Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 6, Boston 5
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, April 17, 2010
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 39°
Umpires: Home - Tony Randazzo, 1B - Ted Barrett, 2B - Angel Campos, 3B - Brian Gorman
Attendance: 37022

James Shields allowed three runs in 6 2/3 innings and the Tampa Bay Rays held on for a 6-5 win over the Boston Red Sox Saturday night.

Shields (1-0), who was 0-6 with an 8.04 ERA in six career starts at Fenway Park, gave up nine hits and struck out seven.

Pat Burrell, whose two-run homer in the 12th inning gave the Rays a 3-1 win in the completion of Friday night's suspended game, played a big role in Saturday's victory. His three-run double highlighted a big first inning which saw the Rays take a 4-0 lead against Clay Buchholz (0-1).

Rafael Soriano, who got a save in the suspended game, pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save.

John Jaso had an RBI double in the sixth and Evan Longoria hit a solo home run in the seventh.

Marco Scutaro hit a solo homer off Shields in the fifth to get the Red Sox on the board.

The Rays cruised into the seventh with a 6-1 lead, but that changed quickly after Shields retired the first two batters of the inning. Dustin Pedoria's two-run homer made it 6-3.

Victor Martinez singled and Kevin Youkilis hit another two-run homer off Andy Sonnanstine, cutting the lead to one.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Tampa Bay   Boston
James Shields Player Clay Buchholz
Win W/L Loss
6.2 IP 5.0
7 Strikeouts 7
9 Hits 3
5.40 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Tampa Bay   Boston
John Jaso Player Marco Scutaro
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 1
0 HR 1
4 TB 5
.667 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Tampa Bay 5 1 11 .147 9 11 5 4 2 0
Boston 11 3 23 .289 15 8 5 2 0 2