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GM 1: RED SOX 2 @ RAYS 0 FINAL - Fri, 10/10
- RED SOX 2
- RAYS 0
- Final:
- Recap
- Box Score
- Play By Play
- Matsuzaka
- IP: 7.0
- ER: 0
- BB/K: 4/9
- Shields
- IP: 7.1
- ER: 2
- BB/K: 2/6
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GM 2: RED SOX 8 @ RAYS 9 FINAL
- Sat, 10/11
- RED SOX 8
- RAYS 9
- Final:
- Recap
- Box Score
- Play By Play
- Price
- IP: 0.2
- ER: 0
- BB/K: 1/1
- Timlin
- IP: 0.2
- ER: 1
- BB/K: 3/0
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GM 3: RAYS 9 @ RED SOX 1 FINAL
- Mon, 10/13
- RAYS 9
- RED SOX 1
- Final:
- Recap
- Box Score
- Play By Play
- Garza
- IP: 6.0
- ER: 1
- BB/K: 3/5
- Lester
- IP: 5.2
- ER: 4
- BB/K: 2/7
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GM 4: RAYS 13 @ RED SOX 4 FINAL
- Tue, 10/14
- RAYS 13
- RED SOX 4
- Final:
- Recap
- Box Score
- Play By Play
- Sonnanstine
- IP: 7.1
- ER: 3
- BB/K: 1/2
- Wakefield
- IP: 2.2
- ER: 5
- BB/K: 2/2
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GM 5: RAYS 7 @ RED SOX 8 FINAL
- Thu, 10/16
- RAYS 7
- RED SOX 8
- Final:
- Recap
- Box Score
- Play By Play
- Masterson
- IP: 1.0
- ER: 0
- BB/K: 1/0
- Howell
- IP: 0.2
- ER: 1
- BB/K: 1/1
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GM 6: RED SOX 4 @ RAYS 2 FINAL
- Sat, 10/18
- RED SOX 4
- RAYS 2
- Final:
- Recap
- Box Score
- Play By Play
- Beckett
- IP: 5.0
- ER: 2
- BB/K: 1/3
- Shields
- IP: 5.2
- ER: 3
- BB/K: 3/3
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GM 7: RED SOX 1 @ RAYS 3 FINAL - Sun, 10/19
- RED SOX 1
- RAYS 3
- Final:
- Recap
- Box Score
- Play By Play
- Garza
- IP: 7.0
- ER: 1
- BB/K: 3/9
- Lester
- IP: 7.0
- ER: 3
- BB/K: 0/8
How Sweet It Is
How Sweet It Is
The Rays showed their resiliency once again by rallying to defeat the Red Sox 3-1 in Game 7 of the ALCS, eliminating the defending champions and improbably advancing to the World Series.
Jerry Crasnick | Watch: Garza named MVP | BBTN's analysis
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Scouting Reports
Keith Law on Jon Lester
"He has three above-average pitches: a 92-95 mph fastball, a plus two-plane curveball that he commands extremely well and a sharp cutter that he'll run in on a right-hander's hands or drop over the outside corner."
• ALCS scouting report: Red Sox vs. Rays 
• Complete scouting reports: Red Sox | Rays
2008 MLB Playoffs - ALCS: Boston Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays Content Archive
- Sunday, Oct. 19
- Crasnick: Rays continue improbable run to Series
- Caple: Red Sox surprisingly fall short
- Olney: No secrets between Rays, Red Sox
- Saturday, Oct. 18
- Caple: Red Sox, Rays in a winner-take-all Game 7
- Crasnick: Red Sox push Rays to the edge
- Bryant: Thinking too much could derail Rays
- Olney: Fastball tell-tale sign for Beckett
- Friday, Oct. 17
- Neyer: Is Shields really "Big Game James"?
- Law: Maddon's bullpen follies cost Rays
- Simmons: Don't bury the Red Sox just yet
- Thursday, Oct. 16
- Crasnick: Magical comeback win for Sox
- Caple: Stunned Rays hope for the best
- Olney: Defining a dynasty
- Caple: The art of second-guessing
- Wednesday, Oct. 15
- Crasnick: Red Sox need Dice-K to deliver
- Olney: How the Red Sox could still win the ALCS
- Rays to start Kazmir instead of Shields in Game 5
- Inside Edge: Longoria's power keeps surging
- An omen? Fenway's famous Citgo sign catches fire
- Rays pulling tarp off upper-deck seats at the Trop
- Tuesday, Oct. 14
- Gammons: Red Sox believe they're not dead yet
- Gammons: Rays better than originally thought
- Bryant: Francona at the summit
- Keown: We can't handle Dodgers-Red Sox
- Pearlman: Bedeviled
- Young Rays fan's hair scare has a happy ending
- Inside Edge: Postseason hasn't been kind to Wakefield
- Baseball Tonight Clubhouse: Can the Rays break Wake?
- Monday, Oct. 13
- Crasnick: Rays making it clear they belong
- Caple: Plenty of concerns for Red Sox
- Bryant: The cultural revolution
- Saturday, Oct. 11
- Crasnick: After five long hours, Rays get even
- Caple: Wheeler, Price spark Rays to win
- Baseball Tonight Clubhouse: Rays have Kaz for concern?
- Inside Edge: Drew's patience pays off
- Friday, Oct. 10
- Crasnick: Dice-K delivers gem for Red Sox
- Caple: Rays fail to produce in ALCS opener
- Bryant: Rays add punch to budding rivalry
- Olney: Six questions about ALCS
- Rays vs. Red Sox in 2008
- ALCS simulation: Rays will go to World Series
- Baseball Tonight Clubhouse: Matsuzaka, Shields open ALCS
- Inside Edge: Where's Papi's pop?
- Thursday, Oct. 9
- Crasnick: Bay, Red Sox enjoying the simple life
- Law: ALCS scouting report
- Red Sox, Rays add pitching to roster for ALCS
- Wednesday, Oct. 8
- Gammons: What October really needs
- Matsuzaka opposes Shields in ALCS Game 1
- McCarver: In Boston, Manny's act was 'despicable'
- What could've been: Schilling pitching in playoffs
- Monday, Oct. 6
- Kurkjian: Red Sox vs. Rays
- Hip injury costs Lowell spot on Red Sox's roster
- Back at it: Red Sox dump Angels, gear for Rays
- Rays clinch spot in ALCS with defeat of White Sox
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Game 7 Notes
• Matt Garza fanned nine in 7-plus innings of work. Garza becomes just the fifth pitcher, all time, to strike out nine or more batters in a Game 7 win.
• Erick Aybar's home run (his second of the series) made it 16 for the Rays in the ALCS, further extending their record for most team homers in a postseason series.
• The Rays used five pitchers in the eighth inning. The fifth of which was David Price.
• The 23-year old Price got the save, becoming the third-youngest pitcher to ever save a deciding LCS Game 7. Only Don Gullet (19 years, 272 days; 1970 NLCS) and Byung-Hyun Kim (22 years, 273 days; 2001 NLCS) were younger.
• It was Price's first career save -- he did not have one in the regular season or the postseason before Game 7.
• Price pitched in five regular season games before getting his first postseason save in a series clinching win.
• Dustin Pedroia's solo home run made it the fourth time the visiting team had scored at least a run in the top of the first inning in the series.
Experts' Picks
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