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Rays are streaking
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Rays 5, Red Sox 4
Carl Crawford slides across home plate with the winning run. (Chris O'Meara/AP)
By Bill Chastain / MLB.com
The Rays had an early lead thanks to Carl Crawford's game-opening triple and B.J. Upton's sac fly, but Matt Garza struggled in the early innings and let the Red Sox take the lead. But Crawford knocked in a run and scored one in the fourth, then Nathan Haynes knocked in -- who else? -- Crawford with the decisive run in the 11th.
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Series at a glance:
BOS
Boston (15-10)
Lost 3 		Tampa Bay 5, Boston 4   TB
Tampa Bay (12-11)
Won 4
April 25, 2008
   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   R   H   E 
Boston
 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0   4 10 1
Tampa Bay
 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1   5 11 0
Standings thru 4/25/08  |  Recap: BOS | TB  |  Gameday  |  Red Sox stats  |  Rays stats
BostonABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Ellsbury, CF5011004.284
Pedroia, 2B6010005.340
Ortiz, DH6000014.177
Ramirez, LF5130012.370
Youkilis, 3B-1B4000113.330
Drew, RF4210122.282
Casey, 1B0100100.346
  Lowrie, 3B3010100.346
Lugo, SS4002113.306
Cash, C3031000.323
  1-Crisp, PR0000000.341
  Varitek, C0000000.262
Totals4041045623 


1-Ran for Cash in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Ramirez (9, Garza).
TB: Ellsbury; Pedroia; Ramirez 4; Drew; Lowrie; Cash 3.
RBI: Lugo 2 (7), Cash (3), Ellsbury (10).
2-out RBI: Ellsbury.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Pedroia 2; Youkilis; Ramirez.
S: Ellsbury.
SF: Cash.
GIDP: Lugo; Ortiz.
Team LOB: 11.

FIELDING
E: Lugo (7, fielding).
PB: Cash (4).
DP: (Lowrie-Youkilis).
 
Tampa BayABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Iwamura, 2B5120104.220
Crawford, LF6331012.314
Upton, CF3011202.298
Gomes, DH3100010.265
  a-Pena, PH-DH1010000.200
  1-Haynes, PR-DH1011000.278
Longoria, 3B3011202.286
Hinske, 1B3000203.306
Navarro, C5010014.391
Gross, RF4010111.200
Bartlett, SS5000005.208
Totals3951148423 

a-Singled for Gomes in the 9th.
1-Ran for Pena in the 9th.

BATTING
3B: Crawford 2 (3, Wakefield, Wakefield).
TB: Iwamura 2; Crawford 7; Upton; Pena; Haynes; Longoria; Navarro; Gross.
RBI: Upton (18), Longoria (9), Crawford (12), Haynes (3).
2-out RBI: Longoria; Crawford.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Iwamura 2; Navarro 2; Longoria; Upton; Hinske 2.
SF: Upton.
Team LOB: 14.

BASERUNNING
SB: Longoria (2, 2nd base off Wakefield/Cash), Crawford (8, 2nd base off Timlin/Varitek), Iwamura (2, 2nd base off Wakefield/Cash).
CS: Upton (4, 3rd base by Wakefield/Cash).

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Bartlett-Iwamura-Hinske, Hinske-Bartlett-Dohmann).
 
BostonIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Wakefield 6.06435104.06
Aardsma 1.00000103.29
Corey 1.220021010.50
Lopez 0.21000104.50
Timlin (L, 2-2)0.221110013.50
 
Tampa BayIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Garza 5.05333107.62
Howell (BS, 1)3.03110302.63
Wheeler 1.01000101.38
Miller 0.10002102.57
Glover 1.01000001.69
Dohmann (W, 1-0)0.20000002.45

Timlin pitched to 3 batters in the 11th.

WP: Wakefield.
IBB: Longoria (by Corey).
HBP: Gomes (by Wakefield), Varitek (by Glover).
Pitches-strikes: Wakefield 113-70, Aardsma 17-10, Corey 25-13, Lopez 10-8, Timlin 25-13, Garza 84-49, Howell 46-27, Wheeler 25-16, Miller 16-6, Glover 9-7, Dohmann 2-1.
Ground outs-fly outs: Wakefield 5-11, Aardsma 1-1, Corey 1-2, Lopez 0-1, Timlin 1-1, Garza 2-12, Howell 2-4, Wheeler 0-2, Miller 0-0, Glover 3-0, Dohmann 2-0.
Batters faced: Wakefield 30, Aardsma 3, Corey 8, Lopez 3, Timlin 5, Garza 23, Howell 12, Wheeler 5, Miller 3, Glover 4, Dohmann 1.
Inherited runners-scored: Lopez 3-0, Timlin 1-0, Glover 2-0, Dohmann 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Mike Estabrook. 1B: Dan Iassogna. 2B: Dale Scott. 3B: Rob Drake.
Weather: 72 degrees, dome.
Wind: Indoors.
T: 4:00.
Att: 30,290.

Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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