TALK OF THE TOWN JULY 30: RAYS MOVE UP TO 1ST IN AL EAST WITH WIN

Rays bat in top of inning, Red Sox bat in bottom

Let’s start bottom 4th, 1-0 Rays and David Price strikes out Dustin Pedroia. Bottom 5th now, 2-0 Rays and Price strikes out Johnny Gomes. Price had 8 strikeouts total. Bottom 8th, 2-1, runners on 2nd and 3rd, 2 outs and Brandon Snyder flies out to the left fielder and the LF guns it to home and the man on 3rd is out and that ends the inning but it looks like he was safe but hey! Umpire’s call! Bottom 9th, same score Fernando Rodney closing for the Rays, he strikes out Mike Napoli to end the inning, Rays win 2-1!

TB    2 9 0
BOS 1 5 0

Rays (63-43) Red Sox (63-44)

Key Players

(TB) Longoria 2-5 2B, 3 K
(BOS) Ortiz       1-3 2B

Pitching

W:(TB) Price (6-5) 7 1/3 IP, ER, 8 KL:(BOS) Doubront (7-5) 5 IP, 2 ER, 4 K
S:(TB) Rodney (26)