April 14, 2012: Red Sox 2 Rays 1

Rays starter Jeremy Hellickson gave up just 2 hits in this one - both were home runs by Kevin Youkilis, including one in the bottom of the 9th that gave the Sox the win. Clay Buchholz was almost as sharp, giving up just 1 run and 4 hits over 8+ innings, but Franklin Morales gets the win after relieving Buchholz.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2012 Tampa Bay Rays At 2012 Boston Red Sox                4/14/2012
 
  Rays               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Red Sox            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Jennings CF       4  0  0  0 .314     M.Aviles SS         2  0  0  0 .308  
  C.Pena 1B           4  0  0  0 .276     D.Pedroia 2B        4  0  0  0 .343  
  E.Longoria 3B       3  0  1  0 .290     A.Gonzalez 1B       4  0  0  0 .250  
  M.Joyce LF          3  0  1  0 .172     K.Youkilis 3B       4  2  2  2 .310  
A-E.Johnson PH,LF     1  0  0  0 .375     D.Ortiz DH          1  0  0  0 .400  
  B.Zobrist RF        3  0  0  0 .143     C.Ross CF           3  0  0  0 .393  
  L.Scott DH          4  0  1  0 .182     R.Sweeney RF        3  0  0  0 .308  
  J.Keppinger 2B      4  0  0  0 .333     J.Saltalamacchia C  3  0  0  0 .294  
  J.Molina C          3  1  1  1 .294     D.McDonald LF       2  0  0  0 .067  
  S.Rodriguez SS      2  0  0  0 .100                                          
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         Totals      31  1  4  1                 Totals      26  2  2  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Joyce In 9th Inning
 
Rays............ 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  1  4  0
Red Sox......... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 1  -  2  2  0
 
Rays (4-4)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Hellickson LOSS(1-1)    8 1/3   2   2   2   5   7   2 123   2.51
Totals                    8 1/3   2   2   2   5   7   2
 
Red Sox (6-2)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
C.Buchholz                8       4   1   1   2   8   1  99   1.93
F.Morales WIN(1-0)        1       0   0   0   1   1   0  20   1.93
Totals                    9       4   1   1   3   9   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 35,196 DATE- Saturday, April 14th 2012 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- James Hoye, Jim Joyce, Jim Reynolds, Mike Dimuro
T- 2:17
LEFT ON BASE- Rays: 6  Red Sox: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Rays: 1  Red Sox: 0
DOUBLES- E.Longoria(2nd), M.Joyce(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Molina(1st), K.Youkilis-2(3rd)
WALKS- E.Longoria, B.Zobrist, S.Rodriguez, M.Aviles-2, D.Ortiz-2, D.McDonald
STRIKE OUTS- C.Pena-2, E.Longoria, M.Joyce, E.Johnson, B.Zobrist, L.Scott,
             S.Rodriguez-2, M.Aviles, D.Pedroia, K.Youkilis, C.Ross-3,
             J.Saltalamacchia
GIDP- R.Sweeney
2-out RBI- J.Molina
RLISP 2-out- B.Zobrist, J.Keppinger
 
Kevin Youkilis cracked 2 homeruns at Fenway Park as the Boston Red Sox won a
thriller over the Tampa Bay Rays in, 2 to 1.
 
Boston scored the deciding run in the 9th inning.  After an out was recorded,
Youkilis lofted a solo-blast 'downtown' giving Boston the win much to the
delight of the home town crowd.  Boston had only 2 hits for the afternoon.
 
Franklin Morales(1-0) got credit for the victory, pitching 1 inning and
allowing no runs. Jeremy Hellickson(1-1) was tagged with the loss.  He
allowed 2 runs and 2 hits in 8 and 1/3 innings.  
 

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