Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 6, Boston 4
When: 7:08 PM ET, Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Tony Randazzo, 1B - Chris Guccione, 2B - Mike Winters, 3B - Jerry Layne
Attendance: 31517
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Tony Randazzo, 1B - Chris Guccione, 2B - Mike Winters, 3B - Jerry Layne
Attendance: 31517
Final Scoring Summary
Team Records
Recap Quick Hits
- With this win, the Tampa Bay Rays have a 36-18 record at home this season. The Boston Red Sox have a 27-27 record on the road.
- Tampa Bay has a streak of 3 straight up wins. The Rays have won 6 of their last 10 games.
- Boston has a streak of 2 straight up losses. The Red Sox have won 5 of their last 10 games.
- David Price pitched 6.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 4.91. J.P. Howell closed out the game to get the save and has 12 saves for the season. Brad Penny took the loss for Boston.
- Jason Bartlett, Carl Crawford, Pat Burrell, Carlos Pena hit homeruns for Tampa Bay. Victor Martinez, Jason Bay hit homeruns for Boston.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Boston | Tampa Bay | |
| Brad Penny | Player | David Price |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 6.0 | IP | 6.0 |
| 5 | Strikeouts | 5 |
| 6 | Hits | 6 |
| 7.50 | ERA | 3.00 |
Hitting
| Boston | Tampa Bay | |
| Victor Martinez | Player | Pat Burrell |
| 2 | Hits | 1 |
| 1 | RBI | 1 |
| 1 | HR | 1 |
| 6 | TB | 4 |
| .500 | Avg | .333 |
Team Stats Summary