AL: BOSTON (75-50) at TAMPA BAY (47-77) <h3>Sonnanstine, Lester square off when Devil Rays host Red Sox</h3> <div class="pre">Boston (75-50) at Tampa Bay (47-77) 7:10 pm EDT</div> ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) - Andy Sonnanstine looks forhis second straight win when the Tampa Bay Devil Rays host theBoston Red Sox on Tuesday. The 24-year-old righthander picked up a win in his second majorleague start on June 10 at Florida, then suffered through astretch where he went 0-8 over 11 outings. He looked nothinglike the pitcher who went 21-12 with a 2.66 ERA over 1 1/2 seasonsin the minors. But Sonnanstine (2-8, 6.17 ERA) put it all together lastWednesday against Boston, holding the powerful lineup to justtwo hits through six innings before surrendering three runs inthe seventh. The strong performance earned him his secondcareer win. The Red Sox counter with Jon Lester (1-0, 5.14), who had hisbest start of the season on August 14 against the Devil Rays inhis home debut. The 23-year-old lefthander allowed two hits andone run in seven innings at Fenway Park, but did not factor inthe decision. Boston picked up the win on Monday, getting to Devil Rays' aceScott Kazmir for six runs en route to a 6-0 triumph.Knuckleballer Tim Wakefield pitched seven strong innings toimprove his career mark to 19-2 against Tampa Bay. The Red Sox hold a five-game lead over the New York Yankees(70-55) in the American League East.
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">BOSTON AT TAMPA BAY -- LINEUPS BOSTON TAMPA BAY AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Dustin Pedroia 2B .325 6 38 Akinori Iwamura 3B .282 3 16 Kevin Youkilis 1B .290 12 63 Carl Crawford LF .312 10 64 David Ortiz DH .316 21 79 B.J. Upton CF .311 17 55 Manny Ramirez LF .290 19 84 Carlos Pena 1B .266 27 79 Mike Lowell 3B .314 17 85 Delmon Young RF .288 9 64 J.D. Drew RF .262 6 45 Brendan Harris 2B .293 8 46 Jason Varitek C .265 10 51 Jonny Gomes DH .257 13 34 Coco Crisp CF .273 5 44 Josh Wilson SS .262 0 16 Julio Lugo SS .239 6 59 Dioner Navarro C .205 5 26 Jon Lester LHP (1-0, 5.14) Andy Sonnanstine RHP (2-8, 6.17)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL AT TAMPA BAY WARMUPS: BOS - JON LESTER (1-0, 5.14) TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE (2-8, 6.17) UMPIRES: HP - LAZ DIAZ 1B - JOHN HIRSCHBECK 2B - WALLY BELL 3B - ADRIAN JOHNSON WEATHER: INDOORS</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL AT TAMPA BAY -- REVISED WARMUPS WARMUPS: BOS - JON LESTER (1-0, 5.14) TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE (2-8, 6.17) UMPIRES: HP - LAZ DIAZ 1B - BILL WELKE 2B - JOHN HIRSCHBECK 3B - WALLY BELL WEATHER: INDOORS</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL AT TAMPA BAY STARTING BATS: BOS - JON LESTER AND JASON VARITEK TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE AND DIONER NAVARRO DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D PEDROIA (.325, 6 HR, 38 RBI) K YOUKILIS (.290, 12 HR, 63 RBI) D ORTIZ (.316, 21 HR, 79 RBI)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE TRIPLE BY DAVID ORTIZ SCORED KEVIN YOUKILIS. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D ORTIZ ON THIRD, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 1 TAMPA BAY 0 TOP, 1ST DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M RAMIREZ (.290, 19 HR, 84 RBI)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE SACRIFICE FLY BY MANNY RAMIREZ SCORED DAVID ORTIZ. SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 2 TAMPA BAY 0 TOP, 1ST DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M LOWELL (.314, 17 HR, 85 RBI)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 2 2 2 0 TAMPA BAY 0 0 0 (BOT 1) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - JON LESTER TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: A IWAMURA (.282, 3 HR, 16 RBI) C CRAWFORD (.312, 10 HR, 64 RBI) B UPTON (.311, 17 HR, 55 RBI)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">BOSTON (2) VS TAMPA BAY (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Pedroia 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .325 K Youkilis 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .292 D Ortiz dh 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .318 M Ramirez lf 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .290 M Lowell 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 J Drew rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 J Varitek c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 C Crisp cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 J Lugo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Totals 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 BATTING: 2B - K Youkilis (30, A Sonnanstine). 3B - D Ortiz (1, A Sonnanstine). SF - M Ramirez. RBI - D Ortiz (80), M Ramirez (85). Team LOB - 0. TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 C Crawford lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .312 B Upton cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .311 C Pena 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 D Young rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288 B Harris 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 J Gomes dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 J Wilson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 D Navarro c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON - 2 -- 2 TAMPA BAY - -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era J Lester 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.14 TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era A Sonnanstine 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 6.31 Pitches-strikes: A Sonnanstine 20-13. Ground balls-fly balls: A Sonnanstine 0-2. Batters faced: A Sonnanstine 5. UMPIRES: HP--Laz Diaz. 1B--Bill Welke. 2B--John Hirschbeck. 3B--Wally Bell. Weather: INDOORS.</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL AT TAMPA BAY CONFIRMED STARTERS: BOS - JON LESTER TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL AT TAMPA BAY - SCORING UPDATE TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY CARLOS PENA (28) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN THE 1ST OFF JON LESTER SCORED B.J. UPTON. CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 2, TAMPA BAY 2 DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D YOUNG (.288, 9 HR, 64 RBI)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 2 2 2 0 TAMPA BAY 2 2 1 0 (TOP 2) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - JON LESTER TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J DREW (.262, 6 HR, 45 RBI) J VARITEK (.265, 10 HR, 51 RBI) C CRISP (.273, 5 HR, 44 RBI)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">BOSTON (2) VS TAMPA BAY (2) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Pedroia 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .325 K Youkilis 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .292 D Ortiz dh 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .318 M Ramirez lf 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .290 M Lowell 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 J Drew rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 J Varitek c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 C Crisp cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 J Lugo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Totals 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 BATTING: 2B - K Youkilis (30, A Sonnanstine). 3B - D Ortiz (1, A Sonnanstine). SF - M Ramirez. RBI - D Ortiz (80), M Ramirez (85). Team LOB - 0. TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 C Crawford lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .312 B Upton cf 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .311 C Pena 1b 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .268 D Young rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .288 B Harris 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 J Gomes dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 J Wilson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 D Navarro c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Totals 4 2 1 2 1 1 0 BATTING: HR - C Pena (28, 1st inning off J Lester 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - C Pena 2 (81). 2-out RBI - C Pena 2. Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON - 2 -- 2 TAMPA BAY - 2 -- 2 ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era J Lester 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 5.59 TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era A Sonnanstine 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 6.31 Pitches-strikes: J Lester 13-8; A Sonnanstine 20-13. Ground balls-fly balls: J Lester 1-1; A Sonnanstine 0-2. Batters faced: J Lester 5; A Sonnanstine 5. UMPIRES: HP--Laz Diaz. 1B--Bill Welke. 2B--John Hirschbeck. 3B--Wally Bell. Weather: INDOORS.</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 2 0 2 2 0 TAMPA BAY 2 2 1 0 (BOT 2) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - JON LESTER TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: B HARRIS (.293, 8 HR, 46 RBI) J GOMES (.257, 13 HR, 34 RBI) J WILSON (.262, 0 HR, 16 RBI)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">BOSTON (2) VS TAMPA BAY (2) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Pedroia 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .325 K Youkilis 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .292 D Ortiz dh 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .318 M Ramirez lf 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .290 M Lowell 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 J Drew rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 J Varitek c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .264 C Crisp cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .272 J Lugo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Totals 7 2 2 2 0 3 0 BATTING: 2B - K Youkilis (30, A Sonnanstine). 3B - D Ortiz (1, A Sonnanstine). SF - M Ramirez. RBI - D Ortiz (80), M Ramirez (85). Team LOB - 0. TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 C Crawford lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .312 B Upton cf 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .311 C Pena 1b 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .268 D Young rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .288 B Harris 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 J Gomes dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 J Wilson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 D Navarro c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Totals 4 2 1 2 1 1 0 BATTING: HR - C Pena (28, 1st inning off J Lester 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - C Pena 2 (81). 2-out RBI - C Pena 2. Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON - 20 -- 2 TAMPA BAY - 2 -- 2 ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era J Lester 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 5.59 TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era A Sonnanstine 2 2 2 2 0 3 0 6.24 Pitches-strikes: J Lester 13-8; A Sonnanstine 32-22. Ground balls-fly balls: J Lester 1-1; A Sonnanstine 0-3. Batters faced: J Lester 5; A Sonnanstine 8. UMPIRES: HP--Laz Diaz. 1B--Bill Welke. 2B--John Hirschbeck. 3B--Wally Bell. Weather: INDOORS.</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 2 0 2 2 0 TAMPA BAY 2 0 2 1 0 (TOP 3) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - JON LESTER TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J LUGO (.239, 6 HR, 59 RBI) D PEDROIA (.325, 0-FOR-1) K YOUKILIS (.292, 1-FOR-1)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">BOSTON (2) VS TAMPA BAY (2) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Pedroia 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .325 K Youkilis 1b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .292 D Ortiz dh 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .318 M Ramirez lf 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .290 M Lowell 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 J Drew rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 J Varitek c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .264 C Crisp cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .272 J Lugo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Totals 7 2 2 2 0 3 0 BATTING: 2B - K Youkilis (30, A Sonnanstine). 3B - D Ortiz (1, A Sonnanstine). SF - M Ramirez. RBI - D Ortiz (80), M Ramirez (85). Team LOB - 0. TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 C Crawford lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .312 B Upton cf 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .311 C Pena 1b 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .268 D Young rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .288 B Harris 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 J Gomes dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 J Wilson ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .260 D Navarro c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Totals 7 2 1 2 1 2 0 BATTING: HR - C Pena (28, 1st inning off J Lester 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - C Pena 2 (81). 2-out RBI - C Pena 2. Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON - 20 -- 2 TAMPA BAY - 20 -- 2 ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era J Lester 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 5.40 TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era A Sonnanstine 2 2 2 2 0 3 0 6.24 Pitches-strikes: J Lester 27-18; A Sonnanstine 32-22. Ground balls-fly balls: J Lester 2-2; A Sonnanstine 0-3. Batters faced: J Lester 8; A Sonnanstine 8. UMPIRES: HP--Laz Diaz. 1B--Bill Welke. 2B--John Hirschbeck. 3B--Wally Bell. Weather: INDOORS.</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 2 0 0 2 2 0 TAMPA BAY 2 0 2 1 0 (BOT 3) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - JON LESTER TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D NAVARRO (.205, 5 HR, 26 RBI) A IWAMURA (.281, 0-FOR-1) C CRAWFORD (.312, 0-FOR-1)</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">BOSTON (2) VS TAMPA BAY (2) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Pedroia 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .324 K Youkilis 1b 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .291 D Ortiz dh 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .318 M Ramirez lf 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .290 M Lowell 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 J Drew rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 J Varitek c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .264 C Crisp cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .272 J Lugo ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Totals 10 2 2 2 0 4 0 BATTING: 2B - K Youkilis (30, A Sonnanstine). 3B - D Ortiz (1, A Sonnanstine). SF - M Ramirez. RBI - D Ortiz (80), M Ramirez (85). Team LOB - 0. TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 C Crawford lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .312 B Upton cf 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .311 C Pena 1b 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .268 D Young rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .288 B Harris 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 J Gomes dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256 J Wilson ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .260 D Navarro c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Totals 7 2 1 2 1 2 0 BATTING: HR - C Pena (28, 1st inning off J Lester 1 on, 2 Out). RBI - C Pena 2 (81). 2-out RBI - C Pena 2. Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON - 200 -- 2 TAMPA BAY - 20 -- 2 ---------------------------------------------------- BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era J Lester 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 5.40 TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era A Sonnanstine 3 2 2 2 0 4 0 6.17 Pitches-strikes: J Lester 27-18; A Sonnanstine 42-30. Ground balls-fly balls: J Lester 2-2; A Sonnanstine 1-4. Batters faced: J Lester 8; A Sonnanstine 11. UMPIRES: HP--Laz Diaz. 1B--Bill Welke. 2B--John Hirschbeck. 3B--Wally Bell. Weather: INDOORS.</div>
AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - BOSTON 2 0 0 2 2 0 TAMPA BAY 2 0 0 2 1 0 (TOP 4) CURRENT PITCHERS: BOS - JON LESTER TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D ORTIZ (.318, 1-FOR-1, RBI) M RAMIREZ (.290, 0-FOR-0, SF, RBI) M LOWELL (.314, 0-FOR-1)</div>
