AL: TAMPA BAY (45-74) at BOSTON (72-47) <h3>Red Sox go for sweep of Devil Rays</h3> <div class="pre">Tampa Bay (45-74) at Boston (72-47) 1:05 pm EDT</div> BOSTON (Ticker) -- The Boston Red Sox look to complete athree-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Wednesday. In the first two games of the series, Tim Wakefield and JonLester combined to hold the Devil Rays to just one run in 15innings. Despite Lester's big effort Tuesday, the Red Sox had to rally inthe bottom of the ninth inning. Mike Lowell homered with oneout and Coco Crisp singled home the winning run two batterslate, giving Boston a 2-1 triumph. Boston moved five games in front of the New York Yankees (67-52)in the American League East. Daisuke Matsuzaka (13-8, 3.59 ERA) is out to give the Red Soxanother big pitching performance. The Japanese righthander is1-1 against the Devil Rays this season, allowing a total of tworuns in 14 1/3 innings. The Devil Rays will counter with rookie Andy Sonnanstine (1-8,6.35). The 24-year-old righthander has not won since June 10 -a span of 11 starts. He has yet to face the Red Sox. Tampa Bay has been outscored by a lopsided 14-2 in losing itslast three games.
AL: TAMPA BAY (45-74) at BOSTON (72-47) <h3>Red Sox go for sweep of Devil Rays</h3> <div class="pre">Tampa Bay (45-74) at Boston (72-47) 1:05 pm EDT</div> BOSTON (Ticker) -- The Boston Red Sox look to complete athree-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Wednesday. In the first two games of the series, Tim Wakefield and JonLester combined to hold the Devil Rays to just one run in 15innings. Despite Lester's big effort Tuesday, the Red Sox had to rally inthe bottom of the ninth inning. Mike Lowell homered with oneout and Coco Crisp singled home the winning run two batterslater, giving Boston a 2-1 triumph. Boston moved five games in front of the New York Yankees (67-52)in the American League East. Daisuke Matsuzaka (13-8, 3.59 ERA) is out to give the Red Soxanother big pitching performance. The Japanese righthander is1-1 against the Devil Rays this season, allowing a total of tworuns in 14 1/3 innings. The Devil Rays will counter with rookie Andy Sonnanstine (1-8,6.35). The 24-year-old righthander has not won since June 10 -a span of 11 starts. He has yet to face the Red Sox. Tampa Bay has been outscored by a lopsided 14-2 in losing itslast three games.
AL: TAMPA BAY at BOSTON <div class="pre">TAMPA BAY AT BOSTON -- LINEUPS TAMPA BAY BOSTON AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Akinori Iwamura 3B .283 3 16 Dustin Pedroia 2B .328 5 36 Carl Crawford LF .314 10 62 Kevin Youkilis 1B .299 12 63 B.J. Upton CF .320 16 54 David Ortiz DH .313 19 71 Carlos Pena 1B .262 26 74 Manny Ramirez LF .292 19 78 Delmon Young DH .293 9 63 J.D. Drew RF .261 6 44 Brendan Harris 2B .293 8 45 Mike Lowell 3B .311 16 79 Jonny Gomes RF .265 13 34 Jason Varitek C .266 9 48 Dioner Navarro C .208 5 25 Coco Crisp CF .273 5 44 Ben Zobrist SS .165 1 9 Julio Lugo SS .236 6 55 Andy Sonnanstine RHP (1-8, 6.35) Daisuke Matsuzaka RHP (13-8, 3.59)</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON WARMUPS: TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE (1-8, 6.35) BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA (13-8, 3.59) UMPIRES: HP - PAUL SCHRIEBER 1B - TIM MCCLELLAND 2B - MARTY FOSTER 3B - FIELDIN CULBRETH WEATHER: 83 Degrees, partly cloudy WIND: 17 mph, out to center</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON STARTING BATS: TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE AND DIONER NAVARRO BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA AND JASON VARITEK DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: A IWAMURA (.283, 3 HR, 16 RBI) C CRAWFORD (.314, 10 HR, 62 RBI) B UPTON (.320, 16 HR, 54 RBI)</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE GROUND OUT BY CARLOS PENA SCORED AKINORI IWAMURA. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C CRAWFORD ON THIRD, 2 OUT CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 1 BOSTON 0 TOP, 1ST DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D YOUNG (.293, 9 HR, 63 RBI)</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TAMPA BAY 1 1 2 0 BOSTON 0 0 0 (BOT 1) CURRENT PITCHERS: TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D PEDROIA (.328, 5 HR, 36 RBI) K YOUKILIS (.299, 12 HR, 63 RBI) D ORTIZ (.313, 19 HR, 71 RBI)</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at BOSTON <div class="pre">TAMPA BAY (1) VS BOSTON (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .286 C Crawford lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .316 B Upton cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .319 C Pena 1b 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .261 D Young dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .292 B Harris 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 J Gomes rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 D Navarro c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 B Zobrist ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .165 Totals 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 BATTING: RBI - C Pena (75). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Young 1. Team LOB - 1. BASERUNNING: SB - C Crawford (39, 2nd base off D Matsuzaka/J Varitek). BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Pedroia 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .328 K Youkilis 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299 D Ortiz dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 M Ramirez lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 J Drew rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 M Lowell 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .311 J Varitek c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 C Crisp cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 J Lugo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- TAMPA BAY - 1 -- 1 BOSTON - -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era A Sonnanstine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.35 BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era D Matsuzaka 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3.62 Pitches-strikes: D Matsuzaka 16-11. Ground balls-fly balls: D Matsuzaka 2-0. Batters faced: D Matsuzaka 5. UMPIRES: HP--Paul Schrieber. 1B--Tim Mcclelland. 2B--Marty Foster. 3B--Fieldin Culbreth. Weather: 83 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 17 mph, out to center.</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON CONFIRMED STARTERS: TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TAMPA BAY 1 1 2 0 BOSTON 0 0 0 0 (TOP 2) CURRENT PITCHERS: TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: B HARRIS (.293, 8 HR, 45 RBI) J GOMES (.265, 13 HR, 34 RBI) D NAVARRO (.208, 5 HR, 25 RBI)</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at BOSTON <div class="pre">TAMPA BAY (1) VS BOSTON (0) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .286 C Crawford lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .316 B Upton cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .319 C Pena 1b 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .261 D Young dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .292 B Harris 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293 J Gomes rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 D Navarro c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 B Zobrist ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .165 Totals 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 BATTING: RBI - C Pena (75). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Young 1. Team LOB - 1. BASERUNNING: SB - C Crawford (39, 2nd base off D Matsuzaka/J Varitek). BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Pedroia 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .327 K Youkilis 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .298 D Ortiz dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 M Ramirez lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 J Drew rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 M Lowell 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .311 J Varitek c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 C Crisp cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 J Lugo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Totals 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- TAMPA BAY - 1 -- 1 BOSTON - 0 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era A Sonnanstine 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.27 BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era D Matsuzaka 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3.62 Pitches-strikes: A Sonnanstine 15-10; D Matsuzaka 16-11. Ground balls-fly balls: A Sonnanstine 2-0; D Matsuzaka 2-0. Batters faced: A Sonnanstine 3; D Matsuzaka 5. UMPIRES: HP--Paul Schrieber. 1B--Tim Mcclelland. 2B--Marty Foster. 3B--Fieldin Culbreth. Weather: 83 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 17 mph, out to center.</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TAMPA BAY 1 0 1 3 0 BOSTON 0 0 0 0 (BOT 2) CURRENT PITCHERS: TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M RAMIREZ (.292, 19 HR, 78 RBI) J DREW (.261, 6 HR, 44 RBI) M LOWELL (.311, 16 HR, 79 RBI)</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at BOSTON <div class="pre">TAMPA BAY (1) VS BOSTON (0) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .286 C Crawford lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .316 B Upton cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .319 C Pena 1b 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .261 D Young dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .292 B Harris 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .295 J Gomes rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .265 D Navarro c 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .207 B Zobrist ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .163 Totals 8 1 3 1 1 2 5 BATTING: RBI - C Pena (75). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Young 1, B Zobrist 1. Team LOB - 2. BASERUNNING: SB - C Crawford (39, 2nd base off D Matsuzaka/J Varitek), J Gomes (6, 2nd base off D Matsuzaka/J Varitek). CS - B Harris (1, 2nd base by D Matsuzaka/J Varitek). BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Pedroia 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .327 K Youkilis 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .298 D Ortiz dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 M Ramirez lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 J Drew rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 M Lowell 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .311 J Varitek c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 C Crisp cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 J Lugo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Totals 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- TAMPA BAY - 10 -- 1 BOSTON - 0 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era A Sonnanstine 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.27 BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era D Matsuzaka 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 3.60 Pitches-strikes: A Sonnanstine 15-10; D Matsuzaka 34-22. Ground balls-fly balls: A Sonnanstine 2-0; D Matsuzaka 2-1. Batters faced: A Sonnanstine 3; D Matsuzaka 9. UMPIRES: HP--Paul Schrieber. 1B--Tim Mcclelland. 2B--Marty Foster. 3B--Fieldin Culbreth. Weather: 83 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 17 mph, out to center.</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TAMPA BAY 1 0 1 3 0 BOSTON 0 0 0 1 0 (TOP 3) CURRENT PITCHERS: TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: A IWAMURA (.286, 1-FOR-1) C CRAWFORD (.316, 1-FOR-1) B UPTON (.319, 0-FOR-1)</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at BOSTON <div class="pre">TAMPA BAY (1) VS BOSTON (0) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .286 C Crawford lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .316 B Upton cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .319 C Pena 1b 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .261 D Young dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .292 B Harris 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .295 J Gomes rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .265 D Navarro c 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .207 B Zobrist ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .163 Totals 8 1 3 1 1 2 5 BATTING: RBI - C Pena (75). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Young 1, B Zobrist 1. Team LOB - 2. BASERUNNING: SB - C Crawford (39, 2nd base off D Matsuzaka/J Varitek), J Gomes (6, 2nd base off D Matsuzaka/J Varitek). CS - B Harris (1, 2nd base by D Matsuzaka/J Varitek). BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Pedroia 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .327 K Youkilis 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .298 D Ortiz dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 M Ramirez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 J Drew rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260 M Lowell 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .312 J Varitek c 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .265 C Crisp cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 J Lugo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Totals 7 0 1 0 0 2 1 BATTING: 2B - M Lowell (30, A Sonnanstine). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Varitek 1. Team LOB - 1. ---------------------------------------------------- TAMPA BAY - 10 -- 1 BOSTON - 00 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era A Sonnanstine 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 6.20 BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era D Matsuzaka 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 3.60 Pitches-strikes: A Sonnanstine 30-19; D Matsuzaka 34-22. Ground balls-fly balls: A Sonnanstine 2-2; D Matsuzaka 2-1. Batters faced: A Sonnanstine 7; D Matsuzaka 9. UMPIRES: HP--Paul Schrieber. 1B--Tim Mcclelland. 2B--Marty Foster. 3B--Fieldin Culbreth. Weather: 83 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 17 mph, out to center.</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE DOUBLE BY CARLOS PENA SCORED AKINORI IWAMURA AND CARL CRAWFORD. SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C PENA ON SECOND, B UPTON ON THIRD, 0 OUT CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 3 BOSTON 0 TOP, 3RD DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: D YOUNG (.292, 0-FOR-1)</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE SINGLE BY DELMON YOUNG SCORED B.J. UPTON. SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, D YOUNG ON FIRST, C PENA ON THIRD, 0 OUT CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 4 BOSTON 0 TOP, 3RD DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: B HARRIS (.295, 1-FOR-1)</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE SACRIFICE BY BRENDAN HARRIS SCORED CARLOS PENA. SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, D YOUNG ON SECOND, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: TAMPA BAY 5 BOSTON 0 TOP, 3RD DUE UP FOR TAMPA BAY: J GOMES (.265, 0-FOR-0, BB)</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at BOSTON <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TAMPA BAY 1 0 4 5 7 0 BOSTON 0 0 0 1 0 (BOT 3) CURRENT PITCHERS: TAM - ANDY SONNANSTINE BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA DUE UP FOR BOSTON: C CRISP (.273, 5 HR, 44 RBI) J LUGO (.236, 6 HR, 55 RBI) D PEDROIA (.327, 0-FOR-1)</div>
AL: TAMPA BAY at BOSTON <div class="pre">TAMPA BAY (5) VS BOSTON (0) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg A Iwamura 3b 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 .288 C Crawford lf 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 .317 B Upton cf 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 .319 C Pena 1b 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 .264 D Young dh 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 .294 B Harris 2b 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .295 J Gomes rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .263 D Navarro c 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .206 B Zobrist ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .163 Totals 14 5 7 5 2 2 7 BATTING: 2B - C Pena (22, D Matsuzaka). S - B Harris. RBI - C Pena 3 (77), D Young (64), B Harris (46). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Navarro 1, D Young 1, B Zobrist 1. Team LOB - 3. BASERUNNING: SB - C Crawford (39, 2nd base off D Matsuzaka/J Varitek), J Gomes (6, 2nd base off D Matsuzaka/J Varitek). CS - B Harris (1, 2nd base by D Matsuzaka/J Varitek). BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D Pedroia 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .327 K Youkilis 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .298 D Ortiz dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313 M Ramirez lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 J Drew rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260 M Lowell 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .312 J Varitek c 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .265 C Crisp cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 J Lugo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Totals 7 0 1 0 0 2 1 BATTING: 2B - M Lowell (30, A Sonnanstine). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Varitek 1. Team LOB - 1. ---------------------------------------------------- TAMPA BAY - 104 -- 5 BOSTON - 00 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era A Sonnanstine 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 6.20 BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era D Matsuzaka 3 7 5 5 2 2 0 3.80 Pitches-strikes: A Sonnanstine 30-19; D Matsuzaka 56-35. Ground balls-fly balls: A Sonnanstine 2-2; D Matsuzaka 4-2. Batters faced: A Sonnanstine 7; D Matsuzaka 17. UMPIRES: HP--Paul Schrieber. 1B--Tim Mcclelland. 2B--Marty Foster. 3B--Fieldin Culbreth. Weather: 83 degrees, partly cloudy. Wind: 17 mph, out to center.</div>
