Game 3: Dice-K struggles, Rays squeak Sox
Dice-K and the Sox lose a tight one.
| Final - 4.9.2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Rays | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Boston Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
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Boxscore
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Boston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akinori Iwamura, 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 |
| Carl Crawford, LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .308 |
| Evan Longoria, 3B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .429 |
| Carlos Pena, 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .200 |
| Willy Aybar, DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .333 |
| Matt Joyce, CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| Pat Burrell, PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 |
| Ben Zobrist, pr,9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Gabe Gross, RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Gabe Kapler, ph,8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Shawn Riggans, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Jason Bartlett, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 |
| Totals | 35 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 7 | |
Batting
Home runs - Longoria, Joyce, Riggans
Doubles - Iwamura, Longoria, Aybar, Bartlett
Grounded into DP - Pena, Gross
Hit by pitch - Joyce
Stolen Bases - Iwamura
Team LOB - 12
Fielding
Errors - Pena, Riggans
Home runs - Longoria, Joyce, Riggans
Doubles - Iwamura, Longoria, Aybar, Bartlett
Grounded into DP - Pena, Gross
Hit by pitch - Joyce
Stolen Bases - Iwamura
Team LOB - 12
Fielding
Errors - Pena, Riggans
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Garza (W, 1-0) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1.29 | 0 | 106-63 |
| Brian Shouse (, 0-0) | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 | 12-7 |
| Joe Nelson (, 0-0) | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 15-7 |
| Troy Percival (S, 0-0; S,1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 0 | 22-11 |
| Boston Red Sox | |||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacoby Ellsbury, CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .154 |
| Dustin Pedroia, 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| David Ortiz, DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .222 |
| Kevin Youkilis, 1B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 |
| J.D. Drew, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| Jason Bay, LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .300 |
| Mike Lowell, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 |
| Nick Green, pr,5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jed Lowrie, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .091 |
| Jason Varitek, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |
Batting
Home runs - Varitek
Triples - Bay
Doubles - Youkilis, Lowell
Stolen Bases - Ellsbury
Team LOB - 10
Home runs - Varitek
Triples - Bay
Doubles - Youkilis, Lowell
Stolen Bases - Ellsbury
Team LOB - 10
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA | WP | PC-ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daisuke Matsuzaka (L, 0-1) | 5.1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6.75 | 1 | 100-60 |
| Manny Delcarmen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 25-12 |
| Ramon Ramirez | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 13-9 |
| Hideki Okajima | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 | 30-16 |
| Justin Masterson | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 4-2 |
Pitching
IBB - Gross by Matsuzaka
IBB - Gross by Matsuzaka
GAME NOTES
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Jeff Nelson, First Base Umpire - Mark Carlson, Second Base Umpire - Tim Tschida, Third Base Umpire - Bob Davidson
Duration: 3:39
Officials: Home Plate Umpire - Jeff Nelson, First Base Umpire - Mark Carlson, Second Base Umpire - Tim Tschida, Third Base Umpire - Bob Davidson
Duration: 3:39
