Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 9, Boston 6
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, July 15, 2011
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mike DiMuro, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Chad Fairchild, 3B - Andy Fletcher
Attendance: 25729

Ben Zobrist hit a grand slam and knocked in five runs as the host Tampa Bay Rays snapped the Boston Red Sox’ six-game winning streak with a 9-6 victory on Friday night.

David Price (9-7) allowed three runs on five hits in six innings and struck out seven as Tampa Bay won the first game of a three-game series to move to within five games of the American League East division-leading Red Sox. Kyle Farnsworth pitched 1 1/3 innings for his 18th save.

Boston belted four homers. Darnell McDonald, Dustin Pedroia and Jacoby Ellsbury all hit solo shots, and Marco Scutaro added a two-run blast which cut the deficit to 9-6 in the seventh.

Casey Kotchman hit a two-run homer, and Sean Rodriguez had three hits and two RBIs for the Rays.

Andrew Miller (3-1) allowed seven runs on five hits and five walks in 2 2/3 innings to suffer his first loss with the Red Sox.

Boston designated hitter David Ortiz went 0-for-4. Ortiz was able to play after appealing a four-game suspension for his part in a bench-clearing brawl against the Baltimore Orioles on July 8.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Boston   Tampa Bay
Andrew Miller Player David Price
Loss W/L Win
2.2 IP 6.0
0 Strikeouts 7
5 Hits 5
23.62 ERA 4.50
Hitting
Boston   Tampa Bay
Dustin PedroiaPlayer Kelly Shoppach
3 Hits 2
1 RBI 0
1 HR 0
7 TB 2
.750 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Boston 8 4 21 .235 7 11 6 2 0 0
Tampa Bay 11 2 18 .314 22 3 9 7 0 0