Boston Red Sox v Tampa Bay Devil Rays – Box Score – Thursday, June 28,2001

Game #77
Thursday, June 28, 2001
Tampa Bay 4, Boston 3

TAMPA BAY              ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
Tyner cf                4  0  0  0   1  0   3  .256
Cox 1b                  5  0  0  0   0  2   4  .220
Vaughn lf               4  1  1  0   0  2   0  .257
McGriff dh              4  1  2  1   0  1   0  .339
Grieve rf               4  1  2  2   0  2   1  .246
Huff 3b                 3  0  1  0   1  0   0  .242
 Rolls pr               0  1  0  0   0  0   0  .270
 Martinez ss            0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .237
DiFelice c              4  0  0  0   0  0   2  .211
Abernathy 2b            3  0  2  0   1  0   0  .357
Sheets ss               1  0  0  0   1  0   1  .220
 a-Johnson ph-3b        1  0  1  1   0  0   0  .265
Totals                 33  4  9  4   4  7  11
a-singled for Sheets in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - McGriff (15, Castillo); Vaughn (15, Florie);
Abernathy (1, Pichardo). HR - Grieve (6, 2nd inning off Castillo
1 on, 0 out). S - Sheets. RBI - Grieve 2 (34), McGriff (46),
Johnson (18). 2-out RBI - McGriff. Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - DiFelice 1, Cox 1. GIDP - Cox. 
Team LOB - 7.
FIELDING: DP: 1 (Cox-Sheets-Cox).
BOSTON                 ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
Offerman 1b             3  1  0  0   1  1   2  .279
Stynes 2b               4  0  1  0   0  1   2  .302
Nixon rf-cf             3  0  0  1   0  2   1  .263
Ramirez dh              4  0  0  0   0  0   1  .336
Bichette lf             4  0  2  0   0  2   0  .348
Hillenbrand 3b          3  1  0  0   0  0   1  .267
 b-Hatteberg ph         1  0  0  0   0  0   0  .198
Lansing ss              3  1  2  0   0  1   0  .222
 c-Daubach ph           1  0  1  0   0  0   0  .267
Mirabelli c             3  0  1  1   0  1   1  .143
 d-Merloni ph           1  0  0  0   0  1   1  .265
Lewis cf                2  0  1  1   0  0   1  .262
 a-O'Leary ph-rf        1  0  0  0   0  0   0  .261
Totals                 33  3  8  3   1  9  10
a-flied to center for Lewis in the 7th; b-flied to center for
Hillenbrand in the 9th; c-doubled for Lansing in the 9th;
d-struck out for Mirabelli in the 9th.
BATTING: 2B - Bichette (16, Kennedy); Daubach (13, Colome). SF - Nixon.
RBI - Mirabelli (5), Lewis (7), Nixon (37). Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - Stynes 1, Merloni 1. GIDP - Hillenbrand. Team LOB - 5.
FIELDING: DP: 2 (Hillenbrand-Offerman, Stynes-Lansing-Offerman).
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    Tampa Bay      - 021 000 001  --  4
    Boston         - 020 010 000  --  3
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TAMPA BAY                    ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
Kennedy                       6       7   3   3   1   5   0   4.23
Colome (W, 1-0)               3       1   0   0   0   4   0   0.00
BOSTON                       ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
Castillo                      1 2/3   2   2   2   1   1   1   4.35
Florie                        2 1/3   2   1   1   0   1   0   3.86
Pulsipher                     2       1   0   0   2   3   0   0.00
Pichardo                      1       1   0   0   1   0   0   3.18
Beck                          1       0   0   0   0   2   0   2.68
Lowe (L, 3-6)                 1       3   1   1   0   0   0   3.52
WP - Kennedy. Pitches-strikes: Castillo 36-23; Florie 29-19; Pulsipher 38-21;
Pichardo 17-9; Beck 12-8; Lowe 18-13; Kennedy 92-56; Colome 35-26. 
Ground balls-fly balls: Castillo 1-3; Florie 6-0; Pulsipher 0-2; Pichardo 3-0;
Beck 1-0; Lowe 1-2; Kennedy 8-5; Colome 1-4. Batters faced: Castillo 8;
Florie 9; Pulsipher 8; Pichardo 4; Beck 3; Lowe 6; Kennedy 25; Colome 10.
UMPIRES: HP--CB Bucknor. 1B--Jeff Kellogg. 2B--Mike Reilly.
3B--Tim Timmons.
T--2:56. Att--33,433. Weather: 86 degrees, clear. Wind: 20 mph, left to right.

Play-by-play:
(b-ball, s-swinging strike, c-called strike, f-foul, i-intentional ball, t-throw to first, p-pitchout, F/B/C/S-on bunt attempt)

Tampa Bay 1st — Tyner (cff) flied out to deep right. Cox (fbfb) struck out swinging. Vaughn (fcfb) popped out to shortstop.

Boston 1st — Offerman (cb) grounded out shortstop to first. Stynes (b) singled to left. Nixon (cc) struck out looking. Ramirez (bcbcbf) lined out to center.

Tampa Bay 2nd — McGriff (cb) doubled down left field line. Grieve (cb) homered to right center, McGriff and Grieve scored. Huff (bcbfb) grounded out first to pitcher. DiFelice (bcs) flied out to center. Abernathy (bfbcb) walked. Florie relieved Castillo (injured). Sheets (cbtf) grounded into fielder’s choice to shortstop, Abernathy out at second, shortstop to second.

Boston 2nd — Bichette doubled into left field corner. Hillenbrand (bbsb) grounded into fielder’s choice to pitcher, Bichette out in rundown, pitcher to shortstop to third. Lansing (bb) singled to short right (pop-up), Hillenbrand to second. Mirabelli (cc) singled down left field line, Hillenbrand scored, Lansing to third. Lewis (b) singled to right, Lansing scored, Mirabelli to second. Offerman (fbcb) struck out looking. Stynes (cs) struck out swinging.

Tampa Bay 3rd — Tyner grounded out second to first. Cox (c) grounded out shortstop to first. Vaughn (bssb) doubled to left. McGriff singled to left, Vaughn scored. Grieve (fcb) struck out swinging.

Boston 3rd — Nixon (b) lined out to center. Ramirez (b) grounded out third to first. Bichette (bsbbff) struck out looking.

Tampa Bay 4th — Huff (bb) grounded out first unassisted. DiFelice (bs) grounded out shortstop to first. Abernathy (ccbbb) grounded out shortstop to first.

Boston 4th — Hillenbrand (fbfbb) grounded out shortstop to first. Lansing (cb) singled to center. Mirabelli flied out to deep center (triangle). Lewis (cB) popped out to 2B in short right.

Tampa Bay 5th — Pulsipher relieved Florie. Sheets (cbfbbf) walked. Tyner lined into double play to third, Sheets out at first, third to first. Cox (ccbf) struck out swinging.

Boston 5th — Offerman (bcbb) walked. Stynes (cb – Offerman to second on wild pitch [Tampa’s 49th this season] — cbtb) grounded out third to first, Offerman to third (late break). Nixon (bbf) hit sacrifice fly to deep left, Offerman scored. Ramirez (csfb) grounded out shortstop to first.

Tampa Bay 6th — Vaughn (scbb) struck out looking. McGriff (fsb) struck out looking. Grieve (cbbb) singled to right. Huff (bcbcb) walked, Grieve to second. DiFelice (sfb) flied out to shallow left [Bichette charged in].

Boston 6th — Bichette (sbffb) singled to right. Hillenbrand grounded into double play, first to shortstop to first, Bichette out at second. Lansing (fbs) struck out looking.

Tampa Bay 7th — Pichardo relieved Pulsipher. Abernathy (bcsfbbff) doubled to deep left. Sheets sacrificed catcher to second (covering 1B), Abernathy to third. Tyner (bbcb) walked. Cox (b) grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Tyner out at second.

Boston 7th — Colome relieved Kennedy. Mirabelli (ccb) struck out swinging. O’Leary pinch-hit for Lewis. O’Leary (cbfbf) flied out to center. Offerman (bc) lined out to center.

Tampa Bay 8th — Nixon moved from RF to CF and replaced Lewis. O’Leary replaced Nixon in RF. Beck relieved Pichardo. Vaughn (bsbc) struck out swinging. McGriff (cb) grounded out first unassisted. Grieve (sbc) struck out looking.

Boston 8th — Stynes (b) grounded out shortstop to first. Nixon (cf) struck out swinging. Ramirez (bb) flied out to CF in left center.

Tampa Bay 9th — Lowe relieved Beck. Huff (bcsbbf) singled to left. Rolls pinch-ran for Huff. DiFelice (tCttFt) grounded out [weakly] third to first, Rolls to second. Abernathy (f) safe on infield single, fielded by 2B [backhand, kept ball in inf., late throw], Rolls to third. Johnson pinch-hit for Sheets. Johnson (cb) safe on infield single to third, Rolls scored [wide throw home], Abernathy to second. Tyner (b) flied out to left. Cox fouled out to third.

Boston 9th — Martinez replaced Sheets at SS. Johnson replaced Huff at 3B. Bichette (sc) struck out swinging [96, 97, 97 mph]. Hatteberg pinch-hit for Hillenbrand. Hatteberg (c) flied out to center. Daubach pinch-hit for Lansing. Daubach (ccf) doubled to shallow left [LF called off SS/misplayed]. Merloni pinch-hit for Mirabelli. Merloni (cbcb) struck out swinging.

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