first);
Daubach walked; Offerman lined to right; Nixon singled to right
[Daubach to second]; Sturtze threw a wild pitch [Daubach to
third, Nixon to second]; Mirabelli grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Devil Rays 4, Red Sox 0.
DEVIL RAYS 3RD: Cox flied to left; Huff popped to third; Hall
singled to center; Hall was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 4, Red Sox 0.
RED SOX 3RD: Damon homered to right; Merloni singled to left;
Garciaparra homered to left-center [Merloni scored]; Ramirez
homered to right; Hillenbrand walked; Daubach reached on an
error by Cox [Hillenbrand to second]; On a bunt Offerman forced
Hillenbrand (pitcher to third) [Daubach to second]; Nixon
doubled to left [Daubach scored (unearned), Offerman to third];
Mirabelli doubled to center [Offerman scored, Nixon scored];
Damon singled to right [Mirabelli scored]; BACKE REPLACED
STURTZE (PITCHING); Merloni popped to third; Garciaparra homered
to left-center (unearned, but earned for the pitcher) [Damon
scored (unearned)]; 43rd time for two homers in one inning by
batter; Ramirez struck out; 10 R (8 ER), 8 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Devil Rays 4, Red Sox 10.
DEVIL RAYS 4TH: Conti struck out; Gomez struck out; Sandberg
flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 4, Red Sox 10.
RED SOX 4TH: Hillenbrand popped to shortstop; Daubach popped to
shortstop; Offerman singled to right; Nixon doubled to right
[Offerman scored]; Mirabelli singled to center [Nixon scored];
Damon doubled to left [Mirabelli to third]; Merloni walked;
Garciaparra homered to left [Mirabelli scored, Damon scored,
Merloni scored]; Garciaparra first to hit three homers on
birthday and 12th to hit grand slam on birthday; KENT
REPLACED BACKE (PITCHING); Ramirez lined to third; 6 R, 5 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 4, Red Sox 16.
DEVIL RAYS 5TH: Crawford singled to first; Winn struck out while
Crawford advanced to second because of defensive indifference;
Abernathy flied to center [Crawford to third]; Cox flied to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Devil Rays 4, Red Sox 16.
RED SOX 5TH: Hillenbrand grounded out (second to first); Daubach
struck out; Offerman lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Devil Rays 4, Red Sox 16.
DEVIL RAYS 6TH: BANKS REPLACED WAKEFIELD (PITCHING); Huff flied
to right; Hall flied to center; Conti grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 4, Red Sox 16.
RED SOX 6TH: Nixon grounded out (shortstop to first); Mirabelli
walked; Damon flied to left; Merloni reached on an error by
Conti [Mirabelli scored (unearned) (no RBI), Merloni to third];
Garciaparra walked; Ramirez doubled to left [Merloni scored
(unearned), Garciaparra to third]; PHELPS REPLACED KENT
(PITCHING); Hillenbrand was called out on strikes; 2 R (0 ER), 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Devil Rays 4, Red Sox 18.
DEVIL RAYS 7TH: Gomez flied to right; Sandberg grounded out
(shortstop to first); Crawford grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 4, Red Sox 18.
RED SOX 7TH: Daubach singled to left [Daubach out at second
(left to second)]; Offerman flied to center; Nixon homered to
center; Mirabelli popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Devil Rays 4, Red Sox 19.
DEVIL RAYS 8TH: Winn singled to center; Abernathy flied to
right; Cox grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Winn out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Devil Rays
4, Red Sox 19.
RED SOX 8TH: Damon singled to right; Merloni walked [Damon to
second]; Garciaparra flied to center [Damon to third]; Ramirez
homered to left-center [Damon scored, Merloni scored];
Hillenbrand popped to third; Daubach popped to center; 3 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Devil Rays 4, Red Sox 22.
DEVIL RAYS 9TH: Huff grounded out (second to first); Hall
grounded out (shortstop to first); Conti singled to shortstop;
Gomez flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Devil Rays 4, Red
Sox 22.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Devil Rays 4 7 2 3
Red Sox 22 19 0 5
