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Moriarty9 · 07-26-2008, 10:54 PM

Seven-run third spur Sox to victory
Tigers win reduces elimination number to seven
Monday, September 17, 2012

BOSTON - Thanks in part to a seven-run third inning, the Red Sox did their part to stay alive in the playoff push, but the Detroit Tigers did their job to keep the local nine out of the post-season.
The Red Sox took advantage of some sloppy play as they topped the Tampa Bay Rays 11-6 at Fenway Park tonight but were unable to gain any ground on the Wild Card leading Tigers, who picked up a 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim later in the evening.
The bulk of Boston's runs came during, and all of theirs run came by the end of, the third inning as they put seven men across the plate to take the lead for good.
After a walk, a botched popup to shortstop and a single, Boston had loaded the bases only for Reggie Willits to drive in two with a basehit, followed by a RBI single from Ichiro Suzuki. After a walk to Miguel Cabrera loaded the bases, Hanley Ramirez hit a two-run single which was followed by a two-run single off the batt of Augusto Martinez.
Suzuki paced all hitters with three hits in the contest and each of the top five batters in the Boston lineup had two RBI. Martinez is the only Red Sox player in the lineup that did not score a run.
Bryan Brake struggled early on but settled down nicely as the game progressed, giving up five runs, three earned, on six hits and four walks with four strikeouts over seven innings of work against the Rays. Victor Waddell finished out the game with two innings of work in which he gave up one run on three hits and a walk.
Boston currently sits 6 1/2 games behind the Tigers in the Wild Card race, 8 behind the idle New York Yankees in the division race. New York's magic number to clinch the division is five while the Tigers are counting down from 7.
Tomorrow night, the Red Sox will host Tampa Bay, 64-87, in the second game of this three-game set. Johan Santana (14-7, 3.24 ERA) will take the mound for Boston and will be opposed by Brandon Webb (11-14, 4.13 ERA). The Yankees, 90-60, will host the 75-74 Chicago White Sox and send Joe Myers (14-8, 3.82 ERA) to the hill against Wayne Williams (16-11, 4.01 ERA). The Tigers have a favorable matchup as they play the Angels in Anaheim with Felipe Paulino (13-12, 3.49 ERA) squaring off against Micah Owings (3-12, 6.07 ERA).

07-26-2008, 10:54 PM	#203 (permalink)
Moriarty9 Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 413	Seven-run third spur Sox to victory Tigers win reduces elimination number to seven Monday, September 17, 2012 BOSTON - Thanks in part to a seven-run third inning, the Red Sox did their part to stay alive in the playoff push, but the Detroit Tigers did their job to keep the local nine out of the post-season. The Red Sox took advantage of some sloppy play as they topped the Tampa Bay Rays 11-6 at Fenway Park tonight but were unable to gain any ground on the Wild Card leading Tigers, who picked up a 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim later in the evening. The bulk of Boston's runs came during, and all of theirs run came by the end of, the third inning as they put seven men across the plate to take the lead for good. After a walk, a botched popup to shortstop and a single, Boston had loaded the bases only for Reggie Willits to drive in two with a basehit, followed by a RBI single from Ichiro Suzuki. After a walk to Miguel Cabrera loaded the bases, Hanley Ramirez hit a two-run single which was followed by a two-run single off the batt of Augusto Martinez. Suzuki paced all hitters with three hits in the contest and each of the top five batters in the Boston lineup had two RBI. Martinez is the only Red Sox player in the lineup that did not score a run. Bryan Brake struggled early on but settled down nicely as the game progressed, giving up five runs, three earned, on six hits and four walks with four strikeouts over seven innings of work against the Rays. Victor Waddell finished out the game with two innings of work in which he gave up one run on three hits and a walk. Boston currently sits 6 1/2 games behind the Tigers in the Wild Card race, 8 behind the idle New York Yankees in the division race. New York's magic number to clinch the division is five while the Tigers are counting down from 7. Tomorrow night, the Red Sox will host Tampa Bay, 64-87, in the second game of this three-game set. Johan Santana (14-7, 3.24 ERA) will take the mound for Boston and will be opposed by Brandon Webb (11-14, 4.13 ERA). The Yankees, 90-60, will host the 75-74 Chicago White Sox and send Joe Myers (14-8, 3.82 ERA) to the hill against Wayne Williams (16-11, 4.01 ERA). The Tigers have a favorable matchup as they play the Angels in Anaheim with Felipe Paulino (13-12, 3.49 ERA) squaring off against Micah Owings (3-12, 6.07 ERA).