Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 12, Tampa Bay 5
When: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, September 6, 2010
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Marty Foster, 1B - Jim Wolf, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Fieldin Culbreth
Attendance: 37546

Ryan Kalish belted a grand slam and Jon Lester notched his 16th win as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 12-5 at Fenway Park Monday night.

The victory moved the Red Sox 6.5 games behind the Rays in the AL wild-card standings.

Lester (16-8) allowed four hits and two runs and struck out 10 in six innings. He retired the last 10 batters he faced.

Boston jumped on Rays starter Jeff Niemann (10-6) for six runs in two innings. David Ortiz hit a two-run homer, his 28th, in the first inning and Adrian Beltre followed with his 26th homer to give the Red Sox a 3-1 lead. Victor Martinez had a two-run single in the second and Ortiz followed with an RBI double to give Boston a 6-1 lead.

Kalish, who was one of six rookies to play for the Red Sox on Monday, highlighted a five-run fourth inning for Boston with his grand slam. First baseman Lars Anderson (0-for-4) and relief pitcher Robert Coello made their major league debuts.

The Rays took advantage of Coello’s wildness and scored three runs in the seventh inning to make it 11-5.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Tampa Bay   Boston
Jeff Niemann Player Jon Lester
Loss W/L Win
1.2 IP 6.0
4 Strikeouts 10
4 Hits 4
32.40 ERA 3.00
Hitting
Tampa Bay   Boston
Dan Johnson Player Ryan Kalish
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 4
0 HR 1
2 TB 5
1.000 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Tampa Bay 8 0 8 .235 18 12 5 6 2 0
Boston 9 3 19 .290 16 7 12 10 2 0
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