AL: BOSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BOSTON (1) AT TAMPA BAY (2) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Boston Starting Lineups -- D Pedroia 2B, K Youkilis 1B, D Ortiz DH, M Lowell 3B, J Drew RF, J Varitek C, C Crisp CF, E Hinske LF, J Lugo SS, D Matsuzaka RHP. Tampa Bay Starting Lineups -- A Iwamura 3B, C Crawford LF, C Pena DH, B Upton CF, B Harris 2B, J Gomes RF, J Guzman 1B, J Wilson SS, J Paul C, E Jackson RHP. Umpires -- Bill Welke (HP), John Hirschbeck (1B), Wally Bell (2B), Laz Diaz (3B). Gametime Weather: INDOORS. BOSTON 1ST: D Pedroia grounded out to shortstop. K Youkilis flied out to center. D Ortiz walked. M Lowell flied out to right. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 0, TAMPA BAY 0. TAMPA BAY 1ST: A Iwamura struck out looking. C Crawford flied out to left. C Pena grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 0, TAMPA BAY 0. BOSTON 2ND: J Drew struck out looking. J Varitek fouled out to catcher. C Crisp reached on infield single to shortstop. E Hinske walked, C Crisp to second. J Lugo grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 0, TAMPA BAY 0. TAMPA BAY 2ND: B Upton grounded out to third. B Harris grounded out to shortstop. J Gomes grounded out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 0, TAMPA BAY 0. BOSTON 3RD: D Pedroia hit by pitch. K Youkilis doubled to deep right, D Pedroia to third. D Ortiz walked. M Lowell hit sacrifice fly to left, D Pedroia scored. J Drew popped out to second. J Varitek grounded out to first. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, TAMPA BAY 0. TAMPA BAY 3RD: A Cora at second base. J Guzman struck out swinging. J Wilson singled to right. J Paul struck out swinging. J Wilson stole second. A Iwamura struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, TAMPA BAY 0. BOSTON 4TH: C Crisp flied out to left. E Hinske walked. E Hinske stole second, E Hinske safe at third on throwing error by catcher J Paul. J Lugo grounded out to shortstop. A Cora flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) BOSTON 1, TAMPA BAY 0. TAMPA BAY 4TH: B Kielty in left field. C Crawford popped out to shortstop. C Pena walked. B Upton struck out swinging. B Harris walked, C Pena to second. J Gomes popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, TAMPA BAY 0. BOSTON 5TH: K Youkilis flied out to center. D Ortiz doubled to deep left. M Lowell singled to center, D Ortiz thrown out at home, M Lowell to second advancing on throw. J Drew walked. J Varitek struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, TAMPA BAY 0. TAMPA BAY 5TH: J Guzman grounded out to shortstop. J Wilson flied out to center. J Paul walked. A Iwamura struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, TAMPA BAY 0. BOSTON 6TH: C Crisp grounded out to first. B Kielty singled to right. J Lugo struck out looking. A Cora grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, TAMPA BAY 0. TAMPA BAY 6TH: C Crawford struck out swinging. C Pena walked. B Upton homered to right, C Pena scored. B Harris popped out to shortstop. J Gomes safe at second on throwing error by third baseman M Lowell. J Guzman struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) BOSTON 1, TAMPA BAY 2. BOSTON 7TH: D Young in right field. D Wheeler relieved E Jackson. K Youkilis struck out swinging. D Ortiz singled to right. M Lowell lined out to second. J Drew singled to left, D Ortiz to second. J Varitek struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, TAMPA BAY 2. TAMPA BAY 7TH: M Timlin relieved D Matsuzaka. J Wilson grounded out to second. J Paul singled to center. A Iwamura singled to right, J Paul to third. C Crawford hit by pitch, A Iwamura to second. C Pena grounded into fielder's choice to first, J Paul out at home, A Iwamura to third, C Crawford to second. B Upton struck out looking. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, TAMPA BAY 2. BOSTON 8TH: G Glover relieved D Wheeler. C Crisp popped out to shortstop. B Kielty lined out to first. J Lugo hit a ground rule double to right. A Cora struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, TAMPA BAY 2. TAMPA BAY 8TH: E Gagne relieved M Timlin. B Harris grounded out to shortstop. D Young popped out to second. J Guzman walked. J Wilson grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Guzman out at second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, TAMPA BAY 2. BOSTON 9TH: Al Reyes relieved G Glover. K Youkilis fouled out to third. D Ortiz walked. M Lowell lined out to right. J Drew singled to center, D Ortiz to second. J Varitek flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) BOSTON 1, TAMPA BAY 2.</div>
Upton homers, helps Devil Rays avoid sweep <h3>TAMPA BAY 2, BOSTON 1</h3>ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Ticker) -- The Boston Red Sox not onlywere upset by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Wednesday. They alsowere beat up. B.J. Upton hit a two-run homer to lead the Devil Rays to a 2-1victory over the Red Sox, who had two starters leave the gamewith injuries. Despite allowing twice as many hits, Edwin Jackson outdueledDaisuke Matsuzaka to give Tampa Bay just its third win in 12meetings with Boston this season. "Overall, Jackson's been steady," Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddonsaid. "His composure was good." Jackson (4-12) went six innings, allowing one run and five hitswhile striking out three and walking five. It was the fifthconsecutive start in which he allowed two earned runs or lessafter beginning the season 1-9 with a 7.26 ERA through his first16 starts. "The defense stepped it up and had a lot of nice plays behindme," Jackson said. "I got myself into trouble." Matsuzaka (13-10) yielded just two hits - including Upton'shomer - in six innings with eight strikeouts and four walks. TheJapanese righthander has presided over all three of Boston'slosses to Tampa Bay this season. "I feel frustrated about my own pitching," Matsuzaka said."Tonight, I wasted a lot of pitches and I feel I got myself intotrouble. The problem is I haven't been able to go as deep intogames as I would like." He has not won consecutive games since June 16-21 despiteallowing two runs or less in seven starts since. "He pitched great," Boston manager Terry Francona said. "Hedoes a good job of pitching to the scoreboard." In the third, Boston loaded the bases against Jackson with noneout but only managed one run on Mike Lowell's sacrifice fly. "It definitely felt good," Jackson said. "After that, I toldmyself you get out of that against this team, you have to battleto keep the team in the game." Upton helped the Devil Rays avert further damage when he threwout David Ortiz at the plate to snuff a threat in the fifth. "I knew I had a chance," Upton said. "Turned out we got himout." In the sixth, Upton belted a two-run homer - his 18th of theseason - to give Tampa Bay a 2-1 lead. "He left a fastball up and I took a good swing on it," Uptonsaid. "I just wanted to make solid contact." Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia was hit by pitch in thethird and left the game with a bruised left elbow. X-rays werenegative and Pedroia joined his teammates on the bench duringthe last few innings. In the fourth frame, left fielder Eric Hinske suffered a musclecramp in his right calf and was replaced by Bobby Kielty afterstealing second base. "Pedroia is OK," Francona said. "He got an X-ray and he sayswill be OK (Thursday)." Ortiz, who went 2-for-2, was the only player on either team withmultiple hits.
