BOSTON -- One ball fell between two outfielders.
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hop off the Green Monster standings. One batter reached safely on a dropped
third strike and another when the pitcher was slow to cover first. By the time
it was over, the Boston Red Sox had scored five runs in the fourth inning,
taking advantage of Tampa Bays bad luck and bad defence to overcome an early
deficit and beat the Rays 12-2 on Friday in Game 1 of the AL division series.
"You play 162 games, a lot of innings, a lot of pitches, a lot of runs. One
thing you can guarantee in the playoffs is youre going to see something you
havent seen all year," said Jonny Gomes, who doubled to tie the game and then
scored from second on an infield single to give Boston the lead for good. "And
we saw that right away." Needing a 163rd game to earn a wild-card berth, the
Rays won three win-or-go-home games in three different cities to reach this
series. Now they need a victory in Game 2 on Saturday to tie the best-of-five
series before it shifts to St. Petersburg, Fla., for Games 3 and 4. "Weve been
playing very well. Weve not been making any mistakes. We made a bunch tonight,"
Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon said. "But Ive also learned one other thing
regarding baseball: 24 hours can make a huge difference. Thats just one game,
baby. Thats just one. Well be back tomorrow, I promise you. Well be ready to
play. We will not be affected mentally by tonights game." Jon Lester allowed
three hits in 7 2-3 innings for the AL East champions, giving up solo homers to
Sean Rodriguez and Ben Zobrist to spot the Rays a 2-0 lead through the top of
the fourth. Tampa Bay starter Matt Moore had still not given up a hit. But
Dustin Pedroia led off the bottom half with a single up the middle, and then
David Ortiz hit a high fly ball that centre fielder Desmond Jennings and right
fielder Wil Myers converged on. The Rays rookie raised his right hand to call
off Jennings but let it fall behind him and bounce off the warning track and
into the bullpen for a double. "I was under the ball and I saw Des out of the
corner of my eye and backed off," Myers said. "I messed it up, and it wont
happen again. ... That play kind of gave them a spark, and a good team takes
advantage of it." With a derisive cheer of "Myers" echoing through the ballpark,
Mike Napoli popped up to second base for the first out before Gomes hit a fly
ball that scraped the left-field wall on the way down. Pedroia held to tag up,
then scored easily with Ortiz coming in just a few steps behind him to make it
2-2. Jarrod Saltalamacchia struck out before Stephen Drew hit a slow hopper to
first that James Loney fielded and flicked to Moore. But the pitchers foot came
down a split second after Drews; with Moore facing the wrong way, Gomes never
slowed down as he rounded third and scored without a throw. Will Middlebrooks
followed with a line drive to left that took a bad hop off the Monster where the
AL East standings are posted, and it got past Rodriguez on the rebound. That
allowed Drew to score and make it 4-2, while Middlebrooks went into second with
a double. Jacoby Ellsbury reached on a passed ball on strike three -- which
would have been the third out of the inning -- and Middlebrooks moved to third,
where he scored on Shane Victorinos single to make it 5-2. None of the misplays
was scored an error. "That Myers play obviously gave us some momentum,"
Victorino said. "All those kind of things and it became a snowball effect. Plays
like that happen. Youve got to thrive and youve got to get as many runs as you
can when a mistake like that is made." The Red Sox added three more runs to
chase Moore in the fifth inning, when they sent nine batters to the plate -- the
first time in franchise history they have batted around in consecutive innings
in a post-season game. In all, Moore was charged with eight runs -- seven earned
-- on eight hits, two walks a hit batter and a wild pitch, striking out four in
4 1-3 innings. Lester struck out the first four batters he faced, but gave up
homers over the Monster to Rodriguez in the second and Zobrist in the fourth. In
all, he allowed three hits and three walks while striking out seven before
leaving with two on and two out in the eighth. Junichi Tazawa got Myers on a
line drive to right to end the eighth, and extra starter Ryan Dempster got the
last three outs. Victorino had three hits and Saltalamacchia had three RBIs for
the Red Sox, who tied for the best record in baseball this season a year after
finishing last. Every Boston starter got a hit and scored a run, the first time
a team had done that in the post-season since Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and the
Yankees in the 1936 World Series. "No longer its the best team, its the hottest
team," Gomes said. "And we obviously know Tampa is coming in hot, coming in on a
roll. So it took a couple of innings to break the ice, but once Petey got that
hit up the middle, I think that took a lot of questions out." The clubs got to
the ballpark for the series opener to find the tarp on the field, but the rain
let up a few hours before game time and made way for a pregame ceremony to
honour the victims and first-responders of the Boston Marathon bombings. With a
giant "B Strong" logo mowed into the centre field grass, the families of the
late Krystle Campbell and Sean Collier took the field, followed by marathon
volunteers, doctors and nurses, police officers and others who helped out after
the April 15 explosions that killed three and wounded at least 260 more.
Campbell was one of three people killed in the bombings. Collier was a MIT
police officer shot during the manhunt for the bombers. Players, managers and
coaches from both teams lined up on the first- and third-base lines and
applauded throughout the ceremony. A giant U.S. flag was draped over the Green
Monster for the national anthem, and Cowboy-hatted good Samaritan Carlos
Arredondo joined former New England Patriot Joe Andruzzi to shout the
traditional "Play Ball!" "Maybe our place in this market, this city, is we take
those things to heart," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "And in some ways
this game and what we do here at Fenway is a vehicle to acknowledge others."
NOTES: Rodriguez made a diving catch of Gomes sinking liner in the second
inning. ... Lester went nine straight outings without allowing a homer before
giving one up to Baltimores Brian Roberts in his last start of the regular
season. ... John Lackey will face David Price in Game 2, which is scheduled to
start at 5:07 p.m. EDT. ... Moore had been 10-1 in 16 road starts this season.
... The Rays used potential Game 4 starter Chris Archer to get four outs. ...
Actor John Travolta was in the crowd.
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. William Carrier opened the scoring for Cape Breton (6-4-2), but Andrew Ryan
tied the game and Brent Andrews put the Mooseheads (8-6-0) in front for good
with a short-handed goal at 13:49 of the second period.SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Cam
McDaniel scored on a 7-yard run following a questionable pass interference call,
one of several penalties that hurt Michigan State, as Notre Dame beat the
Spartans 17-13 Saturday for their 10th straight home win. The Irish (3-1) also
took advantage of another questionable pass interference in the first half that
set up a 2-yard touchdown pass from Tommy Rees to TJ Jones and a holding penalty
that kept alive a drive that led to a 41-yard field goal by Kyle Brindza.
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Big Ten officials. But Michigan State made some costly mistakes on its own,
including a trick play after the Spartans appeared to be gaining momentum. After
opening the second half with a field goal, receiver R.J. Shelton threw a pass
that was intercepted by safety Matthias Farley and led to Notre Dames go-ahead
touchdown.
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