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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

Sunday, October 19, 2008
Start Time: 8:09 p.m. Local
Attendance: 40,473
Venue: Tropicana Field
Game Duration: 3:31
Night Game, on turf

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

Boston Red Sox

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Coco Crisp CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 0.417 0.517 0.500 1.017 0.000 0.000
Dustin Pedroia 2B 2 1 1 1 1 0 4 0.233 0.365 0.488 0.854 0.000 1.000
David Ortiz DH 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 0.186 0.327 0.349 0.676 0.000 0.000
Kevin Youkilis 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.292 0.346 0.500 0.846 0.000 0.000
J.D. Drew RF 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 0.263 0.349 0.474 0.823 0.000 0.000
Jason Bay LF 3 0 1 0 1 2 4 0.341 0.471 0.634 1.105 0.000 0.000
Mark Kotsay 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.250 0.250 0.325 0.575 0.000 0.000
Jason Varitek C 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 0.118 0.189 0.206 0.395 0.000 0.000
Alex Cora SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.182 0.250 0.273 0.523 0.000 0.000
   Jed Lowrie PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.207 0.333 0.241 0.575 0.000 0.000
Jon Lester P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Hideki Okajima P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 30 1 3 1 5 12 36 0.100 0.250 0.200 0.450 0.000 1.000

Tampa Bay Rays

Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PA BA OBP SLG OPS OSWC SRC
Akinori Iwamura 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0.277 0.358 0.447 0.805 0.083 0.500
Melvin Upton Jr. CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.304 0.365 0.826 1.191 0.000 0.000
Carlos Pena 1B 4 1 0 0 0 2 4 0.333 0.442 0.611 1.053 0.000 0.000
Evan Longoria 3B 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0.262 0.340 0.762 1.102 0.083 0.500
Carl Crawford LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0.302 0.348 0.395 0.743 0.000 0.000
Willy Aybar DH 3 2 2 1 0 0 3 0.367 0.355 0.633 0.988 0.583 1.500
Dioner Navarro C 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 0.268 0.318 0.341 0.660 0.000 0.000
Rocco Baldelli RF 3 0 1 1 0 2 3 0.214 0.313 0.429 0.741 0.250 0.500
   Gabe Gross RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.063 0.211 0.063 0.273 0.000 0.000
Jason Bartlett SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.243 0.317 0.405 0.722 0.000 0.000
Matt Garza P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   Dan Wheeler 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
   Chad Bradford P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
   David Price P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Team Totals 30 3 6 3 0 9 30 0.200 0.200 0.367 0.567 1.000 3.000

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 (1-2) 7 6 3 3 0 8 1 2.36 27 107 77 46 12 19 7 12 3 0 61 -0.006 1.02 0.59% 85.25 0.8
Hideki Okajima 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.80 3 9 6 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.016 0.20 0.73% 16.95 0.5
Team Totals 8 6 3 3 0 9 1 3.38 30 116 83 49 12 22 8 13 3 0 61 0 0 0.010 0.94 1.32% 78.42 1.3

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 (2-1) 7 2 1 1 3 9 1 3.32 27 118 75 39 14 22 6 8 2 0 75 0.284 1.16 13.83% 96.84 2.4
Dan Wheeler, H (1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 2 8 5 4 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 -0.008 3.18 -0.35% 265.00 -0.0
J.P. Howell, H (4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.86 1 7 5 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.075 3.52 3.42% 293.33 0.4
Chad Bradford 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.50 1 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.054 2.81 -2.47% 234.17 -0.3
David Price, S (1) 1.1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.00 5 24 15 7 4 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 0.213 2.61 9.74% 217.33 1.3
Team Totals 9 3 1 1 5 12 1 1.00 36 163 102 55 18 29 9 9 2 0 75 8 0 0.510 1.57 24.17% 131.24 3.9

Matt Garza faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.
Chad Bradford faced 1 batter in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.
WP: None.
HBP: Matt Garza (1; Dustin Pedroia).
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, Red Sox Batting, Tied 0-0, Rays’ Matt Garza facing 1-2-3
t1 0-0 0 — 3,(1-1) BCX O BOS Coco Crisp Matt Garza 2% 52% Bunt Groundout: P-1B 0.0
t1 0-0 1 — 3,(1-1) SBX R BOS Dustin Pedroia Matt Garza -10% 43% Home Run (Line Drive) 1.0
t1 1-0 1 — 6,(3-2) CBBCBB BOS David Ortiz Matt Garza -2% 40% Walk 0.0
t1 1-0 1 1– 4,(1-2) BFFX O BOS Kevin Youkilis Matt Garza 3% 43% Flyball: RF -0.0
t1 1-0 2 1– 4,(1-2) BSCS O BOS J.D. Drew Matt Garza 2% 45% Strikeout Swinging (C-1B) -0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rays 0.
Bottom of the 1st, Rays Batting, Behind 0-1, Red Sox’ Jon Lester facing 1-2-3
b1 0-1 0 — 6,(1-2) CCFBFX O TBR Akinori Iwamura Jon Lester -2% 43% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
b1 0-1 1 — 7,(3-2) BCBFBFX O TBR Melvin Upton Jr. Jon Lester -2% 41% Lineout: RF 0.0
b1 0-1 2 — 7,(2-2) SBSFBFS O TBR Carlos Pena Jon Lester -1% 40% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rays 0.
Top of the 2nd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 1-0, Rays’ Matt Garza facing 6-7-8
t2 1-0 0 — 5,(2-2) CFBBS O BOS Jason Bay Matt Garza 2% 42% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t2 1-0 1 — 2,(0-1) CX O BOS Mark Kotsay Matt Garza 2% 44% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
t2 1-0 2 — 9,(3-2) BFFBBFFFC O BOS Jason Varitek Matt Garza 1% 45% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rays 0.
Bottom of the 2nd, Rays Batting, Behind 0-1, Red Sox’ Jon Lester facing 4-5-6
b2 0-1 0 — 5,(3-1) BBBCX O TBR Evan Longoria Jon Lester -3% 42% Groundout: SS-1B 0.0
b2 0-1 1 — 3,(0-2) FCS O TBR Carl Crawford Jon Lester -2% 40% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b2 0-1 2 — 3,(1-1) CBX O TBR Willy Aybar Jon Lester -1% 39% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rays 0.
Top of the 3rd, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 1-0, Rays’ Matt Garza facing 9-1-2
t3 1-0 0 — 3,(1-1) BCX O BOS Alex Cora Matt Garza 2% 41% Flyball: LF 0.0
t3 1-0 1 — 6,(1-2) FBFFFS O BOS Coco Crisp Matt Garza 2% 43% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
t3 1-0 2 — 4,(0-2) CSFH BOS Dustin Pedroia Matt Garza -1% 42% Hit By Pitch 0.0
t3 1-0 2 1– 4,(1-2) CBC*B BOS David Ortiz Matt Garza -1% 41% Pedroia Steals 2B 0.0
t3 1-0 2 -2- 5,(2-2) CBC*B.S O BOS David Ortiz Matt Garza 3% 44% Strikeout Swinging 0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rays 0.
Bottom of the 3rd, Rays Batting, Behind 0-1, Red Sox’ Jon Lester facing 7-8-9
b3 0-1 0 — 7,(3-2) CBBCFBS O TBR Dioner Navarro Jon Lester -3% 41% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b3 0-1 1 — 4,(1-2) BCCC O TBR Rocco Baldelli Jon Lester -2% 39% Strikeout Looking 0.0
b3 0-1 2 — 1,(0-0) X O TBR Jason Bartlett Jon Lester -1% 38% Popfly: 2B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rays 0.
Top of the 4th, Red Sox Batting, Ahead 1-0, Rays’ Matt Garza facing 4-5-6
t4 1-0 0 — 5,(2-2) CCBBX O BOS Kevin Youkilis Matt Garza 2% 40% Groundout: 3B-1B 0.0
t4 1-0 1 — 3,(1-1) BCX O BOS J.D. Drew Matt Garza 2% 42% Popfly: 1B 0.0
t4 1-0 2 — 4,(1-2) FBCS O BOS Jason Bay Matt Garza 1% 43% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rays 0.
Bottom of the 4th, Rays Batting, Behind 0-1, Red Sox’ Jon Lester facing 1-2-3
b4 0-1 0 — 2,(1-0) BX TBR Akinori Iwamura Jon Lester 5% 48% Single to LF (Line Drive) 0.5
b4 0-1 0 1– 5,(1-2) BCFFS O TBR Melvin Upton Jr. Jon Lester -5% 44% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
b4 0-1 1 1– 3,(1-1) C*BX O TBR Carlos Pena Jon Lester -4% 40% Groundout: 2B-3B/Forceout at 2B 0.0
b4 0-1 2 1– 5,(2-2) 1CBBSX R TBR Evan Longoria Jon Lester 14% 54% Double to RF (Fly Ball); Pena Scores 0.5
b4 1-1 2 -2- 5,(0-2) FSFFS O TBR Carl Crawford Jon Lester -4% 50% Strikeout Swinging -0.0
  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rays 1.
Top of the 5th, Red Sox Batting, Tied 1-1, Rays’ Matt Garza facing 7-8-9
t5 1-1 0 — 5,(3-1) BBSBX O BOS Mark Kotsay Matt Garza 3% 53% Popfly: 2B 0.0
t5 1-1 1 — 1,(0-0) X O BOS Jason Varitek Matt Garza 2% 55% Groundout: 1B unassisted 0.0
t5 1-1 2 — 3,(0-2) CCC O BOS Alex Cora Matt Garza 2% 57% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rays 1.
Bottom of the 5th, Rays Batting, Tied 1-1, Red Sox’ Jon Lester facing 6-7-8
b5 1-1 0 — 4,(1-2) CCBX TBR Willy Aybar Jon Lester 8% 65% Double to LF (Fly Ball) 0.5
b5 1-1 0 -2- 6,(3-2) BBBCFX TBR Dioner Navarro Jon Lester 3% 68% Single to SS (Ground Ball); Aybar stays at 2B 0.0
b5 1-1 0 12- 3,(0-2) SFX R TBR Rocco Baldelli Jon Lester 11% 79% Single to LF (Ground Ball); Aybar Scores; Navarro to 2B 0.5
b5 2-1 0 12- 4,(0-2) FFFS O TBR Jason Bartlett Jon Lester -5% 74% Strikeout Swinging -0.0
b5 2-1 1 12- 1,(0-0) X O TBR Akinori Iwamura Jon Lester -3% 71% Groundout: P-1B; Navarro to 3B; Baldelli to 2B -0.0
b5 2-1 2 -23 2,(0-1) FX O TBR Melvin Upton Jr. Jon Lester -6% 65% Lineout: SS -0.0
  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rays 2.
Top of the 6th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-2, Rays’ Matt Garza facing 1-2-3
t6 1-2 0 — 7,(3-2) CSFBBBX O BOS Coco Crisp Matt Garza 4% 69% Groundout: P-1B 0.0
t6 1-2 1 — 11,(3-2) CBCBFFFFBFB BOS Dustin Pedroia Matt Garza -4% 65% Walk 0.0
t6 1-2 1 1– 7,(3-2) SBSBFB>S OO BOS David Ortiz Matt Garza 9% 74% Double Play: Strikeout Swinging, Pedroia Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS) 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rays 2.
Bottom of the 6th, Rays Batting, Ahead 2-1, Red Sox’ Jon Lester facing 3-4-5
b6 2-1 0 — 1,(0-0) X O TBR Carlos Pena Jon Lester -2% 71% Popfly: 3B 0.0
b6 2-1 1 — 2,(1-0) BX O TBR Evan Longoria Jon Lester -2% 70% Flyball: LF 0.0
b6 2-1 2 — 2,(1-0) BX O TBR Carl Crawford Jon Lester -1% 69% Flyball: CF 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rays 2.
Top of the 7th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-2, Rays’ Matt Garza facing 4-5-6
t7 1-2 0 — 2,(1-0) BX O BOS Kevin Youkilis Matt Garza 4% 73% Popfly: SS 0.0
t7 1-2 1 — 4,(3-0) BBBB BOS J.D. Drew Matt Garza -5% 68% Walk 0.0
t7 1-2 1 1– 2,(0-1) CX BOS Jason Bay Matt Garza -7% 61% Single to LF (Line Drive); Drew to 2B 0.0
t7 1-2 1 12- 4,(2-1) F*BBX O BOS Mark Kotsay Matt Garza 7% 69% Flyball: RF; Drew to 3B 0.0
t7 1-2 2 1-3 4,(1-2) F*BFS O BOS Jason Varitek Matt Garza 10% 78% Strikeout Swinging (C-1B) 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rays 2.
Bottom of the 7th, Rays Batting, Ahead 2-1, Red Sox’ Jon Lester facing 6-7-8
b7 2-1 0 — 7,(3-2) CFBBFBX R TBR Willy Aybar Jon Lester 10% 88% Home Run (Fly Ball) 1.0
b7 3-1 0 — 4,(1-2) CBFX O TBR Dioner Navarro Jon Lester -1% 87% Flyball: RF 0.0
b7 3-1 1 — 4,(1-2) FBFS O TBR Rocco Baldelli Jon Lester -1% 86% Strikeout Swinging (C-1B) 0.0
b7 3-1 2 — 4,(0-2) FFFX O TBR Jason Bartlett Jon Lester -1% 86% Flyball: CF -0.0
  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rays 3.
Top of the 8th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-3, Rays’ Matt Garza facing 9-1-2
  Gabe Gross replaces Rocco Baldelli playing RF batting 8th
t8 1-3 0 — 2,(0-1) .LX BOS Alex Cora Matt Garza -7% 79% Reached on E6 (Ground Ball) 0.0
  Dan Wheeler replaces Matt Garza pitching
t8 1-3 0 1– 5,(2-2) .*B1BF1LX BOS Coco Crisp Dan Wheeler -11% 68% Single to RF (Ground Ball); Cora to 2B 0.0
t8 1-3 0 12- 3,(1-1) *BCX O BOS Dustin Pedroia Dan Wheeler 10% 78% Flyball: LF 0.0
  J.P. Howell replaces Dan Wheeler pitching
t8 1-3 1 12- 7,(2-2) .CFBBFFX O BOS David Ortiz J.P. Howell 7% 86% Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Cora to 3B 0.0
  Chad Bradford replaces J.P. Howell pitching
t8 1-3 2 1-3 6,(3-2) .BBBCF>B BOS Kevin Youkilis Chad Bradford -5% 80% Walk; Ortiz to 2B 0.0
  David Price replaces Chad Bradford pitching
t8 1-3 2 123 4,(1-2) .CSBS O BOS J.D. Drew David Price 13% 94% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 3 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rays 3.
Bottom of the 8th, Rays Batting, Ahead 3-1, Red Sox’ Hideki Okajima facing 1-2-3
  Hideki Okajima replaces Jon Lester pitching
b8 3-1 0 — 4,(2-1) .BBCX O TBR Akinori Iwamura Hideki Okajima -1% 93% Groundout: 2B-1B 0.0
b8 3-1 1 — 1,(0-0) X O TBR Melvin Upton Jr. Hideki Okajima -1% 92% Flyball: CF 0.0
b8 3-1 2 — 4,(1-2) FCBC O TBR Carlos Pena Hideki Okajima 0% 92% Strikeout Looking 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rays 3.
Top of the 9th, Red Sox Batting, Behind 1-3, Rays’ David Price facing 6-7-8
t9 1-3 0 — 8,(3-2) CBBFFBFB BOS Jason Bay David Price -8% 84% Walk 0.0
t9 1-3 0 1– 5,(2-2) LFBBC O BOS Mark Kotsay David Price 7% 91% Strikeout Looking 0.0
t9 1-3 1 1– 5,(2-2) BSFBS O BOS Jason Varitek David Price 5% 96% Strikeout Swinging 0.0
  Jed Lowrie pinch hits for Alex Cora (SS) batting 9th
t9 1-3 2 1– 2,(0-1) .CX O BOS Jed Lowrie David Price 4% 100% Groundout: 2B unassisted/Forceout at 2B 0.0
  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Rays 3.