August 5, 2006
The lowly Tampa Bay Devil Rays pounded the Boston Red Sox 18-5 today. The 18 runs tied Tampa with 3 other teams for Most Runs Scored by a Team this season in the AL. The Rays have the worst record in the AL, but on this day the home town fans had a lot to cheer about.
BOSTON AT TAMPA BAY
Red Sox......... 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 - 5 10 2
Devil Rays...... 1 0 7 3 0 0 7 0 - 18 23 0
Win:Fossum(3-7) Loss:Wells(2-1)
Homeruns- D.Ortiz(35th), G.Norton(7th)
Jorge Cantu had 4 hits and 4 RBI at Tropicana Field as the Tampa Bay Devil
Rays belted the Boston Red Sox by the count of 18 to 5.
Cantu provided much of the offense. He delivered a single which was good for
two runs in the 3rd inning, slapped a one-base hit in the 4th inning, banged
out a single in the 5th inning and smacked a single which scored a run in the
7th inning. Tampa Bay lit up the scoreboard in the 3rd inning with 7 runs on
8 hits and the 7th inning which saw them score 7 runs on 8 hits. Overall
Tampa Bay out-hit Boston 23 to 10.
Casey Fossum(3-7) got the win allowing 5 runs in 5 and 2/3 innings. David
Wells(2-1) took the loss. He was knocked around, surrendering 7 runs in 2
innings.
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