BOSTON RED SOX (ME) @ TAMPA BAY RAYS (CPU)
* This game was played using the latest sliders that were updated last nigh to the vault. I used ZONE HITTING for this game and wass very happy with the feel and results
Josh Beckett escaped danger in the bottom of the 1st after Crawford dropped a routine fly ball by Desmond Jennings to lead off the inning, but Beckett got out of the jam stranding runners at 2nd & 3rd. The Red Sox got to James Shields in the top of the 4th on a 2-run double by Cody Ross to give Boston a 2-0 lead. The Sox made it 3-0 in the top of the 5th on an RBI single by Adrian Gonzalez. Carlos Pena got Tampa Bay on the board as he led off the top of the 7th with a solo HR to CF to cut the score to 3-1. Josh Beckett was outstanding in this game and he finished his night by inducing Desmond Jennings to ground into a 4-6-3 double play to end the bottom of the 8th and send the game to the 9th inning with Boston leading 3-1. The Red Sox added some insurance in the top of the 9th when Mike Aviles laced a double into the gap in left center that scored Darnell McDonald who pinch ran for Cody Ross. The Sox went to their closer Andrew Bailey with a 4-1 lead for the bottom of the 9th and Bailey closed it out with a 1-2-3 9th inning for the save.
* In 6 innings of work James Shields threw 85 pitches (63% for strikes)
* In 8 innings of work Josh Beckett threw 96 pitches (67% for strikes)
* Beckett's stuff was absolutely filthy in this game, hands down my best pitching performance so far with this game
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Rays</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Mar 14, 2012</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston ()</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">4</td><td align="right">10</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Tampa Bay ()</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">1</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Josh Beckett <b>L:</b> James Shields <b>S:</b> Andrew Bailey</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">BOS</td><td align="right" width="8%">TAM</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">4</td><td width="70%">Cody Ross doubled to LF (Gonzalez & Youkilis score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">5</td><td width="70%">Adrian Gonzalez singled to CF (Crawford scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">TAM</td><td align="center" width="7%">7</td><td width="70%">Carlos Pena solo HR to CF </td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">9</td><td width="70%">Mike Aviles doubled to LF (McDonald scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">4</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#0D1B3F" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Ross, Gonzalez, Aviles<br /><b>3B:</b> Crawford<br /><b>RBI:</b> Ross 2, Gonzalez, Aviles<br /><b>HBP:</b> Gonzalez<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Crawford</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Crawford (Drop)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#00275D" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Tampa Bay Rays</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Jennings<br /><b>HR:</b> Pena<br /><b>RBI:</b> Pena<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Zobrist</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Shields (Bobble)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#0D1B3F" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Josh Beckett (W)</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">1.13</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Andrew Bailey (S)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#00275D" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Tampa Bay Rays</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>James Shields (L)</td><td align="right">6.0</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">4.50</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Joel Peralta</td><td align="right">2.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Jake McGee</td><td align="right">0.1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">27.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Jeff Niemann</td><td align="right">0.2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr></table></body></html>
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