Short-armed Red Sox @ Long-armed Rays 9/9-9/11

[Tobywan]

Red flies out to left.
CC doubles into right.
Lowrie flies out to left.
Scuto grounds out to the pitcher.

[Tobywan]

SRod HBP.
DJ loops one into shallow right, SRod gunning for third, throw not in time, DJ goes to second on the throw.
BJ Ks swinging.
Longo hits a long drive deep to center caught by Ellsbury, SRod scores.
Zo flies out to center.

5-3.

[Tobywan]

Now pitching Joel Peralta.

Salty Ks swinging.
Ells flies out to center.
Pesky walks.

Now pitching Jake McGee.

AGone grounds out to second.

[Tobywan]

JD flies out to left.
Matty J called out on strikes.
Kotch flies out to center.

[Tobywan]

Now pitching JP Howell.

Papi grounds through to short, the shift on so it was past the diving Longo for a single.
Darnell McDonald ph for Reddick, Ortiz goes to second a WP.
Mac grounds out to short, Papi doesn't advance.
CC down swinging.

Now pitching Juan Cruz.

Lowrie Ks.

[Tobywan]

Defensive change, McDonald remains in the game at RF.


JJ grounds to second, but Pedroia can't hold it, recovers tries to get it to first, Jaso beats it.
Ruggiano runs for John.
SRod bunts, picked up by Salty throws to Pedroia covering first for the out, Rugg goes to second.
DJ pops out to left.
BJ walks.
Longo grounds to short, stopped by Scuto, throws to seond for the force on Upton.

On to the 9th. Rays lead 5-3.

[Tobywan]

Defensive change Kelly Shoppach replaces Justin Ruggiano playing catcher.
Now pitching Kyle Farnsworth.

Scuto dribbles one right back to the pitcher, throw to first for the out.
Salty hits one high and deep to right, Joyce looks up, into the first row.

5-4

Ells launches one deep to right..gone!

Tied 5-5.

Pesky lines one into left center, Upton throws to second, throw in time but Zobrist can't hang on to the ball, a double for Pedroia.


Mound conference.

AGon walks.

Pitching change.

NOW the pitching tanks......EPIC FAIL!

[Tobywan]

Now pitching Cesar Ramos.

Papi grounds to second, throw to SRod for one.......to Kotchman in the dirt, pulled out by Casey.....double play!!

[Tobywan]

Now pitching Jon Papelbon.

Zobrist pops out to catcher.
Damon grounds to second.
Joyce grounds to second.

On to the 10th.

[Tobywan]

McDonald Ks.
CC nubs one out in front of the plate, Shop tags him.

Now pitching Brandon Gomes.

Lowrie flies out to left.

[Tobywan]

Kotch popped out to short.
Sam Fuld ph for Shoppach, lifts a high pop to foul territory in right, McDonald is tracking and he takes a header over the bull pen mound. Sammy then grounds out to second.
SRod grounds to short.

11th.

[Tobywan]

Defensive change Jose Lobaton replaces Fuld in at catcher.

Scuto nubs back to the mound, throw to firt for the out.
Salty Ks.
Ells grounds out to second.

[Tobywan]

Now pitching Daniel Bard
DJ lifts one high to right center, Ells and Mac converging and Ells misses it!!!! Triple for DESMOND!
BJ nubs to first, AGon unassisted.
Longo lines into center, DJ scores and the RAYS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tobywan]

Thank the baseball gods I didn't want Sonnanstine to get into this game!

Rays win 6-5.

[Tobywan]

It was a battle all night, then it seems to turn the Red Sox way after Farnsworth blows the save giving up two runs allowing the Sox to tie it up in the 9th. Once the game got down to the pens and the subs in extra innings it falls down to who blinks first and it was the Red Sox.

Now the Sox are facing a possible sweep the Rays trying to inch closer in the WC race.

Today’s match ups

Jon Lester has been dominant in recent starts limiting opponents to one or no runs in 5 straight games.

James Shields got his 11th CG against the Rangers limiting them to just one run to get his 14th win.