Monday, September 17th, 2012 6:10PM CST
The Boston Red Sox defeated the sliding Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 on Monday night. Jacoby Ellsbury contributed significantly to the Red Sox victory with a home run and three runs batted in, while Aaron Cook earned the win on the mound, successfully ending his streak of five consecutive losses.
Date: Monday, September 17th, 2012
Time: 6:10PM CST
Stadium: Tropicana Field
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Attendance: 11,722
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TB |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
BOS |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |

Runs Batted In: R Roberts (15), B Zobrist (64)
Sacrifice Hit: R Roberts
Ground Into Double Play: M Joyce; B Zobrist
Team Left On Base: 3
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 0-2 (B Zobrist 0-1, D Jennings 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: D Jennings 1

Pitcher Notes: A Cobb pitched to 2 batters in the 7th;B Badenhop pitched to 1 batter in the 7th
Wild Pitches: A Cobb
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: A Cobb 12-24; B Badenhop 1-1; J Howell 2-4; B Gomes 2-2; C Ramos 2-5; D De La Rosa 2-3
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: A Cobb 17-7-22-16; B Badenhop 1-0-1-1; J Howell 2-2-3-3; B Gomes 2-0-1-2; C Ramos 6-2-5-2; D De La Rosa 3-1-5-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Cobb 9-5; B Badenhop 0-0; J Howell 1-0; B Gomes 0-2; C Ramos 0-0; D De La Rosa 1-0
Game Scores: A Cobb 55

Errors: B Zobrist (11, ground ball); S Rodriguez 2 (16, ground ball, throw)
Passed Balls: J Molina

Caught Stealing: C Pena (3, 3rd base by A Cook/R Lavarnway)

Home Runs: J Ellsbury (4, 6th inning off A Cobb 1 on, 2 Out)
Runs Batted In: J Ellsbury 3 (23), M Gomez 2 (16)
2-out Runs Batted In: J Ellsbury 2
Sacrifice Hit: J Iglesias
Team Left On Base: 7
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 3-8 (M Gomez 1-1, C Ross 0-2, D Pedroia 0-1, J Iglesias 0-1, J Ellsbury 2-2, R Lavarnway 0-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: C Ross 3; J Iglesias 2

Wild Pitches: M Melancon
Intentional Walks: P Ciriaco (By J Howell)
Hit By Pitch: J Iglesias (By A Cobb)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: A Cook 13-22; R Hill 3-3; J Tazawa 2-3; M Melancon 3-4
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: A Cook 13-2-13-19; R Hill 4-2-2-1; J Tazawa 4-3-3-1; M Melancon 6-3-1-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: A Cook 12-5; R Hill 0-1; J Tazawa 1-0; M Melancon 1-0
Game Scores: A Cook 58

Double Plays: 2 (J Iglesias-D Pedroia-J Loney, J Loney-J Iglesias-A Cook)

Caught Stealing: J Ellsbury (2, 3rd base by D De La Rosa/S Vogt)
Stolen Bases: D Pedroia (16, 2nd base off A Cobb/J Molina)
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