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Sox's magic vanishes
Rays 3, Red Sox 1
The Red Sox couldn't complete their rally from a 3-1 ALCS hole. (Tim Donnelly/AP)
A comeback for the ages ended one win shy of being another Fall Classic, as the Sox couldn't make an early lead hold up in Game 7. Dustin Pedroia's third homer of the ALCS was all the offense the reigning World Series champs could muster.
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Rays win series, 4-3
Game Matchup Day Date Time ET TV
Gm 1 BOS 2 @ TB 0 Fri Oct. 10    
Gm 2 BOS 8 @ TB 9 Sat Oct. 11    
Gm 3 TB 9 @ BOS 1 Mon Oct. 13    
Gm 4 TB 13 @ BOS 4 Tue Oct. 14    
Gm 5 TB 7 @ BOS 8 Thu Oct. 16    
Gm 6 BOS 4 @ TB 2 Sat Oct. 18    
Gm 7 BOS 1 @ TB 3 Sun Oct. 19    
BOS
Boston
TB
Tampa Bay
October 19, 2008
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   R   H   E 
Boston
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   1 3 0
Tampa Bay
0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 X   3 6 1
Recap: BOS | TB  |  Gameday  |  Red Sox stats  |  Rays stats
BostonABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Crisp, CF4010010.417
Pedroia, 2B2111102.357
Ortiz, DH3000124.138
Youkilis, 3B3000101.303
Drew, RF3000124.222
Bay, LF3010120.296
Kotsay, 1B4000013.206
Varitek, C4000033.042
Cora, SS3000010.100
  a-Lowrie, PH1000001.105
Totals3013151218 

a-Grounded into a forceout for Cora in the 9th.

BATTING
HR: Pedroia (4, 1st inning off Garza, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Crisp; Pedroia 4; Bay.
RBI: Pedroia (6).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ortiz; Varitek; Drew 2.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Pedroia (3, 2nd base off Garza/Navarro).
CS: Pedroia (2, 2nd base by Garza/Navarro).

 
Tampa BayABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Iwamura, 2B4010002.212
Upton, CF4000013.281
Pena, C, 1B4100021.233
Longoria, 3B3011000.267
Crawford, LF3000021.313
Aybar, W, DH3221000.455
Navarro, C3010010.207
Baldelli, RF3011020.333
  Gross, RF0000000.000
Bartlett, SS3000012.192
Totals30363099 

BATTING
2B: Longoria (4, Lester), Aybar, W (2, Lester).
HR: Aybar, W (3, 7th inning off Lester, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Iwamura; Longoria 2; Aybar, W 6; Navarro; Baldelli.
RBI: Longoria (9), Baldelli (5), Aybar, W (7).
2-out RBI: Longoria.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Crawford; Upton 2.
Team LOB: 3.

FIELDING
E: Bartlett (3, fielding).
DP: (Navarro-Bartlett).

 
BostonIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Lester (L, 0-3)7.06330814.58
Okajima 1.00000100.00
 
Tampa BayIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Garza (W, 3-0)7.02113911.35
Wheeler (H, 2)0.11000005.06
Howell (H, 2)0.10000003.18
Bradford 0.00001003.00
Price (S, 2)1.10001300.00

Garza pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
Bradford pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

HBP: Pedroia (by Garza).
Pitches-strikes: Lester 107-77, Okajima 9-6, Garza 118-75, Wheeler 8-5, Howell 7-5, Bradford 6-2, Price 24-15.
Groundouts-flyouts: Lester 5-8, Okajima 1-1, Garza 5-6, Wheeler 0-1, Howell 1-0, Bradford 0-0, Price 1-0.
Batters faced: Lester 27, Okajima 3, Garza 27, Wheeler 2, Howell 1, Bradford 1, Price 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Wheeler 1-0, Howell 2-0, Bradford 2-0, Price 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Brian Gorman. 1B: Sam Holbrook. 2B: Brian O'Nora. 3B: Tim McClelland. LF: Alfonso Marquez. RF: Angel Hernandez.
Weather: 72 degrees, dome.
Wind: Indoors.
T: 3:31.
Att: 40,473.
October 19, 2008

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner