Tampa Bay Rays 6 – 2 Boston Red Sox
16 August 2011 · BOS07
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Triple Play | Sean Rodriguez | 1 in 497 games |
| 41 | Steal of Home | Casey Kotchman | 1 in 107 games |
| 23 | 10 strikeouts | Jeff Niemann | 1 in 113 pitcher-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Rays | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| Boston Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Box score
Tampa Bay Rays batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desmond Jennings | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | HR |
| Johnny Damon | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Evan Longoria | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ben Zobrist | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Melvin Upton | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Casey Kotchman | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Rodriguez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Matthew Joyce | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Robinson Chirinos | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 38 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
Tampa Bay Rays pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Niemann | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
Boston Red Sox batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacoby Ellsbury | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | HR |
| Jed Lowrie | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adrian Gonzalez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dustin Pedroia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Josh Reddick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Crawford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mike Aviles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jason Varitek | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | HR |
| Darnell McDonald | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 30 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
Boston Red Sox pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Bedard | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Matt Albers | 1.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Franklin Morales | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dan Wheeler | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |