Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Tampa Bay 6,
Boston 4
When: 4:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 29, 2018
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jeff Nelson, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Andy Fletcher, 3B - Manny Gonzalez
Attendance: 31042
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jeff Nelson, 1B - Lazaro Diaz, 2B - Andy Fletcher, 3B - Manny Gonzalez
Attendance: 31042
Final Scoring Summary
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Mookie Betts | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Andrew Benintendi | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Hanley Ramirez | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Mitch Moreland | 1B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| J.D. Martinez | DH | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .000 |
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 |
| Rafael Devers | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| Eduardo Nunez | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Jackie Bradley Jr. | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Christian Vazquez | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Xander Bogaerts 2 (2), Rafael Devers (1), Eduardo Nunez (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Eduardo Nunez (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts 5, Rafael Devers 2, Eduardo Nunez 6, Christian Vazquez | |||||||||
| RBI - Rafael Devers 2 (2), Eduardo Nunez 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jackie Bradley Jr. (1), Christian Vazquez (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Christian Vazquez (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Chris Sale | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Matt Barnes | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Joe Kelly | 0.1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 108.00 |
| Carson Smith (L 0-1; BS 1) | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Chris Sale 92-54, Matt Barnes 13-9, Joe Kelly 29-13, Carson Smith 20-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chris Sale 4-1, Matt Barnes 1-1, Joe Kelly 0-0, Carson Smith 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Chris Sale 22, Matt Barnes 3, Joe Kelly 5, Carson Smith 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Carson Smith 3-3 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Matt Duffy | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .000 |
| Carlos Gomez | RF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| C.J. Cron | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| Brad Miller | PH-1B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Wilson Ramos | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| Denard Span | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Mallex Smith | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Adeiny Hechavarria | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Daniel Robertson | 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| Joey Wendle | PH-2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Rob Refsnyder | DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Totals | 28 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Matt Duffy (1) | |||||||||
| 3B - Denard Span (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Matt Duffy 2, Denard Span 3, Adeiny Hechavarria 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Matt Duffy (1), Brad Miller (1), Denard Span 3 (3), Adeiny Hechavarria (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Denard Span 3 (3), Adeiny Hechavarria (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Daniel Robertson 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Carlos Gomez (Bogaerts at 1st) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Chris Archer | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6.00 |
| Austin Pruitt (W 1-0) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Alex Colome (SV 1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Chris Archer 81-56, Austin Pruitt 26-18, Alex Colome 16-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Chris Archer 6-1, Austin Pruitt 3-1, Alex Colome 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Chris Archer 24, Austin Pruitt 7, Alex Colome 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Austin Pruitt 1-0 | ||||||||