Boston (0-0) at Tampa Bay (0-0)

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Letting Rays off not in Lester's plans

Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
Jon Lester, whose Red Sox were 7-0 in games he had started against the Rays before his Game 3 clunker, has no intention of allowing Tampa Bay to slip past him a second time.
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Jon Lester

  • #31 LHP
  • (0-1) 6.35 ERA 7 SO
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 27-8 3.81 354.2 140 262 .265
Season 16-6 3.21 210.1 66 152 .256
Vs. Tampa Bay 3-0 0.90 20.0 6 19 .240

Series at a Glance

Standings - 10/19/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
Boston Red Sox (AL East) 95 67 .586 2.0 56-25 39-42
Tampa Bay Rays (AL East) 97 65 .599 - 57-24 40-41
Stats - 10/19/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
BOS .280 845 173 807 120 1068 4.01 1446.1 1369 548 1185
TB .260 774 180 735 142 1224 3.82 1457.2 1349 526 1143
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For Game 7, Garza is Rays' go-to man

Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com
There will be a Game 7 on Sunday night. And the Rays and Red Sox will square off in a winner-take-all duel for the right to face the Phillies in the World Series. For the Rays, their survival will hinge on the right arm of 24-year-old starter Matt Garza.
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Rays probable pitcher

Matt Garza

  • #22 RHP
  • (1-0) 1.50 ERA 5 SO
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 19-22 4.02 317.2 114 233 .267
Season 11-9 3.70 184.2 59 128 .245
Vs. Boston 1-1 4.50 22.0 7 10 .250

Red Sox hitters vs Matt Garza
Regular Season stats only

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Anderson, Brian - - - - .000 2 0 0
Bates, Aaron - - - - - - - -
Brown, Dusty - - - - .500 2 0 1
Drew, J.D. .400 5 1 2 .400 5 1 2
Ellsbury, Jacoby .455 11 0 1 .462 13 0 1
Hermida, Jeremy .200 5 0 0 .200 5 0 0
Iglesias, Jose - - - - - - - -
Kotchman, Casey - - - - .500 2 0 0
Lowell, Mike .167 6 1 2 .167 12 1 2
Lowrie, Jed .000 3 0 0 .000 3 0 0
Martinez, Victor - - - - .143 7 0 2
Ortiz, David .400 5 2 3 .200 10 2 3
Pedroia, Dustin .182 11 0 0 .214 14 0 0
Reddick, Josh - - - - - - - -
Varitek, Jason .333 3 0 1 .250 4 0 1
Wagner, Mark - - - - - - - -
Youkilis, Kevin .000 9 0 0 .083 12 0 0

Rays hitters vs Jon Lester
Regular Season stats only

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI

Magnificent 7: Rays amaze! (3-4) (4-3)

Rays 3, Red Sox 1

Sox's magic vanishes

Ian Browne / MLB.com
A comeback for the ages ended one win shy of being another Fall Classic, as the Sox couldn't make an early lead hold up in Game 7. Dustin Pedroia's third homer of the ALCS was all the offense the reigning World Series champs could muster.

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World is Rays' stage

Bill Chastain / MLB.com
The Rays stole the show in Game 7 of the ALCS against the Sox, using Matt Garza's superb start, Willy Aybar's late homer and a wave of backing from their home fans to unseat Boston and advance to the first World Series in franchise history.
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Rays 3, Red Sox 1

BostonABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Crisp, CF4010010.417
Pedroia, 2B2111102.357
Ortiz, DH3000124.138
Youkilis, 3B3000101.303
Drew, RF3000124.222
Bay, LF3010120.296
Kotsay, 1B4000013.206
Varitek, C4000033.042
Cora, SS3000010.100
  a-Lowrie, PH1000001.105
Totals3013151218 

a-Grounded into a forceout for Cora in the 9th.

BATTING
HR: Pedroia (4, 1st inning off Garza, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Crisp; Pedroia 4; Bay.
RBI: Pedroia (6).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ortiz; Varitek; Drew 2.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Pedroia (3, 2nd base off Garza/Navarro).
CS: Pedroia (2, 2nd base by Garza/Navarro).
 
Tampa BayABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Iwamura, 2B4010002.212
Upton, CF4000013.281
Pena, C, 1B4100021.233
Longoria, 3B3011000.267
Crawford, LF3000021.313
Aybar, W, DH3221000.455
Navarro, C3010010.207
Baldelli, RF3011020.333
  Gross, RF0000000.000
Bartlett, SS3000012.192
Totals30363099 

BATTING
2B: Longoria (4, Lester), Aybar, W (2, Lester).
HR: Aybar, W (3, 7th inning off Lester, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Iwamura; Longoria 2; Aybar, W 6; Navarro; Baldelli.
RBI: Longoria (9), Baldelli (5), Aybar, W (7).
2-out RBI: Longoria.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Crawford; Upton 2.
Team LOB: 3.

FIELDING
E: Bartlett (3, fielding).
DP: (Navarro-Bartlett).
 
BostonIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Lester (L, 0-3)7.06330814.58
Okajima 1.00000100.00
 
Tampa BayIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Garza (W, 3-0)7.02113911.35
Wheeler (H, 2)0.11000005.06
Howell (H, 2)0.10000003.18
Bradford 0.00001003.00
Price (S, 2)1.10001300.00

Garza pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
Bradford pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

HBP: Pedroia (by Garza).
Pitches-strikes: Lester 107-77, Okajima 9-6, Garza 118-75, Wheeler 8-5, Howell 7-5, Bradford 6-2, Price 24-15.
Groundouts-flyouts: Lester 5-8, Okajima 1-1, Garza 5-6, Wheeler 0-1, Howell 1-0, Bradford 0-0, Price 1-0.
Batters faced: Lester 27, Okajima 3, Garza 27, Wheeler 2, Howell 1, Bradford 1, Price 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Wheeler 1-0, Howell 2-0, Bradford 2-0, Price 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Brian Gorman. 1B: Sam Holbrook. 2B: Brian O'Nora. 3B: Tim McClelland. LF: Alfonso Marquez. RF: Angel Hernandez.
Weather: 72 degrees, dome.
Wind: Indoors.
T: 3:31.
Att: 40,473.
October 19, 2008

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