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

[Tobywan]

Grand Slam for Upton in the 5th making it 8-1 Rays.

4 games a week he's the rally killer, hotdogging in center and for two nights he makes a spectacular catch or drives in 4 runs.........so (SWEAR WORD) infuriating!!

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On to the 6th.

Papi flies out to left.
Red grounds out to pitcher.
CC Ks looking.

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Zorilla chopper to short, Scutro throws way high, Ben reaches second.
Damon walks.
SRod bunts out pitcher to first to advance the runners.

Mound huddle.

Kotch HBP. (The Rays look as if they think there was intent to that.)
Lobaton Ks looking.
Guyer grounds to short, flips to second to get Kotch.

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Tek Ks looking.
Scuto singles on a liner into center.
Aviles flies out to left.
Ells grounds out to second.

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Now pitching Felix Doubront.

DJ flies out to center.
BJ lines a single into center.
Longo walks.
Zorilla grounds into a force, Scuto to Pedroia to get Longo, throw to first way off, Zo reaches, Upton scores.

9-1.

Damon lifts a liner into the left field corner for a double, Zo to third.
SRod grounds out to third.

On to the 8th.

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Nat Spears ph for Dustin Pedroia, grounds out to second.
Connor Jackson ph for Adrian Gonzalez, flies out to center.
Papi lines out to first.

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Defensive changes, Spears stays in the game at second, Jackson at first and McDonald takes over in left for Crawford. Ryan Lavarnway replaces Varitek at catcher.

Now pitching Franklin Morales.


Kotch pops out to short.
Lobo grounds out to short.
Guyer flies out to right.

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Reddick flies out right.
McDonald walks.


Joe comes to pull Shields.....standing ovation, no CG today.

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Now pitching Dan De La Rosa.

Lavarnway Ks swinging.
Scuturo flies out to right.

Rays win 9-1. Shields gets his 15th win........Rays now cut the deficit in the WC to 3.5 GB.............how sweep it is, baby!!!

[Tobywan]

On a side note, going into today BJ needed a homer for him and Justin to become the first brothers to reach 20 HR and 20 SB in the same season. Upton did it in Grand style in the 5th.