Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Boston 3, Tampa Bay 0
When: 1:40 PM ET, Sunday, August 31, 2014
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Mike Estabrook, 1B - Jerry Layne, 2B - Toby Basner, 3B - Mike DiMuro
Attendance: 16822
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Boston
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Brock Holt 2B 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .289
Mookie Betts CF 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .259
David Ortiz DH 3 0 1 1 1 1 2 .265
Yoenis Cespedes LF 4 0 1 0 0 2 2 .260
Mike Napoli 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .251
Daniel Nava RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .262
Will Middlebrooks 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .194
Xander Bogaerts SS 4 1 2 0 0 2 0 .224
Christian Vazquez C 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .218
Totals 35 3 9 3 1 10 14  
Batting
2B - Mookie Betts (5), Xander Bogaerts (23)
TB - Brock Holt, Mookie Betts 3, David Ortiz, Yoenis Cespedes, Daniel Nava, Xander Bogaerts 3, Christian Vazquez
RBI - Mookie Betts (8), David Ortiz (95), Christian Vazquez (13)
2-Out RBI - Mookie Betts (5)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Brock Holt (41), Will Middlebrooks (12)
GIDP - Will Middlebrooks (6)
Team LOB - 6
Baserunning
SB - Brock Holt (11, 2nd off Cobb/Molina)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Clay Buchholz (W 6-8) 9.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 5.40
Pitches-Strikes - Clay Buchholz 98-69
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Clay Buchholz 12-6
Batters Faced - Clay Buchholz 29
Tampa Bay
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Kevin Kiermaier CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .269
Brandon Guyer LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .272
Matt Joyce RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .267
Evan Longoria 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .254
James Loney DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .285
Logan Forsythe 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .235
Yunel Escobar SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .249
Jose Molina C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .184
Sean Rodriguez 1B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .222
Totals 29 0 3 0 0 6 6  
Batting
2B - Matt Joyce (23)
TB - Kevin Kiermaier, Matt Joyce 2, Jose Molina
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Evan Longoria (43)
GIDP - Matt Joyce (10)
Team LOB - 2
Fielding
E - Alex Cobb (4)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Alex Cobb (L 9-7) 6.1 7 2 1 1 6 0 2.98
Joel Peralta 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3.86
Grant Balfour 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.26
Kirby Yates 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.30
Pitches-Strikes - Alex Cobb 105-68, Joel Peralta 20-15, Grant Balfour 8-7, Kirby Yates 15-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Alex Cobb 6-1, Joel Peralta 1-1, Grant Balfour 1-0, Kirby Yates 0-1
Batters Faced - Alex Cobb 26, Joel Peralta 5, Grant Balfour 2, Kirby Yates 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Joel Peralta 1-0, Grant Balfour 1-0