The Tampa Bay Rays faced the the Boston Red Sox yesterday at Fenway Park with the Rays winning 7 to 1. It was quite a game that followers with Rays tickets will be talking about for days.
Rays pitcher Matt Garza (0.75 ERA) got the win, while Jon Lester (8.44 ERA) took the loss for the Red Sox. Matt Garza went 8 solid innings for the Rays, allowed 4 hits, no home runs and no earned runs with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Rays was Mike Ekstrom (16.20). The Red Sox’s starter Jon Lester went 6 innings, allowed 7 hits, 2 home runs and 7 earned runs with 3 walks and 5 strikeouts. Scott Schoeneweis (4.76), and Manny Delcarmen (3.60) also pitched for the Red Sox. With the win, Garza’s record goes to 3-0, while Lester falls to 0-2.
In addition to the 7 runs, the Rays managed 7 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Rays, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Evan Longoria had a tough day at the plate, leaving 4 runners on base. The Red Sox didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Red Sox managed one run, 5 hits and one error.
Umpiring duties were performed by Lance Barrett, Angel Campos, Brian Gorman and Tony Randazzo. There were 37,143 Red Sox ticket holders in attendance at Fenway Park.
The win puts the Rays at a record of -, ( games behind first place in the division), while the loss brings the Red Sox to -, ( games behind the division leader). Next up for the Rays are the (-) at the Red Sox’s Fenway Park. If you are in the area you might want to check out what’s available for tickets because that game should be a good one. The Red Sox will next take on the (-) at Fenway Park in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your tickets today and be there for first pitch.