who was the last Red Sox pitcher to throw a no-hitter at Fenway Park?
AL FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
TAMPA BAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
BOSTON 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 2 x 10 13 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: TAM - DELVIN JAMES, JORGE SOSA (3RD), TRAVIS HARPER (5TH), VICTOR
ZAMBRANO (7TH), DOUG CREEK (8TH) AND TOBY HALL
BOS - DEREK LOWE AND JASON VARITEK
WP - DEREK LOWE (4-1)
LP - DELVIN JAMES (0-2)
SAVE - NONE
HOME RUNS: TAM - NONE
BOS - RICKEY HENDERSON (1) OFF DELVIN JAMES IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
TIME: 2:28 ATT: 32,837
PROBABLES: TAM - JOE KENNEDY (1-1, 4.91)
BOS - FRANK CASTILLO (1-1, 3.80)
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Extended Box
TAMPA BAY (0) VS BOSTON (10) - FINAL
TAMPA BAY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
J Tyner lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .237
R Winn cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .311
S Cox 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
T Hall c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
B Grieve rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
J Conti rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
G Vaughn dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .108
B Abernathy 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .231
R Johnson 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .212
F Escalona ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .235
Totals 27 0 0 0 1 6 1
BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Tyner 1. Team LOB - 1.
FIELDING: E - B Abernathy (5, throw); S Cox (1, catch). Outfield assists -
R Winn (N Garciaparra at 2nd base). DP: 1 (R Winn-B Abernathy).
BOSTON ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Henderson cf 4 3 2 1 1 1 0 .300
J Offerman 1b 3 3 2 0 2 0 0 .324
N Garciaparra ss 5 0 2 2 0 0 2 .321
M Ramirez lf 3 1 1 1 2 0 3 .361
B Daubach dh 4 1 1 0 1 3 5 .333
S Hillenbrand 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 .337
J Varitek c 5 1 1 2 0 2 4 .323
T Nixon rf 5 0 2 0 0 2 3 .282
R Sanchez 2b 4 0 1 2 0 2 1 .242
Totals 37 10 13 10 6 10 20
BATTING: 2B - T Nixon (6, D James); J Varitek (4, J Sosa); N Garciaparra (6,
J Sosa); J Offerman (2, T Harper). HR - R Henderson (1, 1st inning off D James
0 on, 0 Out). RBI - R Henderson (1), M Ramirez (25), S Hillenbrand 2 (22),
J Varitek 2 (9), R Sanchez 2 (9), N Garciaparra 2 (15). 2-out RBI - R Sanchez 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Daubach 1, M Ramirez 1, R Sanchez 2,
T Nixon 2. Team LOB - 10.
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TAMPA BAY - 000 000 000 -- 0
BOSTON - 106 100 02x -- 10
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TAMPA BAY ip h r er bb so hr era
D James (L, 0-2) 2 1/3 5 6 6 2 1 1 6.23
J Sosa 1 2/3 4 2 2 1 1 0 5.59
T Harper 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 3.00
V Zambrano 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.75
D Creek 1 1 2 2 3 3 0 6.43
BOSTON ip h r er bb so hr era
D Lowe (W, 4-1) 9 0 0 0 1 6 0 2.04
IBB - B Daubach (by D James). BALK - D James. HBP - S Hillenbrand (by D Creek). Pitches-strikes: D James 58-32; J Sosa 35-22; T Harper 27-19; V Zambrano 16-11;
D Creek 32-15; D Lowe 97-66. Ground balls-fly balls: D James 2-4; J Sosa 1-2;
T Harper 0-2; V Zambrano 0-2; D Creek 0-0; D Lowe 13-8. Batters faced: D James 15;
J Sosa 9; T Harper 7; V Zambrano 5; D Creek 8; D Lowe 28.
UMPIRES: HP--Steve Rippley. 1B--Gary Darling. 2B--Paul Emmel. 3B--Tim
Timmons.
T--2:28. Att--32,837.
Weather: 56 degrees, sunny. Wind: 15 mph, left to right.
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How They Scored
TAMPA BAY (0) AT BOSTON (10) - HOW THEY SCORED
BOSTON 1ST: R Henderson homered to left. J Offerman safe at first on
throwing error by B Abernathy. J Offerman to second on balk by D James.
N Garciaparra flied out to shallow center. M Ramirez grounded out to third.
B Daubach struck out looking. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error) TAMPA BAY 0, BOSTON 1.
BOSTON 3RD: R Henderson singled to left center. J Offerman walked,
R Henderson to second. N Garciaparra flied out to center. M Ramirez singled to
center, R Henderson scored, J Offerman to third. M Ramirez to second advancing
on throw. B Daubach intentionally walked. S Hillenbrand singled to left,
J Offerman scored, M Ramirez to third, B Daubach to second. J Sosa relieved
D James. J Varitek hit a ground rule double to deep right, M Ramirez and
B Daubach scored, S Hillenbrand to third. T Nixon popped out to second.
R Sanchez singled to center, S Hillenbrand and J Varitek scored. R Henderson
grounded out to second. (6 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, BOSTON 7.
BOSTON 4TH: J Offerman singled to center. N Garciaparra doubled to deep
left center, J Offerman scored. M Ramirez walked. B Daubach struck out
looking. S Hillenbrand lined into double play, center to second, N Garciaparra
doubled off second.(1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TAMPA BAY 0, BOSTON 8.
BOSTON 8TH: D Creek relieved V Zambrano. R Henderson walked. J Offerman
walked, R Henderson to second. N Garciaparra singled to center, R Henderson
scored, J Offerman to second. J Offerman to third on error by S Cox. M Ramirez
walked, N Garciaparra to second. B Daubach struck out swinging. S Hillenbrand
hit by pitch, J Offerman scored, N Garciaparra to third, M Ramirez to second.
J Varitek struck out swinging. T Nixon struck out looking. (2 Runs, 1 Hit,
1 Error) TAMPA BAY 0, BOSTON 10.
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Game Story
BOSTON (Ticker) -- Derek Lowe made his first career complete
game a no-hitter.
Making the conversion from closer to starter this season for the
Boston Red Sox, Lowe became the first pitcher to throw a
no-hitter at Fenway Park in 37 years, victimizing the Tampa Bay
Devil Rays in a 10-0 rout.
"Not in my wildest dreams did I think this would happen," Lowe
said as he stood at home plate to salute the fans after his
first complete game in 27 career starts.
Many believed three-time Cy Young Award winner Pedro Martinez
would accomplish the feat, but instead it was Lowe, who recorded
66 saves the previous two seasons before being moved into the
rotation for the 2002 season. He fell six outs shy of a
no-hitter in his first start on April 5.
Using a 90 mile-per-hour fastball, sharp sinker and effective
changeup, Lowe faced just one batter over the minimum. He
walked Brent Abernathy to lead off the third inning and retired
the next 21 in a row.
"I didn't do anything different today than I've done the last
five starts," Lowe said. "It's just a day where we mixed it up.
We didn't stay in one pattern."
The hardest hit ball was by Steve Cox, who pulled a liner that
was caught by Trot Nixon as he raced into the right field
corner.
With the crowd on its feet in the ninth inning, Lowe retired
Russ Johnson on a weak popout to second and rookie Felix
Escalona on a fly ball to left-center that was tracked down by
center fielder Rickey Henderson.
Jason Tyner grounded a 2-2 pitch to second baseman Rey Sanchez,
who calmly threw to first baseman Jose Offerman for the final
out.
"I had a good pitch to hit actually. It was a strike and it was
over the middle and I just rolled over it and pulled it," Tyner
said. "You've got to worry about his sinker and it's tough to
get a good swing."
After the final out, Lowe hugged third baseman Shea Hillenbrand
and was mobbed by the rest of his teammates.
"You don't know how to react because I've never been there,"
Lowe said. "But I worked hard all offseason, and today you
could see that it worked out."
The 28-year-old righthander threw 97 pitches, 66 for strikes. He
struck out six and retired 13 on groundouts, five on flyouts
and three on infield popouts.
"He didn't have as good a cutter today that he has had in the
past, but he had a great curveball and great command of his
changeup, to go with his sinker on both sides of the plate," Red
Sox catcher Jason Varitek said.
Dave Morehead of the Red Sox was the last pitcher to throw a
no-hitter at Fenway Park on September 16, 1965 against
Cleveland.
Mike Mussina of the New York Yankees was one strike away from a
perfect game here last September 2 before pinch hitter Carl
Everett singled.
Hideo Nomo was the last Boston pitcher to throw a no-hitter,
victimizing the Baltimore Orioles, 3-0, on April 4, 2001.
This marked the first time the Devil Rays were no-hit in their
five-year history. They began the day with a major league-low
.212 batting average on the road.
In the last two years, Martinez and Tim Wakefield of the Red Sox
both had no-hit bids at Tampa Bay spoiled in the ninth inning.
Bud Smith of the St. Louis Cardinals threw the major leagues'
last no-hitter on September 3 against the San Diego Padres.
Lowe made three late-season starts in 2001 after losing his job
as closer. In his first outing this season, he made an
immediate impression, carrying a no-hitter into the eighth
inning of a 3-0 win over the Orioles on April 5.
"He is a much more mature pitcher," Red Sox manager Grady Little
said. "He knows what he's doing now. Before he was in a role
where he pitched just one inning at a time and he has learned
how to pitch. But with his starting role that he has now, he
has learned how to pitch. He is going to be a good one."
Tampa Bay's Delvin James (0-2) made his third start since being
recalled from Class AAA Durham on April 15 when Wilson Alvarez
was placed on the disabled list. But his day did not get off to
a good start as Henderson drilled his second pitch over the
"Green Monster" in left.
It was the 80th career leadoff home run for Henderson, extending
his major league record.
"You know a lot of guys (in Boston) have been waiting for me to
lead off a game with a home run," Henderson said. "Everybody
was fired up then. All of a sudden we capitalized and it was
6-0, so that's a good sign for us."
Boston erupted for five hits and six runs in the third inning.
Henderson led off with a single and Offerman walked. One out
later, Manny Ramirez singled in Henderson and took second on the
throw to third. After Brian Daubach was intentionally walked,
Hillenbrand delivered an RBI single to knock out James.
Varitek greeted reliever Jorge Sosa with a ground-rule double,
plating Ramirez and Daubach, and Sanchez capped the inning with
a two-run single.
Nomar Garciaparra doubled in a run in the fourth to increase the
lead to 8-0 and extend his hitting streak to 12 games. He
added an RBI single in the eighth.
"We used five pitchers, they used one," Devil Rays manager Hal
McRae said. "They made all the hits and all the runs, we made
none. We made two errors and they made none. |
