July 22, 2013

G101: Rays 3, Red Sox 0

Rays    - 100 010 001 - 3  8  0
Red Sox - 000 000 000 - 0  2  0
Moore (9-2-0-1-4, 109) allowed only three baserunners:

2nd inning - Mike Napoli one-out single
5th inning - Mike Napoli leadoff walk
7th inning - David Ortiz two-out single

Only Ortiz advanced to second.

How dominant was Moore? This much.

Workman: 6-7-2-2-4, 103.

The Rays closed to within one-half game in the AL East.
Example
Matt Moore / Brandon Workman
Ellsbury, CF
Victorino, RF
Pedroia, 2B
Ortiz, DH
Napoli, 1B
Gomes, LF
Lavarnway, C
Snyder, 3B
Iglesias, SS
Tampa Bay (58-41) arrives in Fenway for an important four-game series. The Rays are red-hot, having won 17 of their last 19 games. However, they are only 3-9 against Boston this season. Tampa Bay is 1.5 GB the Red Sox (60-40) in the AL East.

The other three games:
Tuesday: Roberto Hernandez / Jon Lester, 7 PM
Wednesday: David Price / Felix Doubront, 7 PM
Thursday: Jeremy Hellickson / John Lackey, 7 PM

2 comments:

FenFan said...

It should also be noted that since 01 July the Rays have played the Astros, the Twins, the White Sox, and the Jays. All four teams are either at or near the basement of their respective divisions. In other words, the competition has been soft.

9casey said...

This should be a very entertaing series.