Railroading Rays @ All is (w)Ell Red Sox 8/16-8/17

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Longo flies out to center.
Zo shoots a rocket into left for a single.
BJ called out.
Kotch sends one all the way to the CF wall, but Ells makes the catch.

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Ells hits a bomb to the bull pen!
Lowrie flies out to left.
AGon grounds to short.
Ped grounds to third.

Rays up 3-2.

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Now pitching Matt Albers.

SRod HBP.
Matty J pops out to third in foul territory.
Cheerios grounds out to third.
DJ belts a rocket right caught by the diving Pedroia..dang him!

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Redd grounds out to second, long throw by Zobrist but gets there in time.
CC down swinging.
Aviles Ks swinging.

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On to the 8th.

Damon singles to center.
Longo grounds to third, through to second for the force on Damon, Longo reaches.
Zobrist lines a single into right.
Upton lines up the middle, Longo to the plate.

Call to the pen. Rays up 4-2.

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Now pitching Franklin Morales.

2 on, 1 out.

Kotch batting, Zobrist trying to take third, Tek up with the throw, a bit wide, Zo gets the foot there.

BJ gets caught off first in a run down, Zo heads for home, they try to get him, hits Zo, he scores, BJ safe at second.
Kotch lines one into center, BJ scores.
SRod down swinging.
Joyce batting WP advances Kotch, Joyce grounds to pitcher.

Rays lead 6-2.

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Tek Ks.
DMac flies out to right.
Ells Ks.

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Now pitching Dewayne Staats son in-law Dan Wheeler.

Cheerios pops to second.
DJ flies out to right.
JD doubles on a grounder just inside the left field line and skips off the wall.
Longo pops out to third in foul territory.

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Niemann back out there trying for the second CG of the day.

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Lowrie grounds out to second.
AGone grounds to Longo over in the SS spot with the shift.
Ped flies out to right.

Rays win! Niemann goes the distance.

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Today’s match ups


Price is 10-10 with a 3.76 ERA, he rebounded last Friday night from a terrible start with a very good one at Yankee Stadium, giving up just one run in 8 plus innings.

Lackey is 11-8, with a 6.13 ERA, he gave up 10 hits to the Mariners his last start but still got the win. He has been hot lately winning 6 consecutive decisions.

Casey Kotchman enters today’s fourth in the Majors in batting average.

Jacoby Ellsbury homered in both games Tues……the first Red Sox player to do that since Trot Nixon, on June 4, 2003.

Johnny Damon Damon got his 20th double of the season in Game 2 on Tuesday, he has 15 seasons of 20-plus two-base hits

Yesterday’s Triple play was the 30th in Sox history, first since July 1994.

As of now, Papi will not go to the DL but wear a boot and be evaluated in a few days.

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Price went 8 innings of shut out pitching after the back to back CG by Shields and Niemann. The Rays held Boston’s explosive offense to just 3 hits in each game.