May 15, 2013: Red Sox 4 Rays 1

Jon Lester wins the matchup between dominant lefties in the AL East, and the Red Sox hand David Price his first loss of the year. Price was susceptible to the long ball today, giving up four - two by David Ortiz, one each for Mike Napoli and Shane Victorino.

BOXSCORE: 2013 Boston Red Sox At 2013 Tampa Bay Rays                5/15/2013
 
  Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Rays               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Ellsbury CF       4  0  0  0 .315     D.Jennings CF       2  0  0  0 .283  
  S.Victorino RF      3  1  2  1 .352     K.Johnson DH        4  1  2  0 .263  
  D.Pedroia 2B        4  0  0  0 .367     B.Zobrist RF        4  0  1  1 .283  
  D.Ortiz DH          4  2  2  2 .329     E.Longoria 3B       4  0  1  0 .291  
  M.Napoli 1B         4  1  3  1 .279     Y.Escobar SS        4  0  1  0 .207  
  J.Gomes LF          3  0  0  0 .264     J.Loney 1B          4  0  0  0 .264  
A-D.Nava PH,LF        1  0  0  0 .325     S.Rodriguez LF      3  0  1  0 .250  
  W.Middlebrooks 3B   4  0  1  0 .213     J.Molina C          3  0  0  0 .133  
  J.Saltalamacchia C  4  0  0  0 .297   B-M.Joyce PH          1  0  0  0 .307  
  S.Drew SS           2  0  0  0 .252     R.Roberts 2B        3  0  1  0 .276  
                                        C-L.Scott PH          1  0  0  0 .216  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  4  8  4                 Totals      33  1  7  1
 
A-Pinch Hit For Gomes In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Molina In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Roberts In 9th Inning
 
Red Sox......... 0 1 0  0 1 2  0 0 0  -  4  8  0
Rays............ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  1  7  0
 
Red Sox (25-15)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Lester WIN(6-2)         7       5   0   0   3   5   0 107   2.91
J.Tazawa                  1       2   1   1   0   1   0  18   3.71
K.Uehara SAVE(1st)        1       0   0   0   0   1   0  11   0.98
Totals                    9       7   1   1   3   7   0
 
Rays (24-15)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Price LOSS(7-1)         8       7   4   4   1   7   4  97   3.05
J.Lueke                   1       1   0   0   0   2   0  14   3.38
Totals                    9       8   4   4   1   9   4
 
ATTENDANCE- 25,301 DATE- Wednesday, May 15th 2013 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Tony Randazzo, Manny Gonzalez, Brian Gorman, Larry Vanover
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 4  Rays: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0  Rays: 1
TRIPLES- K.Johnson(1st)
HOME RUNS- S.Victorino(5th), D.Ortiz-2(7th), M.Napoli(8th)
RBIs- S.Victorino(20th), D.Ortiz-2(18th), M.Napoli(28th), B.Zobrist(19th)
WALKS- S.Drew, D.Jennings-2, S.Rodriguez
HIT BY PITCH- S.Victorino
STRIKE OUTS- J.Ellsbury, D.Pedroia, M.Napoli, J.Gomes, W.Middlebrooks-2,
             J.Saltalamacchia-3, D.Jennings, K.Johnson, B.Zobrist, E.Longoria,
             S.Rodriguez, J.Molina, M.Joyce
GIDP- J.Gomes
WILD PITCHES- J.Lester
RLISP 2-out- E.Longoria, J.Molina, J.Ellsbury, K.Johnson, S.Rodriguez
 
Designated hitter David Ortiz launched 2 homeruns at Tropicana Field as the
Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays by the count of 4 to 1.
 
In the 2nd inning Boston went on top for good scoring one runner using 2 hits.
Koji Uehara, after tossing a perfect ninth, was credited with his 1st save.
 
The win was credited to Jon Lester(6-2) who went 7 innings allowing no runs.
The losing pitcher was David Price(7-1).  He served up 4 gopher balls in 8
innings.