Wow! What a game you saw last night if you had Boston baseball tickets, when Jon Lester threw a no hitter for the WIN_TEAM!! Congratulations to Lester as well as the Red Sox for an incredible accomplishment. You never know what you will see at a baseball game and if you were at Tropicana Field yesterday you’ll have a story to tell for the rest of your life! Wow! What a nail biter! This was a pitchers duel that Jon Lester and James Shields will never forget! Fans with Rays tickets saw two fantastic pitchers do battle. You don’t see baseball games as low-scoring as this, and when you do you better appreciate it!
Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester (3.15 ERA) got the win, while James Shields (2.99 ERA) took the loss for the Rays. Jon Lester went 6 innings for the Red Sox, allowed one hit, no home runs and no earned runs with 5 walks and 9 strikeouts. Also pitching for the Red Sox was Manny Delcarmen (2.05), and Daniel Bard (2.16). The Rays’s starter James Shields went 8 innings, allowed 4 hits, no home runs and 2 earned runs with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts. Joaquin Benoit (0.00) also pitched for the Rays. With the win, Lester’s record goes to 5-2, while Shields drops to 5-2. Jonathan Papelbon earned the save for the Red Sox, bringing his saves up to 11.
In addition to the 2 runs, the Red Sox put up 4 hits and committed no errors. It wasn’t a huge day for anyone at the plate for the Red Sox, as nobody managed more than 2 hits. Adrian Beltre had a tough day at the plate, leaving 5 runners on base. The Rays didn’t have anyone with a big night with not one batter getting more than 2 hits. The Rays got no runs, one hit and no errors.
Umpiring duties were performed by Bob Davidson, Alfonso Marquez, Tim Timmons and Tim Tschida. There were 24,310 Rays ticket holders in attendance at Tropicana Field.
The win puts the Red Sox at a record of -, ( games behind first place in the division), while the loss brings the Rays to -, ( games behind the division leader). Next up for the Red Sox are the (-) at the Rays’s Tropicana Field. 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 Rays will next take on the (-) at Tropicana Field in what should be a very good game of MLB baseball. Buy your tickets today and get in on the action.