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Red Sox
@ Rays
Tropicana Field
August 31, 2021
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Boston Red Sox, played on August 31, 2021 at Tropicana Field.
Game Summary
Date | August 31, 2021 |
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Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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Home Team |
Tampa Bay Rays
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 31, 2021 |
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Day of Week | Tue |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
Home Team | Tampa Bay Rays |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Brad Peacock |
Home Starting Pitcher | Ryan Yarbrough |
Ballpark | Tropicana Field |
City | St. Petersburg |
State | FL |
Attendance | 6,868 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 8 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Alan Porter 1B: Adam Beck 2B: Chris Guccione 3B: Ramon De Jesus |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Hunter Renfroe | Right Fielder |
Kyle Schwarber | Left Fielder |
J.D. Martinez | DH |
Xander Bogaerts | Shortstop |
Rafael Devers | Third Baseman |
Bobby Dalbec | First Baseman |
Alex Verdugo | Center Fielder |
Christian Vazquez | Catcher |
Jonathan Arauz | Second Baseman |
Alex Cora | Manager |
Tampa Bay Rays Lineup
Name | Position |
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Brandon Lowe | Second Baseman |
Nelson Cruz | DH |
Wander Franco | Shortstop |
Austin Meadows | Left Fielder |
Randy Arozarena | Right Fielder |
Joey Wendle | Third Baseman |
Yandy Diaz | First Baseman |
Kevin Kiermaier | Center Fielder |
Francisco Mejia | Catcher |
Kevin Cash | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Red Sox
@ Rays
Tropicana Field
August 31, 2021
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Renfroe vs. Yarbrough
Renfroe strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Schwarber vs. Yarbrough
Schwarber hits a fly ball into right field. Arozarena settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Yarbrough
Martinez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Meadows. Martinez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Bogaerts vs. Yarbrough
Bogaerts hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Martinez scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Devers vs. Yarbrough
Devers hits a popup in front of the plate. Mejia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowe vs. Peacock
Lowe hits a fly ball into center field. Verdugo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Peacock
Cruz hits a popup towards first. Dalbec settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
vs. Peacock
hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dalbec scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Dalbec vs. Yarbrough
Dalbec hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wendle fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Verdugo vs. Yarbrough
Verdugo strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vazquez vs. Yarbrough
Vazquez hits a fly ball into left field. Meadows settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Meadows vs. Peacock
Yairo Munoz now playing second base. Jonathan Arauz now playing shortstop.
Meadows hits a fly ball into center field. Verdugo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Arozarena vs. Peacock
Arozarena hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Wendle vs. Peacock
Wendle hits a fly ball into center field. Verdugo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Peacock
Diaz hits a fly ball into left field. Schwarber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Arauz vs. Yarbrough
Arauz hits a line drive into right field. Arozarena settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Renfroe vs. Yarbrough
Renfroe hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Meadows. Renfroe reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Schwarber vs. Yarbrough
Schwarber hits a ball on the ground towards first. Diaz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schwarber for the out. Renfroe moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Martinez vs. Yarbrough
Martinez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kiermaier vs. Peacock
Kiermaier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Mejia vs. Peacock
Mejia is hit by the pitch. Kiermaier moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Lowe vs. Peacock
Lowe hits a fly ball into center field. Verdugo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kiermaier moves to third. Mejia moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Cruz vs. Peacock
Cruz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
vs. Peacock
hits a line drive to right field. Renfroe throws towards first. Dalbec fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Dalbec. Kiermaier scores. Mejia scores. Cruz moves to third. moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Meadows vs. Gonsalves
Stephen Gonsalves now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Cruz scores. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Meadows vs. Gonsalves
Meadows hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dalbec fields the ball and throws to Gonsalves covering. Safe. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Arozarena vs. Gonsalves
Arozarena is hit by the pitch. Meadows moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Wendle vs. Gonsalves
Wendle hits a fly ball into left field. Schwarber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Diaz vs. Gonsalves
Diaz hits a popup off the glove of Munoz, and into shallow right field. Diaz reaches second base with a double. Meadows scores. Arozarena goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Kiermaier vs. Gonsalves
Kiermaier strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Munoz vs. Yarbrough
Munoz hits a fly ball into left field. Meadows settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Devers vs. Yarbrough
Devers hits a ball on the ground towards short. scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Dalbec vs. Yarbrough
Dalbec strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Mejia vs. Gonsalves
Mejia hits a popup towards short. Arauz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lowe vs. Gonsalves
Lowe strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Gonsalves
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Devers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Verdugo vs. Yarbrough
Verdugo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lowe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Vazquez vs. Yarbrough
Vazquez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Arauz vs. Yarbrough
Arauz hits a fly ball into left field. Meadows settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Renfroe vs. Yarbrough
Renfroe hits a fly ball into right field. Arozarena settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
vs. Gonsalves
takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Meadows vs. Gonsalves
Meadows hits a fly ball into center field. Verdugo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Arozarena vs. Gonsalves
There's a wild pitch. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Arozarena vs. Gonsalves
Arozarena strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Wendle vs. Gonsalves
Wendle hits a fly ball into left field. Schwarber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 1 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Schwarber vs. Yarbrough
Schwarber hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Yarbrough
Martinez hits a fly ball into right field. Arozarena settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munoz vs. Yarbrough
Munoz hits a line drive into right field. Arozarena settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Devers vs. Yarbrough
Devers hits a line drive towards third. Wendle reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Valdez
Phillips Valdez now pitching.
Diaz is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kiermaier vs. Valdez
Kiermaier hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dalbec juggles the ball. That's an error on Dalbec. Diaz moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Mejia vs. Valdez
Mejia hits a fly ball into center field. Verdugo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Diaz tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Lowe vs. Valdez
Lowe strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Valdez
Cruz takes first base on ball four. Kiermaier moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
vs. Valdez
hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dalbec scoops it up and throws to first, with Valdez covering, for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Dalbec vs. Armstrong
Shawn Armstrong now pitching.
Dalbec hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Verdugo vs. Armstrong
Verdugo hits a fly ball into center field. Kiermaier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Vazquez vs. Armstrong
Vazquez takes first base on ball four. Dalbec moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Arauz vs. Armstrong
Arauz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lowe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dalbec moves to third. Vazquez moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Renfroe vs. Armstrong
Renfroe hits a fly ball into right field. Arozarena settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Meadows vs. Valdez
Meadows hits a fly ball into left field. Schwarber settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Arozarena vs. Valdez
Arozarena strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Wendle vs. Valdez
Wendle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dalbec scoops it up and throws to first, with Valdez covering, for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Schwarber vs. Enns
Dietrich Enns now pitching.
Schwarber takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Enns
Martinez strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Munoz vs. Enns
Munoz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wendle fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Wendle. Schwarber moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Devers vs. Enns
Devers hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Schwarber scores. Munoz moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Dalbec vs. Enns
Dalbec strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Verdugo vs. Enns
Verdugo hits a fly ball into center field. Kiermaier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Valdez
Diaz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Devers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Kiermaier vs. Valdez
Kiermaier hits a line drive towards third. Devers reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Mejia vs. Valdez
Mejia hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Verdugo. Mejia reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lowe vs. Valdez
Lowe hits a fly ball into right field. Renfroe settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Vazquez vs. Enns
Vazquez hits a fly ball into left field. Meadows settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Arauz vs. Enns
Arauz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Renfroe vs. Enns
Renfroe hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Meadows. Renfroe reaches second base with a double. Arauz moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Schwarber vs. Enns
Schwarber hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Arauz scores. Renfroe moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 4 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Martinez vs. Enns
Martinez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Renfroe scores. Schwarber moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Rays, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Shaw vs. Kittredge
Andrew Kittredge now pitching. Travis Shaw pinch hits for Yairo Munoz.
Shaw strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 5 - Rays, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Devers vs. Kittredge
Devers strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/31/2021 -- Boston at Tampa Bay (N) Boston AB R H RBI Tampa Bay AB R H RBI Renfroe H, rf 5 1 2 0 Lowe B, 2b 5 0 0 0 Schwarber K, lf 4 2 2 2 Cruz N, dh 2 1 0 0 Martinez J, dh 5 1 2 1 Franco W, ss 3 1 1 1 Bogaerts X, ss 1 0 1 1 Meadows A, lf 4 1 1 1 Munoz Y, 2b 3 0 0 0 Arozarena R, rf 3 2 1 1 Shaw T, ph 1 0 0 0 Wendle J, 3b 4 0 0 0 Devers R, 3b 5 0 1 1 Diaz Y, 1b 3 1 1 2 Dalbec B, 1b 4 0 1 0 Kiermaier K, cf 3 1 0 0 Verdugo A, cf 4 0 0 0 Mejia F, c 2 1 1 1 Vazquez C, c 3 0 1 0 Arauz J, 2b-ss 3 1 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 38 5 10 5 29 8 5 6 Boston 100 001 012 -- 5 Tampa Bay 016 001 00x -- 8 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Peacock B (L) 2.1 2 5 5 2 0 Gonsalves S 2.2 2 2 2 1 3 Valdez P 3.0 1 1 0 1 2 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO Yarbrough R (W) 6.0 5 2 2 0 3 Armstrong S 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 Enns D 1.1 4 3 2 2 2 Kittredge A (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 E -- Dalbec B 2, Wendle J LOB -- Boston 9, Tampa Bay 5 2B -- Martinez J, Renfroe H 2, Diaz Y, Mejia F HR -- Arozarena R, Schwarber K SF -- Mejia F HBP -- by Peacock B (Mejia F), by Gonsalves S (Arozarena R), by Valdez P (Diaz Y) WP -- Gonsalves S 2 T -- 3:08 A -- 6868
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