Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Boston 3,
Tampa Bay 2
When: 6:10 PM ET, Saturday, March 31, 2018
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Andy Fletcher, 1B - Manny Gonzalez, 2B - Jeff Nelson, 3B - Lazaro Diaz
Attendance: 17838
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Andy Fletcher, 1B - Manny Gonzalez, 2B - Jeff Nelson, 3B - Lazaro Diaz
Attendance: 17838
Final Scoring Summary
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Mookie Betts | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .182 |
| Andrew Benintendi | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Hanley Ramirez | DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| J.D. Martinez | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Xander Bogaerts | SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .667 |
| Mitch Moreland | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Eduardo Nunez | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .250 |
| Brock Holt | 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| Sandy Leon | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .000 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Mookie Betts (1), Hanley Ramirez (1), J.D. Martinez (1), Xander Bogaerts (5) | |||||||||
| HR - Xander Bogaerts (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Mookie Betts 2, Hanley Ramirez 2, J.D. Martinez 3, Xander Bogaerts 7 | |||||||||
| RBI - Xander Bogaerts 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Andrew Benintendi (1), Brock Holt (1), Sandy Leon 3 (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Hanley Ramirez (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Mookie Betts (1, 2nd by Roe/Sucre) | |||||||||
| SB - Hanley Ramirez (1, 3rd off Yarbrough/Sucre) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Rick Porcello (W 1-0) | 5.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1.69 |
| Heath Hembree (H 1) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bobby Poyner (H 1) | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 |
| Carson Smith (H 1) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 |
| Craig Kimbrel (SV 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| WP - Heath Hembree | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Rick Porcello 89-61, Heath Hembree 21-12, Bobby Poyner 9-6, Carson Smith 13-8, Craig Kimbrel 16-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Rick Porcello 4-5, Heath Hembree 0-1, Bobby Poyner 0-0, Carson Smith 0-1, Craig Kimbrel 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Rick Porcello 23, Heath Hembree 5, Bobby Poyner 3, Carson Smith 3, Craig Kimbrel 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Heath Hembree 2-1, Bobby Poyner 1-0 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .286 |
| Kevin Kiermaier | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .091 |
| Carlos Gomez | RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 |
| Brad Miller | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .143 |
| Matt Duffy | 3B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Joey Wendle | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| Adeiny Hechavarria | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .182 |
| Mallex Smith | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Jesus Sucre | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| C.J. Cron | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Carlos Gomez (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Carlos Gomez (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Denard Span, Carlos Gomez 6, Matt Duffy 3, Mallex Smith, Jesus Sucre | |||||||||
| RBI - Carlos Gomez (1), Joey Wendle (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Kevin Kiermaier 2 (2), Adeiny Hechavarria 2 (2) | |||||||||
| SF - Joey Wendle (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Matt Duffy (1, 2nd off Smith/Leon) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Matt Duffy (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Andrew Kittredge (L 0-1) | 3.1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2.70 |
| Ryan Yarbrough | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2.25 |
| Sergio Romo | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Chaz Roe | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Andrew Kittredge 57-32, Ryan Yarbrough 73-43, Sergio Romo 13-6, Chaz Roe 13-6 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Andrew Kittredge 5-2, Ryan Yarbrough 3-3, Sergio Romo 0-1, Chaz Roe 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Andrew Kittredge 13, Ryan Yarbrough 20, Sergio Romo 3, Chaz Roe 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Ryan Yarbrough 1-1, Sergio Romo 2-0 | ||||||||