The Boston Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 on May 21, 2024 at Tropicana Field.
Final · Tropicana Field
Top performers
- Reese McGuire went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Red Sox.
- Cooper Criswell pitched 5.1 innings for the Red Sox, allowing 2 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
- Isaac Paredes went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Rays.
- Zack Littell pitched 5.2 innings for the Rays, allowing 2 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
Boston Red Sox box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler O'Neill | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Vaughn Grissom | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Wilyer Abreu | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ceddanne Rafaela | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rafael Devers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Reese McGuire | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jarren Duran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dominic Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Romy Gonzalez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Hamilton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 31 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Criswell | 5.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Kenley Jansen | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Martin | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Greg Weissert | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cam Booser | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Rays box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amed Rosario | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Lowe | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Randy Arozarena | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Lowe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Richie Palacios | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Siri | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yandy Diaz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Aranda | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zack Littell | 5.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Erasmo Ramirez | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jason Adam | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Garrett Cleavinger | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Kelly | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 2 |
Before and after
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