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Series Summary

2008 AL Championship Series

Game 1, October 10
BOS 2 Final
TBR 0
Game 2, October 11
BOS 8 Final
TBR 9 (11)
Game 3, October 13
TBR 9 Final
BOS 1
Game 4, October 14
TBR 13 Final
BOS 4
Game 5, October 16
TBR 7 Final
BOS 8
Game 6, October 18
BOS 4 Final
TBR 2
Game 7, October 19
BOS 1 Final
TBR 3

Series Summary

Game Summary

Monday, October 13, 2008
Start Time: 4:39 p.m. Local
Attendance: 38,031
Venue: Fenway Park
Game Duration: 3:23
Day Game, on grass

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay Rays 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 9 13 0
Boston Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 0
WP: Matt Garza (1-1) • LP: Jon Lester (1-1)

Tampa Bay Rays

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Akinori Iwamura 2B 5 1 2 0 0 1 5 0.355 0.412 0.613 1.025 0.063 0.667
Melvin Upton Jr. CF 5 1 2 3 0 1 5 0.290 0.324 0.839 1.162 0.230 1.333
Carlos Pena 1B 5 1 2 1 0 1 5 0.409 0.480 0.591 1.071 0.096 1.000
Evan Longoria 3B 4 2 1 1 1 1 5 0.286 0.355 0.786 1.141 0.239 1.667
Carl Crawford LF 5 0 1 0 0 2 5 0.259 0.333 0.259 0.593 0.033 0.500
Willy Aybar DH 4 0 2 0 0 1 4 0.278 0.263 0.333 0.596 0.039 0.833
   Fernando Perez PR-DH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.250 0.250 0.250 0.500 0.000 0.000
Dioner Navarro C 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 0.296 0.345 0.407 0.752 0.006 0.333
Rocco Baldelli RF 3 1 1 3 1 1 4 0.182 0.308 0.455 0.762 0.230 2.000
   Gabe Gross RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.083 0.214 0.083 0.298 0.000 0.000
Jason Bartlett SS 4 1 1 0 0 1 4 0.231 0.259 0.269 0.528 0.063 0.667
Matt Garza P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   J.P. Howell P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Edwin Jackson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 39 9 13 9 2 9 41 0.333 0.366 0.692 1.058 1.000 9.000

Boston Red Sox

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Jacoby Ellsbury CF 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 0.188 0.229 0.281 0.510 0.000 0.083
Dustin Pedroia 2B 3 0 2 0 1 0 4 0.250 0.382 0.536 0.918 0.000 0.083
David Ortiz DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.148 0.324 0.185 0.509 0.000 0.000
Kevin Youkilis 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0.313 0.353 0.500 0.853 0.000 0.000
J.D. Drew RF 4 0 1 0 0 2 4 0.273 0.333 0.455 0.788 0.000 0.000
Jason Bay LF 3 0 1 0 1 1 4 0.429 0.515 0.857 1.372 0.000 0.000
Mark Kotsay 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 0.250 0.250 0.333 0.583 0.000 0.000
Jason Varitek C 3 1 0 0 1 1 4 0.125 0.192 0.125 0.317 0.000 0.417
Alex Cora SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.250 0.333 0.375 0.708 0.000 0.417
Jon Lester P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Paul Byrd P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 32 1 7 1 3 7 36 0.219 0.278 0.281 0.559 0.000 1.000

Tampa Bay Rays

Tampa Bay Rays Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Matt Garza, W (1-1) 6 6 1 1 3 5 0 4.50 27 116 63 35 4 24 7 12 3 0 58 0.164 0.71 3.18% 22.37 2.1
J.P. Howell 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.17 6 20 14 7 1 6 3 1 0 0 2 1 0.085 0.45 1.72% 14.24 1.5
Edwin Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3 14 8 5 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0.001 0.01 0.01% 0.31 0.6
Team Totals 9 7 1 1 3 7 0 1.00 36 150 85 47 5 33 11 15 4 0 58 2 1 0.250 0.61 4.91% 19.18 4.1

Matt Garza faced 2 batters in the 7th inning.

Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox Table
Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit Str Ctct StS StL GB FB LD Unk GSc IR IS WPA aLI cWPA acLI RE24
Jon Lester, L (1-1) 5.2 8 5 4 2 7 2 1.83 26 96 60 33 11 16 9 8 2 0 40 -0.229 0.65 -4.86% 20.46 -1.8
Paul Byrd 3.1 5 4 4 0 2 2 10.80 15 47 29 16 3 10 5 8 4 0 1 0 -0.022 0.17 -0.46% 5.19 -2.0
Team Totals 9 13 9 8 2 9 4 8.00 41 143 89 49 14 26 14 16 6 0 40 1 0 -0.251 0.48 -5.32% 15.13 -3.9

Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: None.
IBB: None.
Pickoffs: None.

Play by play

Inn Score Out RoB Pit(cnt) R/O @Bat Batter Pitcher wWPA wWE Play Description SRC
Top of the 1st, Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Red Sox’ Jon Lester facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 2,(0-1) CX O TBR Akinori Iwamura Jon Lester -2% 48% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t1 0-0 1 — 1,(0-0) X O TBR Melvin Upton Jr. Jon Lester -2% 46% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
t1 0-0 2 — 1,(0-0) X O TBR Carlos Pena Jon Lester -1% 45% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rays 0, Red Sox 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Rays’ Matt Garza facing 1-2-3
b1 0-0 0 — 2,(0-1) CX O BOS Jacoby Ellsbury Matt Garza 2% 47% Flyball: LF 0.0
b1 0-0 1 — 4,(1-2) BCCX BOS Dustin Pedroia Matt Garza -4% 43% Double to LF (Fly Ball) 0.0
b1 0-0 1 -2- 5,(2-2) *BBCSC O BOS David Ortiz Matt Garza 3% 47% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b1 0-0 2 -2- 5,(3-1) BBBCX O BOS Kevin Youkilis Matt Garza 3% 50% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 0, Red Sox 0.
Top of the 2nd, Rays Batting, Tied 0-0, Red Sox’ Jon Lester facing 4-5-6
t2 0-0 0 — 7,(3-2) FBSBBFB TBR Evan Longoria Jon Lester 4% 54% Walk 0.3334
t2 0-0 0 1– 7,(1-2) CCFBFFS O TBR Carl Crawford Jon Lester -4% 50% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t2 0-0 1 1– 1,(0-0) X TBR Willy Aybar Jon Lester 4% 54% Single to CF (Line Drive); Longoria to 2B 0.3333
t2 0-0 1 12- 1,(0-0) B TBR Dioner Navarro Jon Lester 5% 59% Passed Ball; Longoria to 3B; Aybar to 2B 0.3333
t2 0-0 1 -23 2,(1-0) B.X RO TBR Dioner Navarro Jon Lester 0% 58% Groundout: 2B-1B; Longoria Scores/unER; Aybar to 3B 0
t2 1-0 2 –3 4,(1-2) CBFS O TBR Rocco Baldelli Jon Lester -4% 55% Strikeout Swinging (C-1B) 0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 1, Red Sox 0.
Bottom of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-1, Rays’ Matt Garza facing 5-6-7
b2 0-1 0 — 4,(1-2) CCBX O BOS J.D. Drew Matt Garza 3% 57% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
b2 0-1 1 — 6,(3-2) BBCFBX BOS Jason Bay Matt Garza -3% 55% Single to SS (Ground Ball) 0.0
b2 0-1 1 1– 1,(0-0) X BOS Mark Kotsay Matt Garza -9% 46% Double to RF (Line Drive); Bay to 3B 0.0
b2 0-1 1 -23 5,(2-2) CFB*BC O BOS Jason Varitek Matt Garza 8% 54% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b2 0-1 2 -23 2,(1-0) BX O BOS Alex Cora Matt Garza 7% 60% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Rays 1, Red Sox 0.
Top of the 3rd, Rays Batting, Ahead 1-0, Red Sox’ Jon Lester facing 9-1-2
t3 1-0 0 — 2,(0-1) FX TBR Jason Bartlett Jon Lester 3% 64% Single to LF (Ground Ball) 0.6667
t3 1-0 0 1– 2,(1-0) BX TBR Akinori Iwamura Jon Lester 9% 73% Double to LF (Fly Ball); Bartlett to 3B 0.6667
t3 1-0 0 -23 4,(2-1) B*BCX RRR TBR Melvin Upton Jr. Jon Lester 11% 84% Home Run (Fly Ball); Bartlett Scores; Iwamura Scores 1.3333
t3 4-0 0 — 6,(3-2) BBFBFC O TBR Carlos Pena Jon Lester -1% 83% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t3 4-0 1 — 5,(2-2) SBSBX R TBR Evan Longoria Jon Lester 5% 89% Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF) 1.3333
t3 5-0 1 — 5,(2-2) FBBSC O TBR Carl Crawford Jon Lester -1% 88% Strikeout Looking -0.0
t3 5-0 2 — 5,(2-2) BCBCX O TBR Willy Aybar Jon Lester 0% 87% Flyball: CF -0.0
  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rays 5, Red Sox 0.
Bottom of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-5, Rays’ Matt Garza facing 1-2-3
b3 0-5 0 — 4,(2-1) CBBX O BOS Jacoby Ellsbury Matt Garza 2% 89% Flyball: RF 0.0
b3 0-5 1 — 5,(3-1) BBCBX BOS Dustin Pedroia Matt Garza -2% 87% Single to LF (Line Drive) 0.0
b3 0-5 1 1– 8,(3-2) BBBCFFFX O BOS David Ortiz Matt Garza 2% 89% Popfly: SS (Short RF) 0.0
b3 0-5 2 1– 5,(2-2) *BSBFS O BOS Kevin Youkilis Matt Garza 2% 91% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 5, Red Sox 0.
Top of the 4th, Rays Batting, Ahead 5-0, Red Sox’ Jon Lester facing 7-8-9
t4 5-0 0 — 2,(0-1) CX TBR Dioner Navarro Jon Lester 1% 92% Single to CF (Line Drive) 0.0
t4 5-0 0 1– 7,(3-2) BBSFBF1X O TBR Rocco Baldelli Jon Lester -1% 91% Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B 0.0
t4 5-0 1 1– 4,(2-1) BBC>X O TBR Jason Bartlett Jon Lester -1% 90% Groundout: 3B-1B; Baldelli to 2B 0.0
t4 5-0 2 -2- 4,(1-2) CBS>S O TBR Akinori Iwamura Jon Lester -1% 89% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 5, Red Sox 0.
Bottom of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-5, Rays’ Matt Garza facing 5-6-7
b4 0-5 0 — 6,(3-2) BFBBCT O BOS J.D. Drew Matt Garza 2% 91% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b4 0-5 1 — 3,(1-1) BCX O BOS Jason Bay Matt Garza 1% 92% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
b4 0-5 2 — 2,(1-0) BX BOS Mark Kotsay Matt Garza -1% 91% Single to RF (Line Drive) 0.0
b4 0-5 2 1– 2,(1-0) BX O BOS Jason Varitek Matt Garza 1% 93% Foul Popfly: 1B (1B into Foul Terr.) 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 5, Red Sox 0.
Top of the 5th, Rays Batting, Ahead 5-0, Red Sox’ Jon Lester facing 2-3-4
t5 5-0 0 — 3,(1-1) CBX TBR Melvin Upton Jr. Jon Lester 1% 94% Single to P (Ground Ball) 0.0
t5 5-0 0 1– 1,(0-0) 1X O TBR Carlos Pena Jon Lester -1% 93% Single to 3B (Bunt); Upton out at 2B/3B-SS 0.0
t5 5-0 1 1– 1,(0-0) >C TBR Evan Longoria Jon Lester 0% 93% Pena Steals 2B 0.0
t5 5-0 1 -2- 5,(2-2) >C.BBSC O TBR Evan Longoria Jon Lester -1% 92% Strikeout Looking 0
t5 5-0 2 -2- 7,(3-2) FBFFBBX O TBR Carl Crawford Jon Lester -1% 91% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 5, Red Sox 0.
Bottom of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-5, Rays’ Matt Garza facing 9-1-2
b5 0-5 0 — 4,(2-1) CBBX O BOS Alex Cora Matt Garza 2% 93% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
b5 0-5 1 — 4,(2-1) BBCX O BOS Jacoby Ellsbury Matt Garza 1% 94% Flyball: CF 0.0
b5 0-5 2 — 6,(3-2) BFBBFB BOS Dustin Pedroia Matt Garza -1% 93% Walk 0.0
b5 0-5 2 1– 3,(1-1) BFX O BOS David Ortiz Matt Garza 1% 94% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 5, Red Sox 0.
Top of the 6th, Rays Batting, Ahead 5-0, Red Sox’ Jon Lester facing 6-7-8
t6 5-0 0 — 4,(1-2) CBFS O TBR Willy Aybar Jon Lester -1% 94% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t6 5-0 1 — 1,(0-0) X O TBR Dioner Navarro Jon Lester 0% 94% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t6 5-0 2 — 4,(3-0) BBBB TBR Rocco Baldelli Jon Lester 0% 94% Walk 0.0
  Paul Byrd replaces Jon Lester pitching
t6 5-0 2 1– 4,(2-1) .BSBX O TBR Jason Bartlett Paul Byrd -1% 93% Lineout: SS 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 5, Red Sox 0.
Bottom of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-5, Rays’ Matt Garza facing 4-5-6
b6 0-5 0 — 3,(1-1) CBX O BOS Kevin Youkilis Matt Garza 2% 95% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
b6 0-5 1 — 5,(2-2) BFFBS O BOS J.D. Drew Matt Garza 1% 96% Strikeout Swinging (C-1B) 0.0
b6 0-5 2 — 6,(3-2) BCFBBB BOS Jason Bay Matt Garza -1% 95% Walk 0.0
b6 0-5 2 1– 7,(3-2) BBCCFB>X O BOS Mark Kotsay Matt Garza 1% 96% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 5, Red Sox 0.
Top of the 7th, Rays Batting, Ahead 5-0, Red Sox’ Paul Byrd facing 1-2-3
t7 5-0 0 — 4,(1-2) CBSX TBR Akinori Iwamura Paul Byrd 1% 97% Double to LF (Fly Ball) 0.0
t7 5-0 0 -2- 5,(2-2) BCBCC O TBR Melvin Upton Jr. Paul Byrd -1% 97% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t7 5-0 1 -2- 2,(1-0) BX O TBR Carlos Pena Paul Byrd 0% 96% Groundout: 2B-1B; Iwamura to 3B 0.0
t7 5-0 2 –3 4,(2-1) BCBX O TBR Evan Longoria Paul Byrd -1% 95% Lineout: 3B 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 5, Red Sox 0.
Bottom of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 0-5, Rays’ Matt Garza facing 8-9-1
b7 0-5 0 — 6,(3-2) BBCBFB BOS Jason Varitek Matt Garza -2% 93% Walk 0.4167
b7 0-5 0 1– 3,(1-1) CBX BOS Alex Cora Matt Garza -5% 88% Single to RF (Ground Ball); Varitek to 3B 0.4167
  J.P. Howell replaces Matt Garza pitching
b7 0-5 0 1-3 3,(1-1) .CBX RO BOS Jacoby Ellsbury J.P. Howell 4% 92% Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Varitek Scores 0.0833
b7 1-5 1 1– 1,(0-0) X OO BOS Dustin Pedroia J.P. Howell 4% 96% Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B 0.0833
  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rays 5, Red Sox 1.
Top of the 8th, Rays Batting, Ahead 5-1, Red Sox’ Paul Byrd facing 5-6-7
t8 5-1 0 — 2,(1-0) BX TBR Carl Crawford Paul Byrd 1% 96% Single to CF (Line Drive) 0.5
t8 5-1 0 1– 4,(2-1) CBB1>X TBR Willy Aybar Paul Byrd 2% 98% Single to LF (Line Drive); Crawford to 3B 0.5
t8 5-1 0 1-3 3,(0-2) CFX O TBR Dioner Navarro Paul Byrd -2% 96% Fielder’s Choice 2B; Crawford out at Hm/2B-C; Aybar to 2B -0.0
  Fernando Perez pinch runs for Willy Aybar (DH) batting 6th
t8 5-1 1 12- 4,(2-1) .BCBX RRR TBR Rocco Baldelli Paul Byrd 3% 99% Home Run (Fly Ball); Perez Scores; Navarro Scores 2.0
t8 8-1 1 — 4,(1-2) CBFS O TBR Jason Bartlett Paul Byrd 0% 99% Strikeout Swinging -0.0
t8 8-1 2 — 3,(2-0) BBX O TBR Akinori Iwamura Paul Byrd 0% 99% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rays 8, Red Sox 1.
Bottom of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-8, Rays’ J.P. Howell facing 3-4-5
  Gabe Gross replaces Rocco Baldelli playing RF batting 8th
b8 1-8 0 — 5,(2-2) ..CBBFX O BOS David Ortiz J.P. Howell 0% 100% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
b8 1-8 1 — 4,(1-2) CBFT O BOS Kevin Youkilis J.P. Howell 0% 100% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b8 1-8 2 — 4,(2-1) CBBX BOS J.D. Drew J.P. Howell 0% 100% Single to RF (Ground Ball) 0.0
b8 1-8 2 1– 3,(0-2) CCS O BOS Jason Bay J.P. Howell 0% 100% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Rays 8, Red Sox 1.
Top of the 9th, Rays Batting, Ahead 8-1, Red Sox’ Paul Byrd facing 2-3-4
t9 8-1 0 — 5,(2-2) TCBBX O TBR Melvin Upton Jr. Paul Byrd 0% 100% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t9 8-1 1 — 1,(0-0) X R TBR Carlos Pena Paul Byrd 0% 100% Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF) 1.0
t9 9-1 1 — 1,(0-0) X O TBR Evan Longoria Paul Byrd 0% 100% Popfly: 2B 0.0
t9 9-1 2 — 1,(0-0) X O TBR Carl Crawford Paul Byrd 0% 100% Groundout: 2B-1B -0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rays 9, Red Sox 1.
Bottom of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-9, Rays’ Edwin Jackson facing 7-8-9
  Edwin Jackson replaces J.P. Howell pitching
b9 1-9 0 — 3,(1-1) .CBX O BOS Mark Kotsay Edwin Jackson 0% 100% Lineout: 3B 0.0
b9 1-9 1 — 4,(2-1) BBCX O BOS Jason Varitek Edwin Jackson 0% 100% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
b9 1-9 2 — 7,(3-2) BCFFBBX O BOS Alex Cora Edwin Jackson 0% 100% Flyball: LF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Rays 9, Red Sox 1.