October 13, 2008
Another Second and Third
Jason Bartlett singles and Iwamura doubles off the wall to put men on second and third with no outs in the top of the third for the Rays. It's the third half-inning in a row where the teams put men on second and third. The Rays scored in the second, the Red Sox didn't.
Interestingly, before this started, the announcers were talking about how Lester settles in at this point of the game. Not today. B.J. Upton hits a ball over the Green Monster and the Rays lead 4-0. That gives Upton five home runs in the post season. He only hit nine during the regular season after hitting 24 in 2007.
Update: Pena strikes out, but Longoria homers into the Monster Seats. That's his fourth home run of the post season. Looks like Paul Byrd may be in sooner than later.
Update: Crawford goes down on strikes for the second time. Lester only allowed 14 home runs on the season, and teams only took him deep twice in a game two times. Only one of those came at Fenway.
Update: A fly ball ends the inning, but two long balls do plenty of damage as the Red Sox find themselves down five runs in the bottom of the third.
Correction: Corrected the team with the lead.
I think you meant to say the Rays lead 4-0.