Thursday, March 15, 2001
Boston 7, Tampa Bay 1
TAMPA BAY AB R H BI BOSTON AB R H BI WINN CF 4 0 0 0 T NIXON RF 2 2 1 0 ABERNATHY 2B 4 0 2 0 NEILL RF 1 0 0 0 GRIEVE RF 2 1 1 1 C GREBECK 2B 3 0 2 2 J HAMILTON RF 2 0 0 0 SANTOS 2B 2 0 1 1 MCGRIFF 1B 3 0 1 0 DAUBACH 1B 4 1 1 0 HUFF 1B 1 0 0 0 BURKHART 1B 0 0 0 0 G VAUGHN DH 2 0 0 0 EVERETT CF 2 0 1 0 HALL DH 1 0 0 0 SAMUELS CF 2 0 1 0 CASTILLA 3B 3 0 2 0 OLEARY LF 4 1 1 2 ROLLS 3B 1 0 0 0 BICHETTE DH 5 0 0 0 BORDERS C 3 0 0 0 VARITEK C 3 0 1 0 O GUILLEN SS 2 0 0 0 HILLENBRAND C 1 1 1 1 RU JOHNSON SS 1 0 0 0 LANSING SS 3 1 1 0 TYNER LF 3 0 1 0 TEBBS 2B 0 0 0 0 W VERAS 3B 4 1 0 0 TOTALS 32 1 7 1 TOTALS 36 7 11 6 TAMPA BAY 000 100 000-- 1 BOSTON 003 201 10x-- 7 E--RU JOHNSON. DP--BOSTON 2. LOB--TAMPA BAY 5, BOSTON 11. 2B--MCGRIFF, VARITEK, DAUBACH. 3B--T NIXON. HR--OLEARY (OFF RUPE), GRIEVE (OFF F CASTILLO), HILLENBRAND (OFF CREEK). IP H R ER BB SO HR TAMPA BAY RUPE (L) 3 2-3 8 5 5 1 3 1 WALLACE 2 1-3 1 1 0 2 4 0 CREEK 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 STURTZE 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 BOSTON F CASTILLO (W) 4 2-3 5 1 1 1 3 1 SCHOUREK 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 ERDOS 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 HAZLETT 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 SO--TAM: GRIEVE, J HAMILTON, MCGRIFF, HUFF, G VAUGHN 2, CASTILLA, ROLLS, RU JOHNSON. BOS: SANTOS, DAUBACH 3, EVERETT, SAMUELS, OLEARY, W VERAS. BB--TAM: G VAUGHN. BOS: T NIXON 2, BURKHART, SAMUELS, OLEARY, LANSING. T--2:41. A--6,836.
Partial play-by-play:
Frank Castillo tossed 4.2 strong innings before getting hit on the right hand with a line drive off the bat of Jason Tyner. Castillo did not appear to be seriously injured.
Troy O’Leary smacked a two-run homer off Rupe in the bottom of the third.
Shea Hilenbrand added a solo shot off Doug Creek in the seventh.
The Rangers got their only run on Ben Grieve’s solo homer in the fourth.
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