Red Sox 7, Devil Rays 1
Kevin Youkilis watches the flight of his three-run homer in the sixth inning. (Chris O'Meara/AP)
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
Kevin Youkilis' three-run homer in the sixth was plenty to keep Tim Wakefield perfect at the Trop. The knuckleballer moved to 8-0 at the ballpark, yielding just one run over six frames. Boston added four runs in the eighth inning to put the game away.
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Boston
(63-40)
Won 2
Boston 7, Tampa Bay 1
Today's Boxes 7/27/07
CLE 10, MIN 4
NYY 8, BAL 7
BAL 4, NYY 2
PHI 8, PIT 1
CIN 5, CHC 4
WSH 6, NYM 2
SD 9, HOU 4
MIL 12, STL 2
KC 6, TEX 1
CWS 4, TOR 3
ARI 8, ATL 7
LAA 11, DET 6
SEA 7, OAK 1
SF 12, FLA 10
Tampa Bay
(38-64)
Lost 7
Standings thru 7/27/07  | Gameday  | Red Sox Stats  | Devil Rays Stats
Boston AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Lugo , SS4 1 0 0 1 1 0 .222
Youkilis , 1B5 1 1 3 0 0 0 .306
Ortiz , DH4 1 1 0 1 2 0 .320
Ramirez , LF4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .306
Pena , LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219
Drew , RF3 1 1 1 1 1 0 .247
Lowell , 3B3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .306
Crisp , CF4 1 1 2 0 0 3 .282
Mirabelli , C4 0 1 1 0 2 0 .185
Cora , 2B3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .262
Totals 34 7 7 7 5 7 7
BATTING 2B : Ramirez (24, Salas), Crisp (16, Camp).HR : Youkilis (10, 6th inning off Salas, 2 on, 1 out).TB : Youkilis 4; Ortiz; Ramirez 3; Drew; Crisp 2; Mirabelli.RBI : Youkilis 3 (51), Drew (39), Crisp 2 (41), Mirabelli (11).2-out RBI : Crisp 2; Mirabelli.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Crisp 2.Team LOB : 5. BASERUNNING SB : Cora (1, 2nd base off Hammel/Navarro).
Tampa Bay AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Iwamura , 3B4 0 2 0 1 1 1 .285
Crawford , LF4 0 0 0 0 0 4 .287
Upton , CF4 0 2 0 0 2 1 .343
Pena , 1B4 0 0 0 0 2 3 .279
Young , RF4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .290
Harris , SS4 0 0 0 0 3 2 .299
Wigginton , 2B2 1 1 0 2 0 0 .275
Gomes , DH3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .259
Navarro , C4 0 2 1 0 0 1 .184
Totals 33 1 7 1 4 9 16
BATTING 2B : Iwamura (13, Wakefield).TB : Iwamura 3; Upton 2; Wigginton; Navarro 2.RBI : Navarro (20).2-out RBI : Navarro.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Pena; Crawford 2; Harris; Iwamura.Team LOB : 9. BASERUNNING SB : Young (7, 2nd base off Wakefield/Mirabelli).
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Hammel (L, 1-1)5.1 1 2 2 2 4 0 5.33
Salas (BS, 1)0.1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3.86
Fossum 1.2 0 1 1 1 2 0 7.71
Camp 0.2 4 3 3 0 0 0 7.20
Stokes 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.26
Pitches-strikes : Wakefield 101-61, Delcarmen 26-17, Snyder 16-8, Hammel 88-56, Salas 27-13, Fossum 23-15, Camp 17-11, Stokes 14-8.Ground outs-fly outs : Wakefield 5-5, Delcarmen 2-2, Snyder 3-0, Hammel 4-8, Salas 0-0, Fossum 0-3, Camp 0-2, Stokes 3-0.Batters faced : Wakefield 26, Delcarmen 7, Snyder 4, Hammel 19, Salas 5, Fossum 6, Camp 6, Stokes 3.Inherited runners-scored : Salas 2-2, Fossum 3-0, Camp 1-1.Umpires : HP: Brian Runge. 1B: Mark Wegner. 2B: Adrian Johnson. 3B: Bruce Froemming.Weather : 72 degrees, dome.Wind : Indoors.T : 2:59.Att : 33,144.
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