9/17 - Red Sox (82-68) @ Rays (90-60): Game 3

Josh Beckett: (13 - 10), 5.92 ERA vs. Hideo Nomo: (8 - 3), 2.44 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Red Sox have taken the final two games of this series in St. Pete. Manny Ramirez continues to hammer the Rays with two home runs today; one in the fourth and one in the sixth. The Rays' only run came in the fourth when Cliff Floyd hit into a sacrifice groundout scoring Evan Longoria from third. The Red Sox scored the go-ahead run in the fifth on a Coco Crisp RBI single as the Red Sox defeat the Rays in the last game played between these two teams during this season.

Final Score:
Red Sox: 3
Rays: 1


Josh Beckett (W, 14-10): 6 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Hideki Okajima: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Julian Tavarez (SV, 24): 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Coco Crisp: 1-4, RBI
Manny Ramirez: 2-3, 2 HR (47), 2 RBI, 2 R, BB
Jason Varitek: 2-4, R


Hideo Nomo (L, 8-4): 4.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Jason Hammel: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Al Reyes: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Dan Wheeler: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Evan Longoria: 1-4, 2B, R
Cliff Floyd: 0-4, RBI, K
Rocco Baldelli: 2-3