Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 4, Boston 2
When: 7:08 PM ET, Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jerry Layne, 1B - Tony Randazzo, 2B - Chris Guccione, 3B - Mike Winters
Attendance: 29873
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jerry Layne, 1B - Tony Randazzo, 2B - Chris Guccione, 3B - Mike Winters
Attendance: 29873
Final Scoring Summary
Team Records
Recap Quick Hits
- With this win, the Tampa Bay Rays have a 35-18 record at home this season. The Boston Red Sox have a 27-26 record on the road.
- Tampa Bay has a streak of 2 straight up wins. The Rays have won 6 of their last 10 games.
- Boston has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Red Sox have won 6 of their last 10 games.
- Lance Cormier pitched 1.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 2.88. Takashi Saito took the loss for Boston.
- Evan Longoria (2) hit homeruns for Tampa Bay. Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis hit homeruns for Boston.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Boston | Tampa Bay | |
| Jon Lester | Player | Matt Garza |
| No Decision | W/L | No Decision |
| 6.0 | IP | 7.0 |
| 10 | Strikeouts | 6 |
| 3 | Hits | 3 |
| 1.50 | ERA | 2.57 |
Hitting
| Boston | Tampa Bay | |
| Dustin Pedroia | Player | Jason Bartlett |
| 2 | Hits | 2 |
| 1 | RBI | 1 |
| 1 | HR | 0 |
| 5 | TB | 2 |
| .333 | Avg | .500 |
Team Stats Summary