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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Red Sox	4	10	0
Rays	2	4	1

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Red Sox	4	10	0
Rays	2	4	1

Willy Aybar Postseason Stats

	Game	Postseason
Average	.000	.346
OBP	.000	.333
At Bats	1	26
Hits	0	9
• Singles	0	7
• Doubles	0	1
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	1
Walks	0	0
RBI’s	0	6

Jonathan Papelbon Postseason Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	0	2

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Tropicana Field - October 18, 2008

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Out

Jonathan Papelbon

Jason Varitek

Mark Kotsay

Dustin Pedroia

Kevin Youkilis

Jed Lowrie

Jason Bay

Coco Crisp

J.D. Drew

Willy Aybar

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Boston Red Sox	4	10	0	12
Tampa Bay Rays	2	4	1	4
Winning Pitcher	Josh Beckett
Losing Pitcher	James Shields
Save	Jonathan Papelbon
Game Winning RBI	Jason Varitek
Attendance	40,947
Time of Game	3 hours 48 minutes

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Count: 0-1, 2 Outs

Count: 0-1, 0 Outs

End of Game

Aybar hits a line drive towards third. Youkilis reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Crawford strikes out.

Bottom 9 Jonathan Papelbon now pitching. Longoria hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lowrie scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Trever Miller now pitching. Kotsay hits a popup towards third. Longoria settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Bay hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartlett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Drew hits a line drive into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Pena hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pedroia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Upton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pedroia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Iwamura strikes out.

Bottom 8 Justin Masterson now pitching. Bartlett is hit by the pitch.

Top 8 Youkilis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 8 Ortiz is walked intentionally.

Top 8 Chad Bradford now pitching. Pedroia hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bradford fields it and throws to first for the out. Crisp moves to second.

Top 8 Crisp takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 Zobrist hits a fly ball into center field. Crisp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Navarro hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Bay settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Willy Aybar pinch hits for Cliff Floyd. Aybar hits a popup, foul, towards third. Youkilis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Varitek hits a fly ball into right field. Zobrist settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 The ball gets by Navarro for a passed ball. Bay moves to third. Lowrie moves to second.

Top 7 Grant Balfour now pitching. Lowrie takes first base on ball four.

Top 7 Kotsay hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out. Bay moves to second.

Top 7 Bay is hit by the pitch.

Top 7 Drew hits a fly ball into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lowrie fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 6 Longoria takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Pena strikes out.

Bottom 6 Hideki Okajima now pitching. Upton hits a line drive towards third. Youkilis reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Youkilis strikes out.

Top 6 Ortiz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Crisp scores. Pedroia moves to second. That run is unearned.

Top 6 J.P. Howell now pitching. Pedroia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartlett fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Bartlett. Crisp moves to third.

Top 6 Crisp hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shields fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 6 Varitek hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 6 Lowrie strikes out.

Top 6 Ben Zobrist now playing right field. Kotsay hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Iwamura reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Iwamura hits a ball on the ground towards third. Youkilis fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Bartlett hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 5 There goes Navarro. The throw from Varitek and he is out, Pedroia applying the tag.

Bottom 5 Ben Zobrist pinch hits for Gabe Gross. Zobrist hits a fly ball into center field. Crisp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Navarro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 5 Bay hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Drew hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gross. Drew reaches second base with a double.

Top 5 Youkilis hits a line drive towards third. Longoria reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Ortiz hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Floyd hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kotsay scoops it up and throws to first, with Beckett covering, for the out.

Bottom 4 There goes Crawford. The throw from Varitek and he is safe. Crawford steals second.

Bottom 4 Crawford hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Longoria hits a fly ball into center field. Crisp settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Pena hits a popup towards third. Youkilis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Pedroia strikes out.

Top 4 Crisp hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 4 Varitek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pena scoops it up and throws to first, with Shields covering, for the out.

Top 4 Lowrie hits a fly ball into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Upton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Beckett fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Iwamura hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pedroia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Bartlett is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 3 Gross strikes out.

Top 3 Kotsay hits a fly ball into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Bay takes first base on ball four. Drew moves to second.

Top 3 Drew takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 Youkilis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bartlett scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Pedroia scores. Ortiz moves to third.

Top 3 Ortiz hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Gross. Ortiz reaches second base with a double. Pedroia moves to third.

Top 3 Pedroia takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 Crisp hits a fly ball into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Navarro hits a line drive into right field. Drew settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Floyd strikes out.

Bottom 2 Crawford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pedroia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Varitek hits a fly ball into left field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Lowrie hits a fly ball into center field. Upton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Kotsay hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Bay moves to second.

Top 2 Bay hits a ball on the ground towards third. Longoria fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 2 Drew hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.

Top 2 Youkilis hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 1 Longoria hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lowrie fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 1 Pena takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Upton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 1 Iwamura strikes out.

Top 1 Ortiz strikes out.

Top 1 Pedroia hits a popup towards third. Longoria settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Shields fires to first and picks off Crisp.

Top 1 Crisp bunts towards third. Longoria fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

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